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It's very difficult to create a convincing composition when you use two images with different lighting and perspective.
Background: The horizon is below the centerline of the image, making it look like the camera was pointed up slightly. Also, when the sun (or other light source) is visible, it's hard to fake any other lighting in your composition because everyone can see clearly where the light should be coming from.
Foreground (subject): Here it appears the camera was level or maybe pointed slightly down (his shoulders, hips, and knees are all lower in front). His gaze is downward, which seems uncharacteristic of a sniper who should be looking further downrange for his target. His light source, while off to the side and perhaps behind him slightly, is not even close to what the viewer would expect given the aforementioned background sun. Even if some of the sun's light were being bounced from an offscreen object, there would be a lot of rim lighting around him and some of the sun's light would bounce off the back of his right pant leg onto the front of his left pant leg.
These are just the things you notice as you reverse-engineer all kinds of magazine photos, something I recommend to anyone interested in seeing how light/lighting works.
A slight nitpick: No one properly trained in the use of a firearm stands around with their finger on the trigger. Wrapped around the trigger guard, maybe. Better if it was pointed along the receiver, parallel to the barrel. Not only is this safer, but it also lets everyone around you know that you aren't about to accidentally send a round into someone's head. Obviously, there is no "danger" here, but if you want to create the illusion of a professional sniper, it's good to know what a sniper looks like.
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