Looks wonderful, and it's a must see in Full Resolution.

i think this is my new favorite of your work author. this is a spectacular piece!!

This is simply awesome, author! I know your work anywhere butI am always so impressed with how well you work with layers. Well done! GL!

great work author .

your style!

Stunning piece author, well done!!!!!

wow!!!!

almost lends itself to the old Pepsi/Coke advertisements.. super cool

Spectacular really amazing!!!

Great composition!. There's a lot going on, but it was softened in all the right places.

i love it ,it is very nice

Fabulous o.o anything else to say? :P

Stunning work as usual.......Good Luck Author.

And congratulations to you dear! you did a fabulous job!

Congrats Cornelia!

well deserved place.. congrats...!

Congrats on you lovely creation!

congrats on first...... well done..

Congrats on the first place

Congrats!!

wow congrats Cornelia

Once again, beautiful work.... congratulations and well deserved.

Congrats for 1st, great stuff.

Magnifique!, great source choices and very well executed.... and I always love your hair
Well done and very best of luck, high hopes for this one

It looks good, and you made a pretty cool SBS, but one thing I don't agree with is the color of her hair & dress that gets lost in the colors of the sky. I understand that she's a force of nature and therefore there's a reason for the blending, but somehow she should step out more - at least a darker hair and dress .
Happy New Year!

Love the picture. My only issue that lightning wouldn't cast a shadow on the ground.

NOTE: IMAGE HAS BEEN EDITED AS PER SUGGESTIONS ABOVE
@Gino, thank you so much for the lovely comment and fav!
@ pingenvy - I searched for a long time to find out if lightning cast a shadow and could not find an answer. All I know is: Lightning is Plasma (neither a Gas or a Solid) and does have Mass. So I thought that perhaps it would cast a shadow. I prefer the picture without and your comment encouraged me to remove it. Thanks!

@greymval - I darkened her dress and hair and changed the sky's colour a bit. I am out of time to do more but think this helps. Thanks for the suggestion.

Author I have to agree with Greymval on the hair color...Think any other color would made her stand out a little more....And the lightening issue IMO for this image is a bit out of place along the side of her arm and with that being said, I think causes the "issue" of shadow or no shadow...It's the color of the lightening, it just doesn't fit....Still get high marks from me for fantastic work!! Best of Luck

@Christy - Thank you for the feedback!

Nice chop! GL!

WOW!!!!! You did really awesome on this! Love the blending and colors... just makes me more jealous of ya'll that can work with PS!

Wow, the sweet little fairy's hair and plumage are on end

Very nice execution.....Well done .....G/L Author.

Congratulations!

Congrats on your 2nd place!

Congrats!

Thanks to everyone! Hugs!

congrats ... nice imagination....

Congrats on the second place..

Congrats!!

Congratulations for 2nd place, stunning piece.

Charmer!

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And now I do believe the tables have turned.

Let me give you the choice that I was never given.......

Cool chop, nice sources.

gee whiz author.. Jaws has enough of an ego... Now his head won't fit through any doors!!!

(giggle snort)... Super duper chop!!!

Is this what Peter Steele looks like now? Nice job.

This chop bites! get it? great job author, Jaws never looked better!

Awwww! Thanks so much everyone! Soooo appreciated, truly.
I never realized how much great stock there is right here on pxl, I mean...force me to look and I suppose I will soon discover that little gold mine.
And drivenslush I think we all deserve ego boosts time and again. Someday I hope to have chopped something involving each of my friends, personal to each one. But given that source of jaws, how could I not??? It was fabulous, and he makes a great lestat. thanks for the fav on it!
And cornelia, thanks to you as well.
And jaws, I am proud that you approve of it. With those sources, I may have to do another one !!!
And everyone else, thanks so much for the support. Reminds me why I love chopping!

Just love this ... how wicked can one man be! Great work and a definite fav!!!

VERY COOL!!! TY soooo much for using my lightning I can't wait for next summer when EVERY night is another storm!!!

Love it. Good Job and Good Luck.

Congratulations!

Congrats!

Congraaaaaaaaats!!! Brilliant as always

And congrats to you too!!!! Hugs!

congrats ... really scary....

Congrats on your third place.., good job

Congrats!!

I almost fell out of my chair when I saw this! Simply epic lol.

I'm a genie!!!!! I LOVE IT!!!!!



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You are very welcome my friend!

I just noticed what you made the exhaust pipe out of.

Very nice work!!! Best of Luck

Awesome entry!

just rock on with your bad self! You did Jaws up sweet here!

I looooooveeee this ...not sure about the snow but there may be a reason for it that I am too lame to get . GL!

This is pretty cool. Love the genie effect, and especially what the 'exhaust' pipe really is..... tho I think a more appropriate name for it would be the 'intake valve'. Interesting snow/noise effect for this. Rock on, Josh, btw, haircut looks good.

congrats

Perfect blend author and very lovable entry...I am glad u'r back....best of luck man

Castle needs a reflection, light sources conflict...otherwise, good image.

Castle reflection would be parallel to the tower, much like the rock reflection in the source pic. Also, the light on the bird is from the right, light on castle from left.

Just Ctrl J on castle layer- flip vertically move it down and either distort it with ripple or use displacement map to make the reflection fit the waves.

the cropping on the bird can be a little better. you can see white under the wings under the tail and between the beak and body. otherwise nice image

Great combo of images.

Sorry I am late with this suggestion:
Chops could be a little smoother/cleaner (try layer masks and then smudge edge gently to remove left over pixels from original image ... as the white around the bird. It also helps correct hard edges).

Beautiful