This looks amazing. I'd love to see a full tutorial on this one. Looks like a lot of work but the end result is great!

Beautiful work, love the detail

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Creative idea. Shouldn't the undersides of the tray and vases on the glass-topped foreground coffee table also be reflected in the water? Also, reflections are the same size as what they're reflecting. The desk-lamp and TV reflections shouldn't squish and the floor-lamp reflection should be more than 18 inches high, for example. [Put stuff on a mirror to see how reflections work.] BTW a dark floor is really needed to get a reflection.

Killer idea and superb execution, It really would look good with just a hint of a ripple in the water and a definite water mark on the furniture. Nice picture BTW

Amazing job author....very very well done...best of luck

Thanks everyone for the comments! This was a last minute decision to do. I didn't have as much time with it as I would've liked. I had to go to bed and now I have to go to work. Looks like I won't be able to edit this one before the contest deadline.

yeah shame you didn't have time. I think objects floating would have made it more realistic.

its a wow entry ........... all the best ..............

Looks like quite a bit of work, great job. Best of luck to you!!

Unfortunately I have experienced such situation when I was a child; it's so sad... Nice work, author! GL...

Good result! Good luck!

Congrats, a really detailed work well done

Congratulations for 1st

congrats for the 1st place ..............

congrats for the 1st ..............

Congrats!!

Congrats!

Congratulations! But I don't wish anyone this situation...

well executed... congrats...

i love the mood and you did a great job with the reflection!

it is so good ,good luck

i dont think from this angle the back of the bench or top of her knees would be seen

I agree with razor, I would add that the top of the bench wouldn't be visible either. Really nice feel though. Good luck

Thank you both! I adjusted the image, Chalty you commented seconds before i uploaded the updated version

better

the reflection of the underside of the bench could use some improvement. If you take the perspective in account the dark part of that part of the reflection might be twice that broad. There's also 2 little white spots beside the darkside of the umbralla you might want to remove... Looks like I'm whining but I really like this image

Thank you Robvdn, excellent advice.. i've updated the image once again

Great image, author!

Good improvement author

BEAUTIFUL!

nice entry ..........

there might be some ripples in the water where her feet are, but I really like this, good work on the underside of the bench. nice mood with the monochrome.

Nice mood and excellent chop! GL!

Great job, gl

^5 Congrats homey! Awesome piece.

Congratulations for 2nd

congrats ..............

Congrats!!

congrats Matteo!

Congrats!

Congratulations!...

nice mood... congrats...

Nice work.. very believable reflection.. i suggest bumping up the contrast on the bear and its reflection so that it matches its surroundings, but great job!

Thanks for commenting ponti But I think the bears contrast is fine the way it is.

Quite nice. However, I kind of feel that if the bear disappeared but its waterline remained, that waterline would seem to be on a different plane than the concentric waves emanating outward from the bear. [BTW I think the Matthew Stewart background pic you found would be a great addition to anybody's files as an example of how reflections work.]

nice one...gl

Beautiful work, author. I like the way you captured the sun's light on the bear to match the trees also. Good job on the bear's reflection - you even got the underside of its jaw, which seems to be missing on other's work. Adding the moon is a nice final touch.

I'm a believer now!

nice work .......... all the best ...............

Wow! Nice work! Good luck!

Very awesome. wish you luck on this one!

Amazing work

I love the way this turned out, great work. best of luck to you!!

Author, it's simply perfect! And I learned one more tip with this wonderful entry...

Very nice reflection..........G/J and G/L Author.

Congratulations for 3rd

big congrats!!!

congrats on your bear, good work!

congrats for the 3rd dear..............

Congrats!!

congrats Chappy!

Congrats!

Congratulations!!!

well done.. congrats...

awww.....so cute!

It s one great job !!! Congratulations,,,,, but I think it is not completely agree with the contest.... see:
" Another requirement is that your subject in the final image needs to be partly in the water "

Thanks for your comment dyno, but as you can see the pillow, grapes and flower are all in the water. I would hope that counts as my subject matter but I guess I`ll raise the question since you`ve pointed it out.

Great job ! Amazing reflection

Nice reflection, but the perfectly straight waterline looks fake. Having the water level come up to her arm would allow you to draw a 3D waterline while also resolving the "partly in the water" issue clearly in your favor.

cute kid, nice results, not sure if you had used an authorized filter though.

Thanks guys, I could see the guides for this one are strict & maybe unclear, so I flagged the entry earlier and the mods wrote:
About your entry: - Reflecting Innocence -:

Yes, your entry is within the guidelines of the theme.

very nice work author...best of luck

That must be one soggy pillow.

I was wondering if anyone else would think that the pillow would - in the real world - be showing some water and or water stains. If you can accomplish that, would be more realistic. Very sweet little girl you've got there, author.

beautiful work ...............

Such a sweet little girl. Nicely done, best of Luck!!

Oh, author, she's so cute... a princess! You just could made a darker line on the pillow, as if it was absorbing water... try it next opportunity! GL, my friend...

amazing result, so cute!

beautiful job love the color and the atmosphere

Reflection of head is wrong.

Thanks for noticing CMYK46. At the moment this is the best I can do. The only way to get it right is to completely paint the head from a perspective looking up. My painting skills aren't that good yet.

you could just remove the reflection of the head author, you've put it far to high up in the reflection, it should be somewhere covered with the leaves. Where the head is now a reflection of the body and maybe some of the hair should be on place. For the rest: great job

Thanks robfdn for the suggestion.

Very nice indeed Author good luck

since it is a stream, there would be ripples around her. The water is too calm around her

nice work...

nice entry .........beautiful ..... all the best ..........

Fantastic job author...Best of luck...

Good Luck to you!! Very creative!