Beautiful...

I can't make out what is flying. It looks like either just a bird wing, or a dead bird. Now that I studied your SBS, I can barely make out the woman, but the wings are too large and overdominate the woman, making the image very hard to "read" without seeing the SBS...
Perhaps you could give her face and hair a bit more contrast.

Even if i don`t understand what`s happen in this pics it looks beautifull.....

EDIT DONE ... changed so much that the SBS is not very applicable to this image. Sorry about that, I did not have time to change it. It still shows that I did the work and gives details of my first image.

Author I have to be honest that it took me 5 minutes too to actually see what was flying there (and I watched the SBS a couple of times and wondered how you used the sources). Somehow you have a kind of visual illusion here, either you see it or you don't

Nevertheless I really like this entry, visually it is good, has some mystery in it and makes you want to look again. The motion could be a bit better, looks like she's photographed with a stroboscoop now, if there would be anything you want to improve I'd say have a look at that again

Okay ... tried some changes. I think it is better but I believe Rob is right. When you look at something a long time you have a vision of what it looks like but it only you can see it. Sometimes it is not a good vision LOL!

Please let me know if you think it is better???

think it is more recognisable now what is flying there

Hey Rob! Thanks! Just one question, is the motion blur better? I worked on that too!

To be honest If I were you I'd keep the original entry for my personal portfolio (I liked it better) but also think you made the right choice to change it for this contest. Think you have to search for a photo which has got motion blur on it and see how that looks like on a photo, it will give more a blur trail.

Much better! You can clearly make out the woman, and the motion looks more "moving," to fit the statement.
Great improvement!

I could be a "stop-motion" image, or a "slow-motion". Very beautiful, and it makes our imagination fly away...

oh, very nice one...

Fantastic entry author...i did not saw the previous version/versions but this one is powerful...well done

Thanks Nator. I was unsure about the changes so it is really great to get positive feedback now that they are done.

i should have seen this earlier..., beautiful job

ummmm, cool

Very nice image that have great surreal mood,but this is not OOB...

I agree with erathion.

thanks i will try to fix it later

If I was 3 I would maybe find it funny

nice work, and tooth its the image that counts and not the joke..

It's cute, like an child book illustration!

great work...gl

very cute idea.. good LUCK!!

Cuteness :P

You don't have to if you don't want but it is nice to see your techniques. When you use multiple external sources, SBS is optional. I will say, it doesn't quite look like a cloud city to me, more like low fog. Maybe if you positioned the city higher and showed some kind of sky underneath, to show a realistic city in the clouds and not just a heavy fog bank. That's mainly IMO.

I'll hold my vote.

Edits made, thanks.

What's the city reflected on?

It is not reflecting on anything. It is the way it is, a double sided city in the sky. Just a fantasy like all the rest of these.

nice entry .......... like the idea .......... all the best ...........

Nothing like 'mood lighting' in a cockpit! Great fantasy, author.
Cloud blur helps a lot.

It's more like a city in the clouds now. Well done! GL!

I LOVE the colors!

Cool take on this, good job

Very NICE! Great work and gl

Great job!

decent work but where those birds are actually..?..above the clouds or beneath ?.

Wow! This is simply awesome!!! You should place for sure author. Great imagination and use of external sources. Very surreal and imaginative. GL to you!!!

That's so cool, very nice work, author.

Great job author...good luck

Excellent... but with the light coming from overhead, wouldn't the birds be less shillouetted?...

very playful and fun!!!

What a way to travel

Thanks all for the comments. The birds are above the clouds and underneath the clouds that carry the city, so between them. Birds could indeed be a little brighter JamesD, since its a surrealistic image I think its ok this way

I'm liking this one a lot! I like the integrity of only one light source and it's consistent! One small suggestion...perhaps lighten the right sides of the balloons a bit more. The extremely strong highlights on the gals tops makes me think this could be a good thing.

wow that is wonderful ................. can i get those balloons ..............

Thanks pixelkid, brightened the right parts a little bit
Swordfish, they'll cost you a lot, these are really special and take you anywhere you want

ha ha ...........thats nice ...............

excellent and very nice

Very cute!

Very good composition.

Happy little angels

Love the overall composition.......G/L Author.

congrats for the 2nd ..........

Congrats for your second place, Ressiv!

Congrats...

Oh so happy to see this one place so high! It was definitely my favorite. Congrats!

Congrats Ressiv!!!

Congratulations!

Congratulations! for 2nd place

Thanks a lot all

congratulations!!!

Congratulations!!!

Congrats!

congratulations for the second

Thanks