I like your thinking differently. Simple but very elegant and I like the darkening you did on the hands.

Nice lighting, really keeps the focus on the ball of light - which looks really cool btw.

A high res would have been nice but it does look rather well done.

Good idea. Questionable background.

Nice idea, the shadows seem like they could use some work, and i agree with CMYK (He's a stained glass GURU)

Nice manipulation author. Good : D.

Background, more details in the guide. Thanks.

gl

Interesting idea, but I agree about the shadows needing a bit of work. Maybe soften a bit and not so dark. I might have chosen to make the stained glass with a bit larger cells and have light shining through onto the hands. Would give the background a sense of belonging. Then your shadowing wouldn't have to be in so hard to gauge. Just a few helpful suggestions for an already fabulous idea. GL

great

really nice work. Should think about a step-by-step guide though.

the tree shadows are too much.

Your shadows are in the wrong place according to the son the hand! Yours should be on the other side. It's a cool idea....just needs a bit of correction. GL

I love the idea - this has some great potential. You just need to be a little more careful with your masking (look around and under the clumber, and on the right half of the trees). Fix that up and take another look at the shadows and youve got a great piece of work. I'll hold my vote for now. GL

really nice

@junkieball: gd point! will add it soon

@sparklen: haha thanks for pointing that out. I played around a bit, but i wasn't good enough to make it look nice soi just added a sun behind to hand to compensate :p. Thanks. @RayTedwell Thanks alot. I'll practice more. @elficho haha my gf thinks the same :P. @lycra thanks

Nice addition of the sun - that looks great. But to continue the constructive criticism, draw a straight line from the sun to the object (ie the climber) to see where the shadow will fall. Simple method but can add a whole lot of realism, and try to have the opacity of all the shadows looking dimilar too.

gl

great use of source. l like the addition of the climber.

Nice idea.....A little work on the shadows....fading and softening the edges. Over all, good job. GL

very nice job

i think it may be nice if you could adjust the hight of the water to match the line on her body, nice entry as is

Hey Razor Thanks! Hows this any better?

yes, i think it is much better

very nice