Stunning chop. Truly beautiful work.

Impressive..! and fav.

Fantastic work here, author! I especially like your step3 material creation. Inner glow colors top it off.

Nice job! Great SBS.

Congrats on 3rd place, derdevil.

very nice work -- like the chicks

very happy look

I'm sure the little birds are very happy in their comfy "home". And such a cute and colourful "worm" given to them Thumbs up

Nicely lit & nice work with the source, only two little nitpicks....I`d bring the nest down to the branch as it seems to be floating slightly, and the birds tail seems too transparent even with the motion effect. Just my opinion though

Thanks Gino. I repost my enrty and hope i made enough justice to it.

My fav !

much improved, well done author.... great image

Very nicely done! I actually really like the darkness around the edges. It really accents the colorful beauty of this image.

nice

what ripsaw said LOL

Congrats on second place.

Congrats for your second place....nicely done.....!!!

Author, Great JOB but you need to place the pictures you used UN CUT in your SBS.. (you may have to show some of your work as well)

A high res could be useful so peeps can see the work better and give you a higher score for skill.. good luck and good work!

Adding a light yellow and medium yellow filters would help blending more the ears to the bird, good luck.

The edge of the ear on the right hand side needs to be slightly trimmed and adjusted at the head, it looks like part of the elephant head is showing.

Good bird photo, but try to color match the ears for a better result. GL author.

pretty bird pretty bird very good job author.. GOOD LUCK

great work...

Stylish

The pink swirls are somewhat distracting, and are placed in such a way, it looks like the bird has gas...

i think the wings are too small for such a big bird ----that's why the pink swirls are distracting .......... ( Do birds have gas ?)

SBS will be useful ....... Good luck

nice....

While I really like the desing of the bird, I must say that the background kind of spoils it. Not that it's bad or something, but I think a plain dark (black maybe) background would make the bird stand out in a cool way. Just my opinion of course

@MossyB: Adjusted the smoke
@designed: I just used the source for the sizes. SBS added!
@ kushpatel: Thank you
@ JimLemon: I tried the black background, it was oké, but it wasn't great. Sorry, but i'm not going to change it. Thanks for the opinion though

Kinda pushing the rules on using the source IMO, that being said I do like the image you've created with the source as a template/reference. Best Of luck