Sorry Mods here is the source links for the guys face... dont know how I stuffed that up grrrr http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=view&id=1191434

good work.but i cant see the tabs to pull or push

the tabs are there, they are the posts connected to the pop out coaster i tried to make the book look real as i could

Not bad...only blue side in back of the picture is a bit distracting.....

thats suppose to be God LOL.. that's where the prayer is going hehehe (I have terrible eyesight so I have to print my images and with no back light coming from a monitor (makes a lot of the brightness go away.. the ceiling actually show super dark) so I do miss a lot.. thank you very much for the comment)

Good surrealist work

Definitely one of the best I've seen. GL!

This is very thought provoking piece. Love what you did. Good Luck to you

I honestly thought you were going to place, author. Go figure?

thank you jawshoewah... but I very seldom win.. I'm not in the loop LOL.. but thank you very much for the comment

I was waiting for a copy of photoshop top secret... the snow in the black area looks more like a smudged hand print than snow dust...

i've seen this a lot

it is very nicley done but i do have to agree with jamesd

Make sure you mention the tutorial you used.

agrees with jaescoe.

its nice, but has been done more than i can count. would have been better to use the original bg of the image, and edit the snow boarder out, well done but not very original

don't just copy a tutorial. nobody's interested in seeing that. it's a big no no

Really nice!

This would have been kinda decent if he was actually jumping from the image provided. + the tutorial thing :S

personally i love OOB images, always have. But he doesn't look like he is actually coming out of the photo, you need to play with the angles more

very good,gl

Congratulations for 3rd

Congrats for your third place, Erathion!

Very good work! congrats!!!!

this looks JUST like another entry, just improved, in some ways -.-

I agree, but to me taht doesn;t really matter. Well executed, and right on theme. Good luck.

I have worked for three days in my free time, that didnt know there was another entry similar. hope this is not a problem

One of the best so far and 100% on theme... don't worry about being similar; it's bound to happen...

You never look at other entries before you submit to see what's been entered? I hate to say this but it's better than the other and I'll leave it at that....

This is great work...but its not fair,water have all advantages....

doesn't matter if its the same as another entry..... i actually thought of the same style image when i saw the new contest come up lol.... but this is really good work author, well done on the detail between the fingers with the water too.

Interesting take - you really need to polish it some more - there are lots of masking edges and colour remnants, especially in the hi-res, the inside corner of the water elbow as an example.. Plus the two vertical lines that run top to bottom could be erased or cloned out. I would also lightly erase and blur the edges of the water spray off the arm, they show a defined edge. You have time to fix this yet.. Keep at it. Good job.

Very nice indeed GL

thank you all for your comments. animmax. you were right. did the corrections and hope everything is correct. if you find anything else please tell me before the contest close.

Nice result, SBS is well done too. Good luck!

Congrats for your first place, cterraza!

I knew it. Well congrats. You did a much better job at thia idea than I did and I commend you for it because this is 2what I had in mind but it just didn't work for me like it did U.

Congrats

Coconut shadows should conform to shapes of rocks...look at the shadow of the pot...