Nice masking job and good composition with the placement of the figures, author
I also have some suggestions: your figures have no shadows at the moment, so they look a bit pasted on the background. Considering that the background image doesn't really have a strong light source either, a very light shadow under their feet would be enough (at least that's what I would do, I'm no shadow expert myself )
And speaking of feet: the man on the right side with the fishing net has no feet at the moment. What you could, if you want to, is trying to either place him a bit more to the left, so he's with his legs behind the wooden step or maybe try to give him the feet from the puppet with the cage.
And one more small thing: you forgot to erase a part from the woman in the foreground. There is a part from the former background between her hands and the basket.

I hope these suggestions are helpful Good luck!

Good entry author. Just one thing the puppets must be really tall none of them would fit through the bank door without have to stoop their heads. lol.

GL

Regardless of simplicity, the composition and the entire feel of the image are very original and well created. It's a very well made entry. Good luck

Thank you all...i gave the man boots....added the shadows...fixed the missed area on the flower girl and added a flower patch for her by copying some flowers out of the basket...

Looks a lot better! The flower patch is a very nice addition Good luck again!

Not bad, but it looks like the foo-foo Wild West...no guns or bad guys.

very creative
simple, but right to the point
i love it

it looked like 3D for me... liked it...

Simplicity at it's best!

That is cute and imaginative.... good luck author.

Great work author...mood is great...well done

Haha, great job! What a great idea and perfect background. The placement of the figures is just wonderful. Very simple, but very well done. GL author!

Great idea ! Best of luck

Well done looks almost like a real museum set up

Very well done! Everything looks to be in the same scale, not easy to do!

Congrats James no excuses now more chopping

Congrats for your first...

Congratulations! I really liked this one

Brilliant work!

Hey, you're getting pretty good at this! Congrats!

how fun the jumping one is my fav

It certainly looks like a fun place. I little bit of work on the fence will make a huge improvement, put a mask on the layer with the skeletons that are behind the wire and using a small brush carefully mask out the lines where the wire is. This will bring out the wire and the skeletons will really look like they are behind the wire. Good luck

It looks a lot better, still need to do a bit more on the skeleton on the right.

Excellent chop!

Looking at the bee in Hi-res some of the branches are partially transparent. I'm not sure if you wanted the bee to be inside the tree, would be easier if he was in front of the tree obscuring all of the branches. Still a fun chop, I can tell you had a good time creating this!

"Thanks, I did want the bee partially obscured by some of the tree branches, that was kinda the look I was going for. Just didn't know of a great way to do it, I made a selection using a color range and and made a layer from copy and put the bee between the layers to get the look."

I hear what you're saying author, but those tiny branches would make it very difficult for the large bee to fly through.

Well the bee could be related to Kitty Pryde

OK, appears the consensus is to bring the bee out of the branches, here's the update..

Love this image. IMHO you do not need the head of the iguana, the other objects look real nice, even the ducks. Good luck.

Very cool union author...best of luck

I like the placement of the people, but I agree the lizard head is too much, makes the image crowded. The people also could have used more shadows. But as for the image as a whole, its very nice, just don't like the lizard. But of course thats just my opinion.

Thanks for the comments...I agree...I guess I went overboard with the lizard head...live and learn.

...and also for your third place!

Congrats again! Keep chopping!

chopped very well ..

Good job, but glasses frames are blurry & the arm on our right side doesn't depress the hair inward.

I guess the blur on the frames came from s resolution mismatch or something like that and as far as the arm not depressing the hair...as this is only my second chop.....I guess the sad fact is I really don't have any clue as how to give that illusion...LOL...any suggestions?

Wow. Getting in uncharted waters there author.
Honestly, I think you might have used the blur tool a bit on the frames of the glasses? Correct me if I'm wrong. That's what it looks like to me. And about the hair, depending what version of ps you are using, liquify would help. Using "push" to slightly depress the hair so its more believable would be good. PsE doesn't have liquify to my knowledge, but I run cs2 and it does.
You could choose to paint back in the parts of the frames that look so blurry and then blend to suit the image.

Thanks jaded...I have CS5, have never messed with the liquify filterso I will play a bit....thanks for the help...and yes....you have robvdn to thank for convincing me to branh out a bit....LOL

Be gentle with that liquify...as it is touchy. It took me some practice to figure out how to use it effectively.
And trying new things is always great fun. Are you using a drawing pad or a mouse to do your work?

I have a pad....have lots of neat toys, just starting to put them to good use for a change...thanks again for the assistance, I'll give it a go tomorrow.

Blending is really well-done. IMHO, maybe get rid of blur around the glasses, then it will be 100% I really love it, though!!

You've convinced me = )

I would have never guessed