very good work, fine colours, bravo

Light comes from above, so I suppose that the girl's shadow should be less darker, and maybe not above her head! Just a suggestion and my opinion. Good luck author!

I appreciate the suggestions/tips. Thank you.

The girl is too desaturated for the background, and the drop shadow behind her really makes her look artificially inserted into the image. It does not blend well as a cohesive composition.

The brain should be inside the head, not at the same level with the feathers of the owl.

Agreed, and try to give the edges of the skull some thickness...give 'em a slight blur, too.

I just knew this was yours

Snortle gig...

damn you're fast.
and thank you for the fav.

thanks mircea.
and wb cmyk. for some reason i expected a longer comment. *giggle*

this is outstanding, the image is so powerful ..great job =]

not quite sure if this comment will get there.. the whole website is a bit funky at the moment... very Mother Theresa on Crack.. how Glorious is that? hope this image resets soon LOL

EDIT: AH HA.. I just downloaded Mozilla 4 and now the Website is perfect (must have been a glitch in my old browser, now I can see the image quite well... EXCELLENT work author.. good luck)

Author, be glad my comment was short.

nice work -- great hands

Thanks to all that support my work. It is so appreciated!
Who ever is thumbing down the positive comments on my work...you should be ashamed. And karma is inevitable. Keep your negativity in your own entries.
And cmyk...I've been told if you have nothing nice to say, better to say nothing. So your comment to start with I took to be slightly amusing. However...the follow up was unnecessary. You don't like it? Fine. Reflect it in your vote. But if you take the time to comment, at least be constructive about it.

ooh very beautiful haunting image. Love what you have done. even tho i love Metallica i visioned this with Maximilian Hecker - Help Me song

You're leaving me a thousand times
But you don't know
You're healing me with your touch
But you don't know
You don't know
Help Me

Well done good luck

Looks great but i still feel the exposure and levels needs tweaking

great work!!

She is terrifying and yet there is something hauntingly sad about her. Well done on a creation that is disturbing and touching at the same time!

Thanks so much everyone
Freejay...I couldn't get my edit uploaded in time but I did tweak the levels and it looked much better. Thanks for the tip.
Arca, thank you for seeing into it deeper than just surface. I appreciate your thoughts, and thank you for the fav. Its an honor.
and drivenslush, and Alan too, thank you as well for the favs!

Only one person on PXL can create entry like this...well done author...your creations always narrate story's....

Lovely work, romantic colors!

beautiful!

thank you!

Nice idea!

Love the idea! I do find it a little over saturated but I will have to come back and look at it again, could just be my mood and after seeing the previous submission the difference is a little striking. I would also suggest some slight ripple lines to give the swans a sense of movement, they seem a little static right now.

Other than that it is a wonderful composition and well thought out! Great concept. I am going to come back for a second (and possibly third) look before voting though as I think this image will just get better and better each time.

i will definitely add some ripple, thank you for the suggestion, i knew something was missing!

Beautiful scene author...best of luck

thank you so much erathion!