Masking of the leaf, especially of the stem, could use some work. Might be good to up the saturation a bit, too.

Very good blending and idea.

good work good luck author

Cool chop "wink"

awesome

good choice of model

add icicles on the nose, hands...coat..hair

nice colors

Somewhat creepy... but awesome!

The light on top of the hands and the face on the right side is a bit too high contrast, the values are blown out. Good overall effort, though. He looks cold!

very good one, good luck!

no icicles? maybe some snow (dots) on the coat or hair...

Great entry, I can feel the cold from his eyes....best of luck author

CONGRATS

Thanks a lot Drivenslush!! and all of you

Congrats

Congrats

thanks chuck...

Fantastic concept.. good luck

good imagination.. All de best..

The castle is not that visible, I only saw it when I looked at the SBS, still this creation is one of my faves here, well done.

Emik - I know what you mean. Although I can see it fine on my home monitor once I had it uploaded I realized it was not that visible in small res/small monitor. I considered removing it but I was so late uploading that I did not have time. It was either get 4 hours sleep or fix it, I chose sleep!

Thanks for the great comments!

Wow,what a great entry...Idea is top notch,execution perfect and mood fabulous...well done author and instant fav from me...

This is really nice and creative. She really looks frozen, and this icy land is awesome.

Congrats...This entry is amazing and i was disappointed when was not finished in top 3...keep going with creating great entry's...

Congrats...This entry is amazing and i was disappointed when was not finished in top 3...keep going with creating great entry's...

Congrats ! very nice

xwd sources worked when i tried them?

Wow, very nicely made! Great ice effect!

I like this, but it needs a bit of tweaking. The edges of your elements are too hard, making everything look "cut and paste," instead of blended into one image. The hips/legs of the guy are a different color from the arms, and are do not contrast enough with the ice, except for the hard edges. The ice does not look like it is encasing the guy, it just looks like a background.

I would soften the edges (blur took, small brush size, about 45%) for better blending, color adjust the top and bottom of the body for consistency (Select from the bottom of the shirt down, and use Hue and Saturation), and would create some ice on the "water" to form around the edges of the guy at the base.

I'd also add some shading to the pegs in the ice to give them some depth, they look very flat.

thanx nator and mossyB for ur precious suggestions...did some changes...hope its ok

There is something very dark about this image ... you certainly captured his torture and emotion well.

Very nice dramatic composition author...best of luck