I think the box should be brighter as it gets lost among the brightness of the girl and the hand. Overall, to be blunt, I wish there were something to keep this from being kind of trite and boring. Some sort of magical swirl coming out of her hands (or a much bigger plant?) might be more interesting, for example.

I'm thinking of your suggestions; I also think it's something missing here... thanks.

OMG where are u from ?
it reminds me about my bird country

i mean my birth country not bird
beautiful landscape but u need to spend more time on the background
i stil love it, the memory

I am from Brazil and I live in a very crowded city but I soooooooooo love the country side!
Thanks for the comment.

very nice

WELL DONE !

Nice mix of images! And I'm Brazilian too... GL, author!

congratulations.... well done !!!

Thank you, guys!

its nice.....................nicely done....

Fantastic work author...best of luck

What a lovely fantasy image! And i'll bet you i know who made it!

This is truly magical, very nice

Lovely image overall -- blending of the feet and the grass is very nice -- Maybe a little touch up on the masking\blending of the cross bar at the tulip stems
Much Better

Thanks a lot Matteo and Raketman

And of course thanks to you too, Alan! The blending really wasn't good
I've changed it and hope it's better now

Very cute. The intense colors fit the fantastical environment. I like the addition of the bear to give the girl something to be looking at and then linking it to the source pic by giving it a heart-shaped tulip (a bit too cutesy for me when the adolescent tulip in the source is charming enough IMO). I might add a tad more burning where the cross bar meets the stems to make it look more constructed than natural (perhaps a different viewpoint from Alan2641's). I'm not a big fan of perfect symmetry: Only manufactured swing brackets would be expected to be identical. [At least horizontal flip the right one.] The big tulips' petals are different, yet their leaves are the same.

This is a beaut!! I knew who it was the moment I saw it. More inspirations lately, huh? Nice job, author! Perhaps more contrast and color/saturation would really enhance the girl's presence as being part of her environment. Nice to see more of your work showing here.

I like it all, great job, creative.

Beautiful and colorful image. Cute entry

Thank you all very much for your nice comments

The girl has more contrast, one of the leaves on top of the swing is mirrored and the crossbar is a bit burned.
I left the leaves on the flowers how they were, because I tried to make them look different, but wasn't satisfied with the result.
Thanks a lot for your suggestions, Rob and Dan!

I love the grass effect..

Watch out kid... the chain is gon..a.a.... slip down............ ( Fantastic and lovely work Author... GL)

Very nice job...sky like this is your unique mark author...good luck

hehe, cute & nice contrasts

nice mood!

great image, maybe just a little shadow between the dress and swing would have helped

Beautiful vibrant colors!

This is absolutely adorable, and I agree the colors are excellent! Great job, author!

nice idea good chop good luck today author

Very good.

Congrats!

More on theme that I have seen but it looks more statuesque, rather than an armored animal.

Idea is nice, but as jaws says, I'd use real animals to take away the statue effect. Also, things would be more clear without the very dark sides (at least here on my screen). Now I know that's also in the background image you used, but right now the lion kinda fades away in the darkness, while he's supposed to be the subject. Good luck!

Thanks for the comments guys ... ok i made the dark areas more clear and now is more light ... i hope i ll have the chance to change the horse as well.. i ll be traveling for couple of days and i dont know if i can fix it before the contest finish... again thanks for the sujestions

nice work....

Good Luck!

nice idea

thank you

A kendo fighter! Excellent blending of images!

When you say Tiger I assume you mean Leopard?

He's not really armored ya know? He's just locked up. It's a cool image but not sure about exact theme match though but that's just IMO.

Thanks guys...loool i just say the Tiger is actully a leopard..thanks locksmagic.... and jawshoewhah did you see the sources images...its even writen that is "kendo armor" but yeah you r right..it looks like he is locked up

here comes the champion....!!!!

Good combination and very well constructed. Nice job!! Best of luck to you!