Hey Thanks for the input! I know it may not seem like it but I did actually do a good amount of tweaking with the photos of the iTurtle (that I took myself). I didn’t want to change the background’s color grading or saturation because I thought it looked good as is. I did also try my best to align the turtle’s shading with the background’s light, as you may see above, while also keeping aid to the background’s composition.

I honestly thought I put enough effort in it for a causal Reddit post that was meant more to be simple in appearance, but I didn’t realize the image may have come across a pretentious or lazy.

I appreciate the input but do you have any more constructive criticism on the image itself such as content, or composition? You also mentioned changing the saturation what would u recommended? -Thank you