cool work, author! best of luck to you!

Tree reflection is too blurred compared to swan reflections, but this is still a nice piece of work...GL author.

Edit: Thanks CMYK46 to point out.

Too cool execution author...Very very well done!

so mystical, good luck!

Very, very pretty work, author!

Best 1 in the entry..good luck

Lovely view........Great job and good luck Author.

congrats!

Congrats for 1st, nice

Congrats, lovely work

Thanks friends..love you all!

Congrats for winning!

Congrats!

Congratulations for 1st place win....this is awesome work.

This is such a beautiful image and makes me feel like I am up there with that bird. Bird could maybe use some motion blur so that it doesn't seem to be motionless. Your SBS is SOOOO outstanding. Would like to know what program you were using. My Adobe 6 doesn't seem to have all the options you described. High score!! GL

very soothing image................

very sweet work, good luck!

Artgirl ...I am working in CS5. What options doesn't 6 have? I used to work in PS6 and may be able to suggest alternate ways to do the same thing ... PM me if you want

Re Wing Blur - I know what you mean. I did try that when I was first working on the picture but it never looked quite right. I could perhaps blur the wings a bit? I did have the teardrop hanging more straight down originally but thought that having it flowing backwards helped to give the sense of motion.

Once again.., beautiful job

Very nice Author I like this alot

Fabulous work author...animated part in SBS is nice touch,,,good luck

Simple but amazing! Very good job author, i love the perspective and the colors overall!

I imagine the bird carrying our dreams in that bubble... Very beautiful image, and the colors are so nice!...

I was SO looking for a coconut in the bubble. My first thought was, "Is it an African swallow or a European swallow".
Back to the point, its painterly and VERY nice!

animated sbs is very good

very pretty, I like attention to detail on your mountains

Pingenvy ... I am pretty sure it is a North American Wood Swallow but I changed the colour to match the image better...it was originally; a great iridescent blue on the back and lower part of the wings, white belly and brown/gray everywhere else ... tee hee, sneaky me! Oh and sorrry about the coconut ... I will consider it if I do a revised edition someday

Very nice image.

Congratulations!

Thank you all so much for your comments and support ... I am certainly loving my new home! Many hugs to all!

Congrats

congrats

Arca, wonderful work!!! congratulations!!!

Congrats!! Sweet image!

This is really nice. I wish that you give us an SBS.

Would be better without the house, and you could have chosen better brushes for the lightning...these are angular & not very realistic.

Great mood and colours!High Marks!

very spooky feel.. reminds me of the 50's horror films... great job

this has a neat feel to it-good job

Really like it!

nice effects!!!

nicely done

Looks very simple, try adding more snow on the floor or maybe a cottage, anything to make it a bit more interesting. Good luck!

pretty simple really, good luck anyway.

Nice! Nice! Nice! It all fits together nicely and done well.

Depth was nicely shown in the falling snow. Very believable.

i love it!

nice imagination author.. it looks visually impressibve.. u could add more shadows between the fingers.. about the veins, it looks quite awkward for them to bulge from the middle of the fingers, even if u decide to leave them that way, u should try to continue them along the lenght of the hand like u did for the thumb.. good luck

now my nails hurt .. good job

hmmmmmmm i dont know...

Nice idea, great image- good luck!

I'm not exactly feeling vertigo and nausea, but I do feel a little dizzy and that maybe I'm going to vomit. Nice perspective and I love the hand. Great job!!

Sweet idea, very nice view!