You might want to soften the edges of the camel to match the sharpness of the surrounding image.

Also when adding shadows make the 'connection' of the two surfaces similar in darkness. i.e. the camel looks a bit like it's floating because the darkness of the shadow you made doesn't match the parts of the camel that are meant to be in contact.

The shadows are about right in strength, you just need to add that much darkness to the camel as well, or lighten it up where it's darker. If you don't understand what I mean (which wouldn't surprise me because sometimes I don't express myself very well send me a PM so I can illustrate.

PS: Just want to help!

Hee-hee! Sweet!

I like the idea. It's a vary cute composition

The shadows on the dog and the "bone" don't mach. And using refine selection and Decontaminate color is a good idea for removing that green fur on the kitty. And you can tweak the exposure a bit so all the segments mach. A soft color overlay might do the job.

Thanks Nichev for taking the time to make some helpful advice. I worked on the changes you suggested, I think it made the work better.

I keep coming back to this one and each time I like it more ... has a quietly haunting feel.

i really like the feel of dis image...........gud luck

Beautiful entry.., I like the blue tone...

its beautiful ..................

You were really happy on this compo, it's very beautiful and moody. I love the color as well.

Very very nice creation...best of luck

Congrats on 2nd place

Congrats George...

Congrats!!

Thank you guys.....

congrats george

Not really fair being so cute.... goob... hehehehe.. high HIGH marks from me.. high Res needed and space between the O and F would be a big help for readability (but the message and brilliance is clear LOL)... Oh yeah..you are still a goob

(you are such a gentle talent... continue the attitude... you are beautiful

EDIT: THE WORK IS A BIG WOO HOO... high res you can see the excellence great job

Cool

High res please!

Interesting idea - i just think you need to try and match your focal distance for the image. Some things are a lot more blurred than others, while some parts are quite sharp. GL.

wow its so crystal clear and beautiful.amazing job author

very creative and excellent.. well Golem has already told everything.. i jus need to echo.. hats off..

I love the image, good luck

Perfect idea and result! Looks amazing and lol at the humor.

Funny idea. In case you want a bit more interaction between the fishes and the mermaid, you can rotate the fishes a bit so that the heads are more towards the mermaid. But ok, maybe then the story will be way different than what you had in mind. Good luck!

Congrats for your second place!

thank you!

congrats!

cool

HEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY.. I remember this feeling.. awesome capture!!! (70's wall paper is AWESOME)

very nice

It is so great to read your description Makes the picture even more beautiful! Good luck

nice entry and a great story

congrats Mymy!!!

Congratulations for 3rd

Congrats mymy!

Congrats!!

congrats!!

Congrats!

congrats!

Congrats!