Wow...amazing.

Very petty.

Lovely work - love the rain bouncing off the brolly...

LOVELY!

fantastic

Fantastic work author...every single detail is work of art...love the rain,rain spackles,mood is awesome,colors too...But the best thing is how u adjusted the model...very very well done and instant fav from me...Best of luck

Perfect!!!

Definitely my fav! GL!

beautiful ..........

very nice gl

Lovely, expressive and well put together image. The handling of the rain is wonderful!

Wow, beautiful piece...and I think I've seen something like this before...hmmm, but it is still lovely.

Wow, very well done = )

Superb manipulation

congrats

Congrats on third place - very nice!

This was definitely one of the best and well deserving placement! Congrats my friend!

Wonderful... Congratulations!

great colors and mood author...good luck

Very nice work! Love the blending !

Love the mood to this

A very convincing blend, well done with the colour and lighting.

Very clean and convincing image, I like how you applied the color tone, too. One nitpick is about the shadow. It's easy to be fooled by the source image that the light comes from the left side because we can see something like the shadow of the fence just next to it, but I analyzed this image quite carefully and realized that there is no dominant direct light in this source, the dark area on the bridge is just the one people didn't walk on, so it's darker than the one in the middle of the bridge (the same thing to the opposite side of the bridge). I would say there is no problem with the light if I didn't see the source . However, what I suggest is not reducing this shadow, just amplifying what you have done by darkening the dark side of the fence, especially around the bottom part. All in all, it's just the nitpick IMO, author, the image is still really good

Just stunning ... incredible work and lovely blending ... a subtle, beautiful image! Bravo!

beautiful..................

very good blending and color tones... well, in one word..., t 'Beautiful'

nice job, good luck

Excellent work. VERY nice mood and very attractive composition. GOOD job!

Thanks to all for the comments!..Langstrum, thats a really good observation..i thought i was going to get to it, but it looks like i ran out of time..but you are right..this side of the fence should probably be as dark as the right side of the model..thanks for helping me realize that..much appreciated.

beautiful

Amazing scene author...well done

Excellent work...very well done author

congrats

Congrats!

Bravo ... lovely image!

I have to say once more.... beautiful image..., Congrats....

Beautiful... congratulations!

Congrats buddy

Congrats!!

congrats buddy for the second position ...cheers !!!

congrats!!

Congrats Chris, well deserved place !

nice idea == you need to remove part pf the wood frame from the top -- should not be there

I agree with Alan; how about cloning or copying and pasting part of the frame on the part to be hidden?

The lighting on the reindeer looks weird, it doesn't match the source image. Also the fur on the hat has too much of a red cast, while the reindeer has a yellow cast, neither of which go well with the fully desaturated source. The apple just looks out of place with all the grime and cobwebs. It's too clean and fresh looking. The reindeer would have eaten it...