Amazing!
I like the shadows, and perfect combination with the background. And i like it the idea for the floor. Well done.

Wow!!!
I'd never want to leave a room like this! Excellent work, and one of the best examples of this concept I have ever seen. Instant Fav!

Very elegant!

This is so much better than the tutorial. But there didn't seem to be any corners showing in the tutorial Guess that doesn't matter. Also, I love the sand on the floor. Tutorial had baseboard around floor which wasn't in very good perspective. Great job!

I'd think the back wall would be darker than the walls lit by the lamps. Otherwise I love this...GL author!

Thank you, all!

I didn't care much for the tutorial either, artgirl1935 - lots of sizzle but no steak (I couldn't tell or couldn't appreciate the difference before and after all those additional adjustment and shading layers, LOL). But it sure is an interesting concept.

CMYK, what you say makes perfect sense logically. However, as I sit here and look at the walls, the one that faces me reflects light more and is brighter than the perpendicular side walls, even though the light is physically on the side wall. Weird. (The immediate area of the light is brighter, otherwise side wall is darker in comparison.)

MossyB, all opinions and critiques are welcome and appreciated, but as the contest proposer, your opinion is very special. I'm glad you like the result!

The night exterior with the day interior is genius. The sconces are a creative way to convey greater solidity to the side walls, but the light they emit is apparently irrelevant to the illumination of the room. (They shine light up while their solid bases would cast shadows down.)

Very good work, GL!

very very nice but i think there are some premade work , thats not allowed , like thr garden set

Pre-made? I don't understand. They are real objects in a layered psd. It's not a photo manipulation. Is that what you mean, andi?

Agree with Dan about the interior and exterior shot lighting difference. I'd never want to leave this room - and the use of wicker is perfect for this relaxing 'atmosphere'! Great job.

congrats! well deserved 1st place!

Congrats Elemare wonderful room, I'd like it at my place

Great work and congrats!

Thanks, everyone!

Dramatic and surreal. Hardly seems like 2:50 p.m., but maybe the clock is broken. The hay bales are a distraction IMO. The interior objects should cast more shadow. (The interior illumination apparently comes over the viewer's right shoulder.)

Pretty good except for disparate light sources.

I try to fix the light source, hope it's more realistic now, thanks for your advices

congrats!

Great job, nice choice of photo!
There is an odd shadow on the RH side of the ceiling which you may want to adjust.

Perspective on black baseboard is wrong, upper corners don't match up.

The water room contrasting with the land view through the French door is a nice touch. The white and red thing with the weird perspective on the back wall is discombobulating, however, not to mention the odd right wall. The stool seems to be lit from the lower center but that's not evident from its shadows.

Thank you. The red and White thing is actually steps in fluorescent orange and the White the side of the pier in the original pic. I'll try and do something with the stool - thanks for your help.

shouldn't the top of the lighthouse follow the ceiling angle?

congrats

Hilarious entry, but I can't make out the photo on the far wall, and the SBS gives no info. Is it Goldilocks, or another bear, or ???

I love this! so clever, and wonderful to incorporate the Tree of Life.

Partially submerged is a fun idea. But the non-solid/non-opaque ceiling arch is odd. And the soffit/cove-ceiling thing on the near right side not matched on the left side is weird that might best be solved by eliminating it from either side both near and far.