wonderful way you can blend images of such opposite composition.. good luck author. you really did a good job ( I really suck at this kind of imagery so I'm giving you an extra vote LOL)

I think you need to try and make better selections around the women, it looks like you used a soft brush to remove the background, i suggest using the polygonal lasso tool or my personal favourite, the pen tool. Good luck!

Everybody is invoking Alexander Pushkin with this contest. I love the water and statues theme.

Ponti -- Thanks for your comments but the soft brush was used intentionally so that the water was "splashing" around the statues.

Sitting by the pool, cool design