Very creative use of source! I do feel the microphone edge by her cheek should be more visible/less shadowed. Actually, having the microphone ever so slightly overlap her face would increase the feeling of depth and be more interesting IMO.

Nice!

Great job author...

indeed ur love to music is visible...beautiful ..entry....and a well made SBS guide...

Very nice entry! I have to agree about the shading of the mic.

Wow great work with the mic.

Very clever! GL!

Congrats on a well deserved first place!

Congrats nice work

Congrats...

Congrats!

Congratulations!

Congrats!!

Nice cocktail! I wouldn't drink it though...lol.... Great entry

lol....Thanks a lot Woodztockr.

Thanks for the comment, Nator!

OH please dear lord tell my he took a shower before he got into the drink.. LOLOLOLOL

very cute idea.. good luck author!!!

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Drivenslush!!!! Good one!
thanks for the funny comment.

woot! nice one Author, slurp that drink down good luck

Thank you, Cabldawg71.

Interesting idea as Nator noted. I think the guy should be casting some shadow onto the lemon slice, however. And the lighting on the lemon slice doesn't seem to match the lighting on the woman.

DanLundberg.
I thought about the shadows but, the guy and the orange slice are together (inside the glass) so, I think there is no space for the shadow.
I didn't see a problem with the lighting on the orange slice... it is a little bit far from the "spot of light" and it's slightly bright in the part that is closer to the woman and darker when it's far.
Anyway, I thank for your comment, Dan.

There's always space for a shadow; look at any object where it touches the ground (and including that often-miniscule shadow is what helps to make Photoshopping look real). But angle of view could hide a shadow. Although I'm not all that sure that's the case here given the shading on the guy, if you tried a shadow and it didn't look right, I'll defer to your judgment.

great idea and very nice work author...best of luck

DanLundberg,
When I said "there is no space for the shadow", I meant that they are both at the same angle and the guy is touching the orange slice, so he is hiding the shadow and then "no space" to put a shadow.
I tried that before. I had the same point of view as you and before to put the image here I put the shadow there but then it wasn't looking real.
I honestly thank you for the comment ... those kind of conversation make us grow and I've been learning a lot with them.

Erathion,
Thank you for the comment!

IMO this just needs something more...maybe some fart bubbles.

It's a mysterious drink, and she looks very interested in solve that mystery... Nice work!

Nice idea and result, good luck!

CMYK46... arghhhh...lol
Erikuri, thanks and ... I hope she solve the mystery!
Akassa, thanks for the comment!

It's a cocktail... ummm, so where's the "tail?"

Kyricom
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Congrats Telma...

Congrats!

Telminhaaaaaaaaaaa! Congrats!!! Parabéns!!!

Congrats!!

Stunning entry. Well done. Would love to see a high res version!

Sources are copyrighted. Please read http://www.pxleyes.com/blog/2009/06/how-and-where-to-find-legal-source-images/ to find usable sources.

Cool!

@CMYK46 - They all say "You are free to make derivative works" - The author just needs to give the original author credit. ? As I understand it that would be ok?

That's weird...when I looked, they were all ©.
Well, nice entry, then.

BEAUTIFUL!

New glasses CMYK.... lol.... shoot I don't know.... we must be suspect of all entries with incorrect sources... and give advice on the correct way to post......

Great job CMYK and Author for getting the job done!

Kudos to all!

very very nice...good luck

i like it!

Congrats......great work

Congrats!

Congratulations!

Congrats!!

The umbrella needs a little more blur to blend better on the background.

ok thanks

There should be a green cast on the phone...look at how the red in the glass colors the phone in the source pic.

When it comes to colorizing, it's obviously up to the colorer as to what gets colored. Nevertheless, I think it should all make some sort of sense. So I don't get why the umbrella shaft wasn't colored, especially when the umbrella's finial was. Also, the focus of the coloring seems to be the cocktail, so why not color the glass holding the cocktail?

ok thanks, im quite new to photoshop so im not that good with it but i will try to do these things. thanks for the help.

Hey Author,

I think what you are doing is perfect! Keep chopping and experimenting with differnt techniques....

I think the colors are wonderful!

thanks, i'm quite new to pxleyes and i have tweaked the photo a bit but i cant find anyway of uploading my tweaked version. if anyone could help it would be very appreciated.

cool!

nice blend author...good luck

Nice work author! I will have to double check your sources... I think I know these girls... I may owe one child support... lol....

Keep up the great work!

awesome