good attempt author. you have used nice colours in your entry.

nice work, love the background- after I saw the step by step it made me wish you hadn't stretched the bird quite so much

Not bad, but flip the flag part...

Thanks for the comments. I did try to flip the flag, but it just looked off somehow. I tried a few different "stretches" of the bird. The less elongated ones didn't really give a Phoenix feel...just a big bird on a building. I'll keep at it though.

This is a wicked cool but you warped the original source I can barely tell how you used it. But this is still wicked cool nonetheless

Thanks jawshoewhah. Actually, the source image is the only part I didn't warp. I even masked out the bird face in the final step so that you could see the source. It's been changed into a "firey brightness" (hopefully), but in the Hi-Res you should be able to clearly see the source image. But I agree. It's wicked cool. Didn't think I was going to be able to get it to turn out the way I envisioned, but it did.

creative use of source. fantastic outcome

Thanks you scratzilla1 for the wonderful comment.

Stunning!

Really beautiful! Good luck

very nice image!

Lovely

what athmosphere....Compliments!

great lighting effects author .. well done.

So Science fictiony. Very Creative!

Beautiful! Love the lighting.

Very very nice,great colors.....

Beautiful image!

Beautifully done.......Good job and Good Luck Author.

beautiful

Congratulations for 2nd, great pic.

Congrats for your second place, Genuine!

Congrats for the 2nd!

congrats!

congrats!

very nice

You have a few edges issues that I'd like to see cleaned up. The front edge of the "lake", the fairey's wings, and the cloak of the figure in the foreground are all a bit blurred and need some definition. The mood of this peice is wonderful...I'd just like to see it more refined. MHO! Good luck!

Very nice idea...

Where's the source image...?

I added a SBS to show what I did with the source... lol...(Sky and lake are unmolested except for color adjustment) and some masking of lake at the bottom. A barely seen outline of the masked over dune in the back. Texture over islands are heavy. Concur with CMYK most of the source is unrecognizable but was used and is there... See SBS... Thanks all.

nice! where is a devil?

very nice

Beautiful! Well done and good luck!

nice author...wish you add SBS...good luck

This is just lovely! Like something by Cicely Mary Barker.

An absolutely enchanting image! A minor observation - the tall stems of grass should be visible on viewers side of the wings since the grass base is farther away from the fairy. Good luck!

The bubbles are fantastic!

Her left wing looks a bit to high. I love the colors and the magical feeling. Very enchanting.

Wonderful image!

There are a lot of elements but it all seenms to work really well - beautiful!

Sooo sweet and love the mood!

Stunning! Wonderul work!

Terrific job Author.......G/L Author.

Cool chop i like this and good luck

very nice

Congrats for your third place, Niks!

congrats on your placement... just beautiful

Congrats for the 3rd place niks1351! Still my favourite

Congrats

congrats

thnk u all.....for the wonderful comments and voting for me....

Congratulations for 3rd