Nice thinking! Might be a better image if the foreground foliage was a different hue...like maybe greener?

I did change the hue of the foliage, but not enuogh..So did it again, works well now i reckon.

Yep, better depth now! GL author.

very creative
i love it

great imagination and a wonderful job, all the best

I like it, very cute = )

Good job........GL
JB

Fantastic piece of work...well done author...gl

Congrats, really well done

Thanks for your comments

Congrats!!

Congrats on the 1st place

congratulation...

Congrats on the 1st place

The brickpattern can barelly be seen, if you decide to make it more visible warp it to fit the form.
Use some reference to help you with the entry:
http://www.grandmas-attic.com/images/a2331.jpg

I wish I had seen this image earlier. Thanks for the suggestion greymval.

You can get inspired from it, but not use it or reproduce it, since it's copyrighted.
I posted it so that you can see the proportions, mood, lighting & how an entry should look.
The lighthouse is your MAIN so it would be better to be more detailed and occupy more space, for starters.
You can search for lighthouses on sxc, you should find plenty of shapes and environments to enspire you there.
You can edit your entry if you want to improve it My stuff-My contest entries.
There you have it: the 3 "you can"s. :P

I respect the effect you were trying to achieve, but rather see step five as the finished entry. I would just create a new layer, fill it with black, set the blend mode to color dodge, and then with a soft white 5% opacity brush paint where you want light. Painting over brighter areas with more brush strokes. Then I would create a new layer fill it with a brown color and set the layer blend mode to color and set the opacity of the layer around 25%. This will give you a more dramatic scene. good luck!

Thanks. I will try that and reply about outcome.

very good dark contrast the waves is just incredible. good work

how cute!!!!

Haha wish they could make robots working on only a fish and some water instead of tons of electricity Then a lot problems would be solved I like it author !
GL

He is really cute!!! Best of Luck

Not bad. Goldfish should pop more.

I really like the Hi-res you can see those bubbles & reflection of the surroundings. Good one

Creative idea The reflection made it even better

hahahahah....super cool...best of luck author

Awww I love it! Very cool glass effect

Congrats!

Congrats!

Help the homeless! They're turning into oranges!

Seriously, why is he so orange? Really bad case of Hep C? He is as orange as your font.

Lower the saturation at least.

wow,....you have created wonderful texture from the source.... I am sure you can do more of this one, for example a full house maybe? just IMO......

What a good idea and a great job here, too!

Hey Thanks

cool idea!