Great mood and lighting, but the feet look a bit too rounded, and it looks kind of "pregnant." I think you should reshape and refine the body a bit more.

The biggest problem is the darkness of the shadows. Lots of your details and work aren't visible even in the high res. You really need to view the sbs to appreciate the work involved with this piece. Really nice job and nicely written sbs. Good luck!

Stunning imagery ... everything about this is classy. The attention to detail, the quality of the cut, the blending; even the title all combine to make this an extremely impressive piece of art. Bravo! Goes to my favourites!

Great feel and nice detailed work. Isn't there a picture of a sarcophagus on its side available? this looks weird to me, the head doesn't look like part of the body and the small hand has a weird place if the sarcophagus is on his back. There's lots of work in the room that is almost not visible anymore, since you've got a really strong light you could create some strong highlights on the shiney objects to make them pop out of the image a little more. Good luck!

Thank you everyone for your comments and suggestions. Ressiv, after studying the body for a while I realized that the chest was too high in relation to the head. I pushed it down a bit and added some shading for the arm and hand. Let me know if he needs to be tweaked more. I also added the highlights on the shiny stuff to make them stand out more. Thank you for the advice everyone!

Fantastic Image! ... I`m with Nator..hi-res is a must....well done author

Top entry for sure...good luck author

Congrats, really well done

Congrats...

Congrats, really nice entry

Congrats!!

This is a great piece the lighting is awesome! I say add a small shine or light reflection on anything shiny or gold like. I love how you focus on the main stock image u had to use..

congrats

congrats

Great artist (I mean both, author...)

Very creative

Very nice job author, an SBS would be very appreciated

thanks
SBS now posted

nice view..good luck

Looks great Good luck

Great job author...good luck

beautiful entry..........

this entry deserves a much better position on the charts...

Wall on left would be darker than wall on right since light is from left...

I like your thinking! Intriguing and pleasing to the eye.

thanks for suggestion - fixed it ...

Good sentiment, but a very simple image...

good masking

very cool! and the head looks cool too good masking...yes

Very good! Love the name a lot!!!!

Great image, great name, and the simplicity makes you reflect about how hard people need to think about things like this.. all the best.

great description i like that.

Poignant message, but not sure much chopping involved of source?

You are exactly right MELLOW, I did NO chopping of source other then color correction in certain areas... I'm old Catholic school and didn't want my knuckles rapped with a ruler.. I just wanted to make a contribution and the idea was in my head and I couldn't get it out thanks for all your wonderful comments (I did fade his face into the back ground but he ended up looking like a very severe case of acne and he lost all his innocence .. thanks a gain everyone

while the thought is nice, we still need to remember this is a photoshopping contest and the rules of stock photos. Im careful about entering something that close to my heart as I get upset if someone is negative about an image, so whatever is said just take it with a pinch of salt goodluck anyway.

Olivia! Your comments are ALWAYS honest and from the heart... thanks you sweetie

Your welcome gorgeous big hugs mwah

Very Patriotic...

sometimes simple is better, this is a very powerful image