Looks great! What did you do with the skin texture?

Thanks CMYK! I duplicated the layer of the man and then used the glowing edge filter and set it to overlay then I reduced the opacity to %50. Took me a while to get this effect and it turns out that it's really simple.

Thanks for explaining, and good luck! (My only suggestion would be to give the edge of the hat a slight blur, but I love what you've done.).

love it as it is, great effect very nice

Love it! I do something very similar with one more step added. Paint daubs. Your style seems very familiar to me.... fav!
One thing ...
your bird is a tad small in comparison.

woooooooowww

That's a pretty skilled edit right there. Nice smooth combination of elements, even consistent lighting, and a well thought out concept. My only thought would be if you made the baby birds a bit more prominent. You did a great job with the source you used. Great job author! Kudos

Amazing work here!!!
Really well done!
Good luck, author!

Added color to the image Nator! Thanks for the input.

Very well done.

Great detail and depth, very thought provoking image.

Wonderful work!! Congratulations!

I like the overall look of this , good work

nicely blended -- great choice of images -- like the B&W and lighting

Hey thanks Alan..

Looks good! What's the source for the scratch texture?

good work

The scratches are made with the pen tool