very awesome author, great idea. maybe burn her under side to give her more stability, she's kind of out there.. but that could just be me.. it's still very pretty good LUCK and as always IMHO

thx for ur comment driven, i burned her underside so she fits in more

Not a bad image, but what's that stuff she's lying on?

its a rock covered with a fishnet cmyk46, lol

So where's the rest of the net on the ground?

It always bums me out when there isn't a SBS. It's a very nice image though. The colors and the setting are lovely.

Congrats, well done

Something a bit more original you have here, very nice!! Best of luck to you!!

Very nice

author.. only if you have time.. think about flipping the tree to enclose around the house and the swings to hold it in.. just an idea.. right now it seems the whole image is spreading out (especially the smoke rings) it's like your eyes are going out ward instead of holding the viewer's attention (IMHO)... Its a really well done chop.. but if the tree was OVER the house it would give you a much more stable composition.. (you know.. the Last Supper.. where everyone in the pic is focused on a central subject.. the great JC).. just a suggestion.. good work here and good luck and great job at managing so many sources...

Wonderful idea. Though I do agree with Drivenslush but I think the author's intention was to hang the swinging benches over the edge of the cloud. Maybe if the house and tree were a little closer together or the smoke were to drift towards the tree, it would close the composition a little more.

Drivenslush and Mad, thx for constructive comments, that's the idea, you let the chairs out of the cloud...

Very cute, but agree that the image is too spread out, with too much negative space.

Nice work

very cool image author...love the bright positive feel on your creation...best of luck

Love it!

wonderful, good luck!!

Slushy's comment nailed it IMO ... very clever work but composition is a little disturbing. Good image all the same.

Very nice surreal image.. gl

My fav in the contest..gud luck author

Beautiful imagination.... good work. GL author.

Congrats, wonderful work

Congrats

Congrats....a wonderful dreamy image.

congratulations...

Congrats!!

congratulations...

brilliant....

i saw this and just went awwwwwwww i want one

well done!

nice idea and well executed

Perfect !

excellent work author.

Nice idea! GL!

Fantastic work author...very well done

Good reaction at first but looking more closely there's a lot of pixelation and artifacts... also and more importantly, there is what seems to be a duplication of the lions nose behind and slightly off the right- between the top 'nose' and the feet... which has part of it missing in the middle. I think some shading from the head onto the lions feet below is needed too.
Also... you could contract your selection by 1 or 2 to get rid of the white outlines that you have in some places...

I am in love with this image.

Very good work with such a simple tools and methods. /me likes..

Really clever work; it is great that you used such a simply idea and excecuted it so well. Very impressive!

brilliant job ........... not only brilliant its clever .......... totally different from ur style........... gud luck to u .........

Well done - congrats on first place!

Congrantulations

Congrats!

Congrats, he looks so peaceful

Congrats, he looks so peaceful

Congrats ...........

Congrats my friend....

congrats wow

congrats

CONGRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Congrats!!

congrats

marvelous :O

SBS reveals that you properly used this contest's image to create the dragon and boat [cool!] which was then inserted into another contest image as the background. But the reflection is wrong (dragon is covering top two thirds of tower which should then be perfectly reflected in the water). Plus, what is illuminating the inside edges of the boat?

It's gorgeous!

The dragon is pretty nice...but I almos find it disappointing that the background is just another pxleyes entry. :/ Would've been nice if you could have made your own or found a more original image.

Really lovely!

Nice work author

Thanks everyone for the comments, I really appreciate it! @DanLundberg, I originally didn't have the dragon reflection because that exact reason. Not really sure why I added it in. Maybe because there was a lack of something in the lower right of the picture? I plan on removing it now. The edges of the boat are supposed to be illuminated from the fireball. @gamemastertips, Sorry I disappointed you with the background. Originally the idea was to use the background image for the other contest. While working on it I realized I didn't qualify for that contest. So here we are.

really cool!

Ohhh wait a sec...the background is YOUR work? Okay okay I see now...a more detailed SBS would have cleared up my confusion then...I thought you had taken the work from another person. But I understand now; so great job!

Really i like this image i think in this contest u win...
Al d best

The inside edge of the boat nearest the dragon would be in shadow. Nice job making the boat from the source.

nice job.... ...... loves the boat very much... ...... all the best to u ..........

Thanks CMYK, edited with more shading.

The reflection of the dragon not being there throws it off alittle for me, IMO.... Very nice scene and it is a good entry!!

Edit: Sorry, the reflection is there... just alittle high.

Congratulation, Chad!

Congrats Chalty really well done

Congrats for the 1st ..........

Congrats! for 1st place

congrats

Congratulation on your 1st place...this is great work...

congrats, great job!

Congrats!!

congrats