Colors, reflection and masks are really well done. Good luck Author

Nice, but I'd fade out the sails in the reflection. Right now it looks a bit too pasted on the water. Good luck!

Nice coloring......

Beautiful coloring.

This is so beautiful, I loved the warm tones, are so soothing!!! Good luck, author!

wow beautiful work!!

I really love this image, colours and reflections are great. I would like to see a bit more space at the top of the sail maybe (but only my opinion - if you like it that way, then go with it!)

lovely

very pretty

Calmness!!..fav for me

Congratulations pshoudini!

congrats!

congrats m8

Congratz

Congrats!!

Lovely atmosphere and nice illumination makes it very fascinating. Also the underwater part results very well made, but, in my opinion, it shouldn't be so wide; it gives emptiness to half of the picture.

#NICE! agree with rusvelt. the underwater szene have to be smaller, cause you can see the water surface from bottom in a wrong perspective! another point: the water line between underwater and upper part is way too linear. you need many small curves in this pic ...however, great lighting and blending skills!

I think the boat has weird shadows... if the light comes from right, there should be no shadow on the right side of the boat. Good luck, i love the mood and the blending :P

Aw, so sorry! I was thinking this was a theme one... wasn't paying attention to the contest's name.

#fresh update! best of luck

Another suggestion, because of the hot color temperature from the shiny sunset, equally the boat colors should be warmer, maybe more on the right side. It's just a suggestion, and my opinion. GL

Makes me want to dive in this sea! This work is very beautiful, very tasteful shade! Good luck, author.

Great mood...GL author!

nice

Beautiful image...best of luck author

It sure is calm author! Lovely!

Congrats!!

Thanks everyone

Congrats

wow this is great

yep got to agree with Tuckinator

At least give it a skull & crossbones flag...otherwise it's just another sailing ship. Also, the hull needs a shadow as well as the sails...

I see plenty of shadow on the side of the ship and the water, as a matter of fact I can even see a skull and cross bones on a whole sail...I take you are still wearing too dark of a pair of shades CMKY. BTW author welcome to pxleyes.

Have to agree with Ichappell.. it's a swell image.. great find for the back ground

i see the shadows and the sail bears the Davy Jones matey

yep got to agree with lchappell, Drivenslush, cabldawg71,and Tuckinator

Thanks for all the positive comments!

Aye, matey, very nice drawing indeed. I see the shadows and indeed she bears a skull 'n crossbones....... it's there in the shadows, real stealth-like.

Cool. The low sun would stretch the shadow image, not compress it, however. (And I think that might also add to the drama of the image.) More challenging is figuring out how the rough surface of the water would distort the shadow falling on it.

I wonder, how did you put the skull and cross bones on the sail? Did you draw them yourself?

any water-like effect on the shadow would be nice. ripple may be ?

Welcome and nice job. looks dead sexy!!