Very pretty, but the highlights on the fairy are too high contrast for the rest of the image, especially her leg, which also has a weird blue spon on her ankle.

Sweet idea ...

You are right Mossy. That blue thing on her leg is a left over from a layer I didn't delete.
Unfortunately now I don't have the time to fix it.

very very nice work author...very cool mood...i know that is on the original image but i would change that wings...they look very unnatural...maybe u could try to create some wings from the source image...just an idea...best of luck

Nice colors. Like the loving gaze. Flower looks great. Would like to know how you achieved it. Gaussian blur would make it wonderful. GL

@erathion Thanks for your nice comment and suggestion.
@locale Oh! Thanks. why not...sbs has added.

Congrats for 3rd

Congrats!!

congratulations...

Congrats!

luv the colours... congrats...

I like how your hands are place, you really do look like you are touching the jar. And thank
you, glad you think this is a good contest = )

Very cool pic...thumbs up from me

Thanks for the nice comments!

wow...cool work with a very nice mood...well done

Magnifique!, great source choices and very well executed.... and I always love your hair
Well done and very best of luck, high hopes for this one

It looks good, and you made a pretty cool SBS, but one thing I don't agree with is the color of her hair & dress that gets lost in the colors of the sky. I understand that she's a force of nature and therefore there's a reason for the blending, but somehow she should step out more - at least a darker hair and dress .
Happy New Year!

Love the picture. My only issue that lightning wouldn't cast a shadow on the ground.

NOTE: IMAGE HAS BEEN EDITED AS PER SUGGESTIONS ABOVE
@Gino, thank you so much for the lovely comment and fav!
@ pingenvy - I searched for a long time to find out if lightning cast a shadow and could not find an answer. All I know is: Lightning is Plasma (neither a Gas or a Solid) and does have Mass. So I thought that perhaps it would cast a shadow. I prefer the picture without and your comment encouraged me to remove it. Thanks!

@greymval - I darkened her dress and hair and changed the sky's colour a bit. I am out of time to do more but think this helps. Thanks for the suggestion.

Author I have to agree with Greymval on the hair color...Think any other color would made her stand out a little more....And the lightening issue IMO for this image is a bit out of place along the side of her arm and with that being said, I think causes the "issue" of shadow or no shadow...It's the color of the lightening, it just doesn't fit....Still get high marks from me for fantastic work!! Best of Luck

@Christy - Thank you for the feedback!

Nice chop! GL!

WOW!!!!! You did really awesome on this! Love the blending and colors... just makes me more jealous of ya'll that can work with PS!

Wow, the sweet little fairy's hair and plumage are on end

Very nice execution.....Well done .....G/L Author.

Congratulations!

Congrats on your 2nd place!

Congrats!

Thanks to everyone! Hugs!

congrats ... nice imagination....

Congrats on the second place..

Congrats!!

Congratulations for 2nd place, stunning piece.

Looks like a fun day! Pretty work here.