very nice, great idea and great name to go along with it. High marks from me

very nice composition

wwwwow! this is awesome the ground id great and the sprout adds a cool effect to the image because it really does represent hope!

Good idea & color ...plant could use a better shadow...

this is a wonderful image.. similiar ones' were issue in the sixties and this one is just fantastic!!! (thanks for using my image

I had the idea to the image a lil bit late and had to hurry.
Im ok with the shadow, but your right cmyk46, it could have been better
Golem: i loved to use your pic and it was planed , ...ahm plant

Wonderful idea and lovely colours!

Glückwunsch zum 4.!

visually, i really love this image, well done author

A very interesting image, I would love to see a high res

i dont know ...i kinda like it!

wwwooooowwwwww, so beatiful,image and girl,very good

I really enjoyed reading the tutorial. Great job!

Nice image. Link 3 only leads to the CGT homepage. You need to link to the individual sources you used.

awesome!!!

Nice chop

Really nice image, some very detailed components to it.. my one suggestion woul be to maybe get rid of the bottom bit of her ear, because we can still see the lobe.. but this image is Great! Hihgh marks!!

I think the ear keeps it more human, that's why it's still there.

Top job!

Congratulations!

Congrats for your second place!

Congratulations for 2nd

congrats.. beatiful art work

Congrats!

Congrats!!

congrats

nice image!

Great! maybe a bit of burning/ shadow under the hands?

Edit: looks good now!

Oh dear, thanks, there is a shadow under there but i just softened it a bit too much, thanks!

very nice visual.. good luck

The black stroke around the grades at the right part doesn't look good, maybe try to use a gray color to match more the metal.
The hand's shadows on the metal are not looking good, try to make it more realistic. Great idea overall, love it

Thank you! I think you're right actually, i just imagined thet since the light was coming in from the left there would be a certain amount of shading, thanks!!

It's a good idea, but the extension of the arms doesn't work. The edges go abruptly from sharp to blurry, and there's no hair on the extended parts.

great

good idea! i liked

Thanks!

shadows need work, the arms are way too blurry, where the railing falls into the background is too dark

I added a soft glow effect when the image was done by taking a version of the image and blurring it by about 7 pixels, then changing the belnd mode to soft light, if you're referring to the blur of the arm itself, i was trying to show where the camera was focussing when the picture of the actual source was taken. Thanks for the comment.

very nice!!

Thanks

realistic!!!

wonderful idea, I love it. The arm part is a bit blury on the edges, other than that wonderful creation good luck to you.

it looks great.

this image has an interesting feel about it. love the fact you have taken on board the feed back to improve your entry. WELL DONE authorl.

hope he or she doesn't jump

Thank you to everyone

I like this one... but the shadowing just aint doing it for me though... but good work

nice job

sweet mergence of sources... good luck

Very nice!!

Wow, just about dead last. Makes me reconsider my chosen profession. :P

Can't wait for the SBS. Cool effect

good entry

yup u r right......full resolution is much better......awesome idea + work.....keep it up...

Super effect very nice looking image is this done with Feather Brushes?

edit: yes to that question then…..

Stunning piece author

wow..thanks for the Tutorial on brush design.. really makes this entry SING and also gives others on an insightful way of creating.. AWESOME!!! (Not to mention I'm going to have a blast trying to duplicate the effect... KNOWLEDGE IS POWER and thank you so much for sharing) HIGH MARKS

great idea!! beautiful image author!! i like it!!

very beautiful wrk............................

nice

This is a fantastic pic, really cool effect, I think I agree with Nator, the girl in a setting would be a match winner for me, the feathers are a brilliant touch and you have worked them well.

very creative

Great affect and very creative! Good luck!

Simply beautiful ...

Nice work

Is she smoking? GL!

that bird is a previously manipulated image....... my image was removed for using it.... yet this one is stilllll here...

Good, maybe the smoke from her mouth could use some attention and the strange lines from her chest and shoulder dont add a lot.

you might want to watch how many birds are in the pic it might be an overkill but good job and good luck:P)

To Moderators.... You removed my image from this contest because of the bird i used. This image used the exact same bird after my entry. Why is it still in the contest. Do you know who we are when you vote and just pick out people, or do you play fair? I have redflagged this before. You never miss an image when ive done somthing wrong. I think you just pick on the same people!

Really nice, the feather effect is surely well done.

Congratulations for 2nd

Congrats! Great job!

Congras!

Congratulations.

congrats

congrats

thank you for the votes and the comments. Im surprised with that 2nd place. Feels good

Wow, how beautiful = )