Nice composition. It feels natural. One suggestion: the fruits are very smooth, but the cornucopia is rather grainy. It would be nice if you could make them more equal.

this is a spectacular peace of art...i must admit i was thinking on entering this contest but after DL de file andf making some tests i dint come up with anything so i just ended up giving up....when i saw this image i thaught to myself...uuuffffff, glad i didnt enter...lol....i love it all...great composition with the colors and merginag all sources together.

love the wiggly finger feel (watching too much Occupy Wallstreet.. hehehe) very pretty!!!

I really like the composition you made inside the horn but theres a few things that really take away from the image in my opinion, I think the light on the carrots in front right corner are completely different from the light on the composition in the horn.And with such light id expect some more shading, they really look pasted on to be honest. the vegetables (pumpkin and melon) that you placed higher are going on top of the horn as well as the radish is going on the corner on top of the pumpkin.. you can see this very well in high res. the cutout of these vegetables also are not the best.

edit: looks much better allready author

great vote from me, love the way you made those flowers from the turnips...those are a nice touch.

Whoa! Spectacular image author, I think I may have picked up your style by now. Just amazing detail on the flowers. This is really a wonderful image to look at. Amazing work. Just amazing. (Lol, I might need a new vocabulary)

so beautiful, colorful, amazing...well done author

DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

beautiful composition,just loved it..............

Great image, nice balance and composition, good luck!

Very nice chop and composition indeed. Great turnip flowers!

Congrats again Lois!!

So glad you liked my Thanksgiving offering. I am thankful for this site as well as the many blessings God has given me. May those of you who celebrate Thanksgiving this week have a wonderful holiday. Don't eat too much turkey!!!!

Congrats again Lois another wonderful piece

Interesting image but to small usage of the source image...

I used the source image everywhere. The islands were entirely source, the whole tree with the exception of a gradient layer, the rock behind the girl, background overlay. I don't know what more I could do at this point unless, make a castle out of carrots?

it could use a bit of a whole dodge wash or some sort of brightening filter to bring up the detail (this could be my eyes but the image looks dark and a bit mushy) it's a great image overall and as always IMHO.. good hard work

Suggest creating more contrast between foreground & background. Would also be good to light the floating things the same as the castle.

Thank you for the feedback, it certainly helps, sometimes while creating a manipulation I get a story in my head and become one minded about where that image should go. In this one, the girl was banished from the castle so the overall mood was dark except for some light on the castle. I attempted to fix it up by adding more gold light layers, one primarily on the girl and tree. Hope this helped some. Wasn't sure what to do to create a contrast between the foreground and background though other than darkening or brightening one.

this is a great peace of art and i can tell you put some efort into it.

i'm just trying to find where did you use the original carrot file that was provided for this contest. of course it may be just me who isnt finding it.

good job anyways

I like it when there is a story behind an image. Already some nice work here, but there is room for improvement.
To increase the contrast between foreground and background you could shift the hue of the foreground more to yellow or orange. Also, it would be nice if the tree was much bigger, extending more to the right. If you only show a small part of the leaves, it will give the impression that the whole tree is huge.

If you read the previous comment and go through the sbs it'll show the carrots and radishes use.

@pshoudini: Maybe you should look at the SBS before commenting. It always helps.

Congrats!!

hehehe..you should make their little behinds more Behindy.. LOL. just kidding.. nice to see you back

Bottom of large figure is too blurry, otherwise this is a really fun image!
PS: Yep, welcome back!

Really fun image. Love the silhouette of the queen. Amazing detail author.

@ Drivenslush: I should. LOL

Wow, i like this goddess...very nice interpretation and usage of very hard provided source...GL author?

thanks very much for the comments

Cute, great shape on the god(dess).

Congrats!!

Thank you

nicely done.

hehehe.. Walt Disney Meets Warner Brothers... that Darn Rabbit!!! hehehe.. good luck and very cute

Looool, you're right. I thought he was familiar...

Thanks Drivenslush!!

Very cute and creative, but the mottled shadows on the ground are a bit distracting, pulling the eye between the character and the castle, where nothing visually is happening.

Thanks MossyB, I've changed a bit the ground with a hue/sat layer and a curves layer (darkening highlights and lighting shadows). The thing is that in the photoshop it doesn't look so exagerated, it's when I submit it that the colors go wild...

so cute..............

This is so dang awesome. I instantly thought Aladdin.

Very clever use of the radishes! LOL

Thaks for your lovely comments!