Nice work over all, but you didn't really use the source, just pasted it in.

thanks for the comment. "Pasting" is such a harsh word in photoshop. I cropped, blended, transformed, and added a stem to the flower. Granted it's not the biggest object, but I was hoping it would draw the most attention, given that it has the most color. It's better appreciated when you see it in full view.

Very mysterious mood! I love the way you did the trees! Looking at the scene, you are level 10++++... Better if you upload your sbs.

i agree w/ cmyk and nator. i once entered the cork screw contest and made the screw as unicorn horn; it was pulled because of minimal souce used and it was way larger in percentage to the whole image than this. this is very good image though...if it's in the beach branch contest this would be the one i'd put the highest score in. ;P

nice image ... but imo poor use of source

Thank you all for your comments. If you see the entry as is, yes the source looks really small, but if you see it in it's full size view 1600x1200 then you can see the flower better and how it fits within the setting. I originally wanted to use it for the branches contest, but I'm new here and have not leveled up yet. In fact this is my first contest.

1st contest...wow. you'll be one of the top contender here then lol

Kinda CRB'd the source IMO

@ ricky777, thanks! I'm really here just to share what I make and see what others have created. That's what I enjoy the most. @ jawshoewhah, CRB'd ? I don't know what that stands for.

Nice image, but would have liked to have seen the source image used more.

Very interesting. (And not just the model )

Nice work...very good color...good luck

lovely editing of the photograph ... well done, ...but imo - poor use of source

Thank you all. And yes, I probably could have made the source more the focal point, but I just thought it was really ugly and wanted to hide it in a picture somewhere lol. At least I didn't *only* copy and paste it.

haha so you hide it beside a very very beautiful lady

agrees with the source used.

really used source to the max..gl

coooool work..

Interesting...

very good

OOooo different , well done

unusal image -- maybe send a bit of time on the blending of the tails and stems also the masking of the dogs -- the area under the belly should not be there it is background form the orignal image

thanks a lot Alan. Hope its better now

Better -- tail and stem still could be tter and maybe some blurring of the edges of the dog just to soften the transition. I find blurring the jpeg is sometimes easier than doing it in the PSD file

Crazy idea...good luck author

ouch! where did you stick the stem!!! poor dog lol

Hey.... this is impressive and different thinking.. Good Luck!!

Crazy and funny