The eyes are interesting but the background distracts from the subject. The face looks washed out. Maybe you would have gotten a pale but crisper look if you had took out some of the saturation vs painting it with white at a low opacity. I am sure some of the other gurus will be able to sugest a better technique. Good Luck and keep on chop'n!

cool....

Eyes look fake, you should have kept the original fabric...you could have done that by overpainting the way you did, but on a separate layer, then reducing the opacity and/or playing with blending modes.

Looks a little bit fake at some portions but overall a nice try....

The overall features could have been in more focus and better contrast. The eyes probably look fake, because of the black.

Nice job!

Bad shadows...looks like 3 different light sources, but the mood is good.

Tough one given that this is surrealism, but this looks a bit more like placement of random images than a really surreal image (just imho). The colours all blend well and I love the watermelon , just fix the shadows

Beautiful composition...

@Ray Tedwell: I see it. The empty chair represents (his) absense. The Owl represents his flight. The watermelon represents the sweetness of her memory of him. The hand is the persistance of this memory as it hangs over her head. Not random at all IMHO. Very nice work, Author.

downoffthedragon i have to say only one thing...u hit the center of the target.U are right about all things,and i am sure that u see another thing too.See how she look on opposite direction of all sources,3 items are behind her,and one is above her,and this is her representation of sadness.Great eye,and fantastic thinking,thank u a lot,means a lot for me.Nator u are right about the shadow,i will fix that and thanks again for the nice comment.

Owl shadow is a little undigestable other than that....beautiful work....

I like it especially the owl

This girl looked quite small, I think. But it's a good job. GL, author

The girl is very small, and the smallest crow should be a bit smaller. The lighthouse doesn;t seem to fit in too well to the background, perhaps a colour overlay above your image for blending? Good luck!

I think you should make the girl bigger..she looks tiny weeeny

Thanks guys,i made some corrections...girl is bigger not...or better to say taller....

Girl is too small, light is from the right, solighthouse should be flipped to match...

Thank u for the comment CMYK but i don't agree...girl is now regular size and light coming from both side and at right side of the lighthouse is big dark cloud who blocking the light....So i think that the lighting is ok...

this is pretty, in a creepy morbid way .. wives tale says 2 crows mean death....

This is pretty but dimensions are bit difficult to digest...

I think CMYK was right about the lighthouse.

I think it is wonderful....

edit: the tongue twister is actually: 'we surely shall see the sun shine soon'

thanks loopyluv, glad you like it!

Very nice GL

Congrats for your third place, Ray!

Congrats!

Congratulations for 3rd

Congrats again Ray!!!

Add some shadow around the waist and where the cloth meets..GL

agrees with adding shadows

Thank ya for the advice!

Thanks to two Pxleyes advisers, I improved this job!

Great blend!! Good luck!!

Everybody, thanks!