No hi-res or SBS? Hmmm...

love surrel images.. pitty about the SBS missing.

Fantastically created! Excellently thought out!

Good concept. If you make this symmetrical it will be a mandala.

True mandalas (of the Buddhist type) are not symmetrical, per se, although they are balanced...
http://www.exoticindiaart.com/mandala.htm

This is a very thoughtful and creative effort. It shows true consideration of the topic, and is quite lovely.

Looks like you put a lot of thought in to your mandala, well done.

Great job ! Very well done

Nice image, my only nit pick or hmm.... so to speak is why have the white tiger which is known for being in an arctic climate on the fall piece of the pie, and the turtle for winter? Also why not spring for the bird and summer for the dragon? I was just wondering the logic behind the animal placement, on what seems to be a very well thought out piece.

Thanks a lot for all your nice comments

@Bob: Like MossyB wrote, a lot of the old mandalas are not symmetrical, but balanced and that's what I tried to achieve with the ivy, stones, the ropes, the animals and the spaces between the animals, the trees and the skies between the trees. I tried my best to make it look balanced, because I didn't want the completely symmetrical look.

@VitalExpressions: The placement of the animals wasn't my choice If you read the link to the Wiki page I provided, you can see, that each animal (which are actually mythological creatures in the Chinese constellations) stands for one season.
-Azure Dragon of the East: Spring
-Vermilion Bird of the South: Summer
-White Tiger of the West: Autumn/Fall
-Black Tortoise of the North: Winter

Very nice work.

wow! Amazing! THis has so much to look at.

Extra points for the dragon and frame hardware, nice one

This one really drew me in!! I had to look at it over and over....Fantastic job and Best of Luck

This is quite beautiful, you did some good research. You achieved 'different' quite well, author. Good find on that compass, too!

very very cool work author...nice to see u participate in the contest's again...best of luck

Thanks again for all the lovely comments

Congrats on second place!

Congrats lelaina!

congrats

Congrats

Congrats!!

Congrats!! Lovely, just lovely!

congrats Elke!!!!

Congrats Lelaina on great work these week,please keep going...

Congrats for second place !

Congrats Elke, I missed this contest. You did such a wonderful job, rich in details, and you should get more points for the thought you put in and the research on mandala .

love this one

Just in time for the start of the holidays! Love the spidey and skull....... and lighting effects, lots of good work with that.

awesome entry author, really captures the feeling of October

Spooky ... love this; great image for Halloween!

Very nice work and the Halloween mood is excellently achieved. Just one thing: check the reflection of the candle behind the pumpkin, it should be behind the reflection of the pumpkin.
EDIT: much better, good luck to you

langstrum, thank you. I made a slight adjustment.

very nice concept author...GL

Very creative and original idea......love the colors and the panoramic view, the only thing that dose not work for me personally is the superimposed rain drops. Overall great image!!

very different

nice different approach...well done

nicely executed, i'd personally prefer something non symmetrical but the work you put in really shows..cheers

High resolution is fantastic!

Definitely have to view in high res to appreciate.

wow, i recall seeing this in a photoshop magazine, very nicely excuted good luck to you

very cool work author...good luck

WOW great idea and such perfection.. Well Done!

thankyou tinkerbell91
Nebojsa and Toothpick134 for such nice comments

thankyou all...your comments really encourages me to do the work more correctly...and perfectly

lovely

nice!!! GL!

I LOVE IT =)

well thankyou christy and jawshoewhah