some pointers would be great

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thanks guys thats very helpful
yea you are right , i see it now , there isnt much depth in he image, the magenta touch was very good and it helped a abit but yea it needed more to it.
i like the smoke behind there, it expressed the speed even more and split the background abit more.
the blings are abit too strong in a sandy enviroment i feel but i see where you are going with it. i think one on the wind shield would have made it even better.

thanks guys ill work on those more especially making a difference between the hero object and the rest of the scene

Here are all the reference image I looked at for the paint over, in case you find them useful. I would be careful about especially landscape reference image, because a lot of those are not true color, but with color and light altered by the camera's HDR or some other function.

http://www.namibian.org/travel/lodging/p...nes_fs.jpg

http://www.itourbeijing.com/admin/letter...875000.jpg

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/arch...98005i.jpg

https://www.google.com/search?q=desert+r...CAcQ_AUoAg

https://www.google.com/search?q=jet+engi...CAYQ_AUoAQ