Breathtakingly awesome work!

I don't know... hmmmm....

Well the flowers are to Flowery.. and the vase is to vasey.. and the background is to backgroundy... etc.. etc.. etc...

Instant fav.. and a Woo HOO.. I'd do a back flip but my rump is too big and I wouldn't want to have to sue you for having to use a walker.. giggle snort

Really is a great creative image.. the lock of the glowing dome in the background is AWESOME

Thanks, MossyB, and to you, Drivenslush, You are a hoot!!!! You made my day!! (especially since the weather man just forecast up to 6 inches of new snow by the end of this week - will it ever end?????)

I'm startin' to catch on here...nice job, author! Really love the touch of the fallen flowers. Perhaps vary the intensity and hue of the pale yellow petals a bit more...but overall...wonderful!

HOLY AWESOMENESS!!! It is LEGEN ... wait for it... DAAAAARY! A lot of work on this one. Good SBS and nice use of the source. The winner imo. GL, author!

nice work!!

Simply awesome.........Good Luck Author.

Wow...great entry author...lots and lots of work is invested in this...best of luck

Definitely feels like Spring ... what a lovely thought! I can sympathize about the snow ... we had a bad fall a about 2 weeks ago but yesterday the birds were singing and you know what that means! Thank you for the seasonal uplift!

Your work is amazing time and time again = )

I knew it was you before voting. Your work is an inspiration of color and shapes. I love flowers, I wish I could do something like this someday. Lots of patience and creativity.... good luck....author, and a high---high vote!

Thank you all very, very much for your very kind comments and support. Love ya'll!!!

Stunning work as usual, you never cease to amaze me in how you find these flower shapes - no matter what the source, you can 'find' them.

Congrats Lois another beautiful piece

Congratulations!

Congrats!! Lovely as always Lois!

congratulation...

Congrats

Really nice blending and colors. You improve with every piece you enter!

Snow effect should be in front as well as behind the foreground images, otherwise nice job.

very nice job...

CMYK, I did put the layer over the entire merged image, and even added a few strokes of snow afterwards. The only snow filter I can use with my Adobe 7 program is pretty dark in background, so has to be reduced quite a bit in order to see through it. May add some more. Thanks for your input.

The focus of the bird to the left and naturally letting your eyes glide to the right...rest of the image is brilliant. Really nice composition!

Fantastic work author...very calm and peaceful image...best of luck

This rocks! Maybe could have left the backdrop a bit darker and used blur, but thats neither here nor there. The fact you saw the bird in the leaf, and brought it out puts it over for me.

very nice work author, good luck!

Lovely, ah I can hardly wait! Perfect thought for this time of year when spring is soooo close and yet soooo far away!

Fantastic details on the bird, very nice overall, and perfect for source.

Clever work on the bird., Love the total colors.., good luck author

Just love it....Very well done my friend

Fantastic job Author.......Good Luck.

Congrats Lois beautifully done, I love the bird

congrats !!!!!

Congrats, well earned!

Thanks for your kind comments and votes! Just had a dozen robins show up in our NE Ohio neighborhood. There's hope yet that this hard winter will end soon!! lol

congratulations...

Congrats!!

congratulations...

This is awesome

only one author with this style, good job

very very nice work author...this is very hard to make with source like this...well done

very nice hard work.. good luck author

Very nice work.. Blossoms are great! And love the pattern on the background, a fantastic use of the source.

great!

Gr8 work

Congrats for 2nd

Congrats...

congrats

Congrats on 2nd!

Where's the horizon line?

CMYK: There is no horizon line in this image. It is just a background, with some texture all around.

Sorry, I should have said waterline.

Do not be sorry Bob: I got wild smudging around, and lost it.... but put it back.....

I think the butterflies and girl need to be better blended and adjusted to look as if they actually belong in this environment. Although you've used a reflection, it's not all gelling together very well. Maybe try playing around with the hue-sat levels of the girl and add some filters and highlights to her to make her look like she belongs in this pink, dreamy universe.

lots of fun put into this.. good luck author

I would remove the white edges around the orange butterfly and adjust the shadow underneath the bird (maybe try a different blend mode?) I'm not too sure about the transparency of the model, but i think it;s a really nice idea, and your smudged background in the sbs looks great

Thanks for suggestions, made some little adjustments to the original image.

this is very nice idea,colors are matched very well...i am not sure is that what u want but there is a lot masking problems...on girl stomach,right arm and on background...if u want that effect then i understand but IMHO would be better if u clean this author...Sorry for nit picks...

erathion: I did not want to take away some of the source image from the image of the girl. That masking was intentional. I wanted this image to look as it is. If I clean the masking over the girl's body, it would look as if she was floating in the air. I just wanted some blending of the source image over the girl.... thanks for suggestions any way.

Very pretty!

Sweet and simple, but most of all - convincing

I would've thought that some of the branches on the back tree would be in front of the fountain, but other than that i like the image Good luck.

great blend

Your comments are appreciated. Thank you.

I like this over-all. I think the swans would fit the lighting better if the grays in them were a little warmer & maybe a touch brighter-especially the one in the rear. Camera raw would be a great thing for that.

I agree about the greys. Good work on the swan reflections!

Thanks Pingenvy...marina08...I made the grays a little warmer...Thanks for suggestion.

It looks so natural; if I saw this image somewhere else, I would have never guessed that the swans were added in, great job

Very cool work author...Blend is great,also the mood is amazing...love the peaceful feel on your image...Also u handled very good reflections and that is always hard thing to achieve...best of luck

Wow those reflections are great! Maybe add a bit of ripple in the water next to the swans to make the blend even more natural. Very nice mood it makes me all ZENNNNN..

Cool Entry......Good Luck Author.

Hi George I am the digital editor for a woman's magazine with your permission I would like to submit your images as one of the options for the spring cover. Please feel free to go to issuu.com and review the Today's Spiritual Woman magazines you find there, you will find my contact info in the magazine. Thanks for taking a look at us and considering displaying your work with us.
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