Can you find the hidden lady? A heavy composite of many sources. Made the water from an underwater photo combined with a surface photo. The cracked and rising ground was some ordinary gray cement that was warped to make it look like it was breaking open (see source #1). Converted the cement to a "brick" look. A great deal of light, color, and various contrast methods. Hope you like it.

https://pixabay.com/p-756460/?no_redirect
Fish - NickJack

http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/view-image.php?image=213864&picture=dolphin
Dolphin - Jean Beaufort

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ocean_sunfish_of_Shima_Marine_Land.jpg
Sunfish - Miyuki Meinaka

https://pxhere.com/en/photo/823906
Birds - CC0 Public Domain (5 years and 687 days ago)

4 Comments

fantasy, water, above, ground, dolphin

George55 says:

Congratulations...

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author says:

Thanks G.

(5 years and 673 days ago)

Zizounai says:

Congrats again BW

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author says:

TY seestah!!

(5 years and 673 days ago)

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A complete Chess scene. The Queen is marrying the King. The Bishop is doing the ceremony. The "Rook Tower" in the background stands guard. (Rook was made with the main chess piece in the center. Will try to do an SBS)


https://pxhere.com/en/photo/126018
King's Robe - CC0 Public Domain

http://www.af.mil/News/Photos/igphoto/2000560862/
Bishop's's Robe - Staff Sgt. Valerie Smith

https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1038441
Queen's Dress and Arms - CC0 Public Domain

https://pxhere.com/en/photo/870981
Queens's Face - CC0 Public Domain

https://www.flickr.com/photos/pretemoiparis/8035289122/
Flower Headband - PreteMoiParis

https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1058316
Lighthouse and Clouds - CC0 Public Domain

https://morguefile.com/p/16138
Clouds - hibbard
(5 years and 691 days ago)

14 Comments

chess, fantasy, surreal, composit, photoshop

author says:

I don't know why but it won't let me add all the sources. I will post them in a few minutes in the description. I added all my sources like normal, but when I press the "Done" button, some of them don't show. I have tried three times.

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Zizounai says:

It is because you left some ' sign (apostrophe). For some reason the description boxes refuse them... Try to write "king robe" instead of "king's robe"

(5 years and 691 days ago)

author says:

OMG you are so smart!! Yes that's what I did. "King's robe" "Bride's dress" etc.

(5 years and 691 days ago)

lchappell says:

The blur on the very foreground objects are not working for me. Perhaps a little too much.

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author says:

Look at the depth of field in the source. It is extraordinarily shallow. Look how blurry the nearest chess pieces are. If anything there is not enough blur on the King and Priest IMO. But I can mess around with it and see what I can do. Thanks for your input. It always help for sure.

(5 years and 691 days ago)

rturnbow says:

Very cute and creative, nicely done

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author says:

Thank rturnbow. It was an ever changing chop, and somehow this is how it ended up.

(5 years and 687 days ago)

Wiking76 says:

...very nice job! ..and thanks for the SBS!

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author says:

Those SBS's are a pain to do. Sometimes it doesn't even seem worth it, but your "Thanks" made it seem like it wasn't done in vain.

Thanks Wiking76.

(5 years and 687 days ago)

rturnbow says:

Congrats!

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author says:

Mahalo RT

(5 years and 673 days ago)

Zizounai says:

Congrats BW!

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author says:

Mahalo Z

(5 years and 673 days ago)

author says:

Thanks everyone.

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3 sources. Had to do a lot of perspective work on the room. Used 1 $100 bill with a lot of warp and transformations to make it look like falling money. Had no clue how to do it, but figured it out. Yay me! Girl was cut out and puppet warped. (5 years and 712 days ago)

7 Comments

room, floating, girl, surreal, money

Zizounai says:

Give her a bag before she opens the windows!!!

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author says:

Haha. If she opens the windows, she gets no money. It's part of the game.

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Zizounai says:

But if she stays in the room, she won't be able to spend the money? Not even a computer cash machine for her bitcoins

(5 years and 711 days ago)

madamemonty says:

Congrats BWR, nice work

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author says:

Oh darn!! I forgot about this contest and didn't vote. But TY MM.

(5 years and 705 days ago)

Zizounai says:

Congrats BW! how could you forget about this chop, when you spent so long trying to make Photoshop swallow the source image

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author says:

Ahh nice, the website is back up. It was down most of the day.

I don't know Z. My heart just isn't into Photoshopping as much.

(5 years and 705 days ago)

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(5 years and 737 days ago)

7 Comments

Space, shutte, rocket, ship, fantasy

Moderator says:

Sources 2 & 3 the castles are the same, please fix this.

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author says:

Got it fixed. Thanks.

Mods = https://missamaryah.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/istock_000012149522small.jpg

(5 years and 737 days ago)

Moderator says:

LOL... thank you

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CMYK46 says:

Only one piece seems to be moving, and the wrong way, at that...

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author says:

The background is still and the space Shuttle is moving up out of the clouds. Am i missing something?

Contest goal:

Your challenge in this contest is to make a subject look like it's moving, while the background remains still. The moving subject can be anything, person or object. Good luck!

(5 years and 737 days ago)

CMYK46 says:

There's motion blur on the shuttle itself that tells the eye it's moving down, while the fuel tanks look like they're not moving at all.

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George55 says:

congratulations..

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1 fav:

Alone in his life. Lost everything. Passed out drunk on the floor. And to top it off, a deer comes busting through his wall.

https://commons.wikimedia.orgwikiFile:Cigarette_in_white_ashtray.jpg
Cigarette - Tomasz Sienicki
https://myphotoshopbrushes.com/brushes/id/382/
Smoke Brushes - Jon Bee - Eebvoom
http://spar6.deviantart.com/art/Debris-Brush-Set-104719100
Debris Brush - spar6 (5 years and 936 days ago)

12 Comments

deer, surreal, drunk

Drivenslush says:

Reminds me of a puzzle exploding

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author says:

haha

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spaceranger says:

Hoohiwahiwa hou BWR!

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author says:

Mahalo SR.

(5 years and 929 days ago)

velkanx says:

Congrats BWR =]]

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author says:

Thank you velkanx velkanx

(5 years and 929 days ago)

Zizounai says:

Congrats!

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author says:

Aloha to you Zizounai

(5 years and 929 days ago)

tinasedits says:

Congrats!

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author says:

TY seestah.

(5 years and 929 days ago)

author says:

TY seestah.

(5 years and 929 days ago)

Kompaktive says:

congrats for 2nd place. Actually I prefer this to be number 1 because I really got the feels in this image.

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