This is really creative and cool! Maybe there should be a shadow under the actual body of the elephant, on the log, since the legs have shadows...

I had a feeling it was you author!! Great piece Best of Luck

You are absolutely right Giulia! I made a slight improvement.

Incredible ...what an imagination! You have come up with a wonderful concept and great excecution of the whole thing; I particularly like the eyes and the lizard (which I did not notice at first, which made it even better). Bravo!

hehehe

nice work ........

I like this....nice and freaky!

funny image.., very nice

I love it !

This image is what we call "integrated to nature"... Very nice surrealism!

great imagination

Nice imagination...I love surrealism...Good luck author

very nice work

Pretty wild. GL!

It's a bit of a pity that the image isnt bigger, but for the rest too funny result, well done imagination! Good luck!

Very cool concept author...good luck

Congrats

Congrats Tucker terrific work

WTG! Tuck

Congrats...

Well done Tuckinator on first place

Great win - congrats!

CONGRATS!!!

congrats

congrats

Congrats tuck tuck, crazy genetics at work there lol

Congrats

Congrats!!

congrats

Congrats :]

congrates author...well done

Congratulations!

Congrats little dude..you are on a rooooooooooooooooooolll !!!

This is a great surreal image!

Deviantart inspiration? very nice....Good luck

FANTASTIC

Very very nice surrealism with positive energy...i like a lot what u did with the road...lighting is very good too...this is very hard source,and u did it perfectly,not CBR not some meaning less use of source,right on target...well done author

Well, thank you all for your very polite comments! Gopankarichal, this was not really Deviantart inspired, but I just have this habit of creating surreal images out of sources one would never expect to turn into a surrealistic entry. Erathion...thanks.

Do you want my opinion? You know my opinion... You are a complete artist! Your works are very amazing, and this one it's not different, simply fantastic! Love the colors, the mood.

your work is amazin n really really awesome... lol .. i can feel the word AWESOME in my mouth
fantabulous surrealism seriously !!

Great surreal approach AND technique!! Great job! GL

I really loved this work, author!
Make us believe that the creativity is infinite and the Photoshop in right hands can do magic!
I loved the SBS, as well.
Congratulations!

Hi Author, my comment was not a criticism. your habit of creating surreal images is appreciative. Create a series of works like that and upload in the album or you can do exhibitions. Good luck

this is very nice Author. You have improved so much. I am impressed

Great surreal image.

Grumple Grumple gruff gruff.. doesn't look anything like a tuna sandwich... grumple grumple (hee hee hee) great job

love the colors

Cool Entry.....nice colors and feel. G/L Author.

great job ! g l

Great work

Nice work =)

Congrats once again, Tucker!

Congrats on a well deserved first place!

Congrats . . . .

Congratulations on winning first place!

Congrats, lovely work

hi,....again and of course...congrats again......very stunning.....

Congrats! for your 1st place

congrats you cheeky goober.. hehehe

Congrats!!

congrats

Congrats!

Congrats for first place !

To a great artist my congratulations! Very nice touch, Tucker!

Loved it then love it now ... congratulations and bravo!

congrats

Congrats Tucker, you're among the best surrealists in Pxleyes now

STUNNING. Your stuff is getting better by the entry...

Congrats indeed, well deserved.

Good title change. Addition of the light source makes sense with the shadow now.

Lighting is very well done as is the shadow work

Idea has potential, but CMYK46 is right that the upper-left orange-sky light doesn't match the constrained, white right-side light creating the shadow. Furthermore, a "pathway of darkness" that leads to a dramatic sunset is not particularly foreboding.

Author very nice work on that street light.. Alan 2641 is right, the lighting and shadow are very well done. Great effect with the bugs to the light, I like how you did that. Your title seems appropriate, I see nothing hinting at foreboding in it .

Adding the streetlight gives more sense to the lighting (although it might be counter to the notion of 'pathway to darkness'). The bug trails in the light (if that's what that 'bird's nest' is meant to be) seem to be excessive, especially when the longer photo exposure they imply seems slightly inconsistent with the crispness of the moving guy. Visible stars seem unrealistic shining through the sunset, made more so by the lack of stars appearing in the dark upper-right corner.

yupz,......agree with Ichappell and Alan,......this kind of photo manips I like the most, very moody and moreover the lightning is very cool

Wow, Dan... your comments sting...I sure am glad you only have 100 vp then

Well I think its a brilliant concept sweetheART the old man walking towards his sunset years - lighting's fine enhances his lonely journey - fave ;} happy hippy hugglez

Author, there are a couple of pompous asses on this site, who seem to ALWAYS intentionally give negative feedback, hoping to influence the voters. They must have been raised by wolves, because they have absolutely no couth whatsoever. One of you pounces on newly uploaded work like stink on sh**! You two know who you are, and a lot of us wish you'd either mend your ways or go find another sandbox to play in, in fact why don't you start your own?! Some of us try to learn here, and your remarks do nothing to assist in that direction. The work that you two post is nothing fantastic by any means, either, so who are you to criticise others' work the way you do?

I find this chop very nice. The stars in the sky are REAL, it's a photograph. The 'paths' of the lightningbugs are also REAL, that also is a photograph. The shadow cast by the light is done well, and looks realistic. The blending of the sky and lamp I think is also done well. Keep up the good work, author.


And by the way, you two - comments CAN be edited, in case you didn't know - especially if you see that the author has made changes after first uploading.

well, just my two cents... the insects around the light are a bit too many, imo. the light is too high to cast the shadow as is. that is just math. but... the chop is wonderful! i like the mood and the composition. on a side note, i usually find that their observations are accurate and they have a great technical knowledge. and... any comment is much better than none at all... just my opinion.

good luck, i think you have a sound entry, it could be better, as could most, but it is really very good - smiles!

Haha , well, I am deeply "sorry" if I have offended anyone by creating this image, but I myself find that their comments are NOT accurate according to their own images.

Oh, also, thank you CMYK, at least you changed your comment.

There ya go, KY, see, I knew you could do it!

I like this one! Very moody. But I feel sadness instead of darkness (but thinking well it's all the same...). I agree with lvstealth that if you reduce the insects flying around the lamp it would be better, IMO. And you know you have talent, don't worry!

Stars are real, bugs are real, all resulting in a very pleasing image...

Very well done author

Nice Work looks good

Good image.

Congrats! for 1st place

Very well done, conglrats on your win!

Way To Go Tuck!

Congrats!

Congrats!!

Congrats Tucker...

Someone is proud of you (including me...) Congratulations, Tucker!

cool.. i like it...

A few conflicting light sources, but it's still a sweet job...good luck.

Very cool I like this, it's sure is surrealism.

nice.. and funny too

strawberry giraffe..yummy.i like it

I'm with EmiK: This really feels like surrealism! Shortening leg 2 would make the giraffe appear more like it's standing on the rounded surface of the strawberry.

Purely surreal!

purely is correct Great job Author This is nice to watch you improve so much.
Good luck

Great job author...i adore final product...well done

like the work on the images in the foreground -- seem a bit pasted onto the background however -- maybe a background with some more depth??

Wow it's awesome now! Great work and good luck, author.

fantastic work author, i think its time to start the genetic enginering to make it real

fantastic work author, i think its time to start the genetic enginering to make it real

Very good.

fantastic..........

Awesome, my favorite part is the chain limbs.

wow, I really did not expect this one!

Congrats, it's a great image!

Congrats for your first place, Tucker! Great job!

Congratulations, Tucker!!! I think we were racing at the home stretch!!!

Tucker, congrats! The changes were simply fantastic!

Congrats Tucker Fabulous work

Congrats, dude, you're kicking some serious butt!

Congrats! for 1st place. Fantastic work

Congrats Tucker! and thank you for making girafferry, so delicious

Congrats

Congrats Tucker...

Congrats!

Congrats!!

congrats

eeekkkkk... sorry about not commenting.. great job.. (totally missed this one.. )

Very well done, congrats on your win!

LOVE IT!! I really love the surrealism Looks great in high res too...Best of Luck

great ..........

dope man..

Fantastic work, great mood here and really original concept. Well done

This is a perfect entry with the source image.., well done.. good luck

Good job!

Great image except for the lens flare.

very nice work!

Wow, awesome idea!

Pretty well done. Tiny suggestion: I'm not sure if it's the blur or the lens flare, but the top of the tower seems to be a bit blurry/ has less contrast than under. Is it an idea to make the right side of the top of the tower somewhat darker & sharper (by masking away the lensflare from that side, on the left side it's ok), this way you may create more depth and it will stand out more against the background (I guess my eye gets older, but for some reason I thought that the towertop was part of the background, that's why). For the rest appealing result. Good luck!

Wow, now that's an imagination. I couldn't think of one thing to do in this contest. Well done. Just one question. Is the Hand running Late here? lol.

great job author ! g l

I really think it is a fantastic job!
Great mood and very well done.
I loved the final colors.
Congratulations Author.

Brilliant!

Very Nice Work.

Oh, it's a very nice and pure surrealism (you are becoming an expert in surrealistic images!) GL!

very nice surreal image...best of luck author

wow! great job!

Congrats!!!!!! woo hoo FIRST PLACE woo hoo

Congrats for another first place!

Congrats again Tucker , this is creepy

Congratulations! A most imaginative creation!!

hi, again......congrats again, buddy.......

Tucker, keep going higher and higher! Congrats!

Congrats! again for another 1st place. Very creative work buddy .
As erikuri says, Keep going higher.

Congrats

Congrats...well deserved first place...

Congrats!

Congrats!! Again??!!