as nice as the photo is, in a manipulation contest we tend to look for more than just adding a filter and frame.... you might want to have another go at it

Some additional color might help this. It's a bit too yellowy to really say "Christmas..."

Thank you very much for taking time and for viewing my piece and leaving you thoughts.
But I have to say I like it the way it is.
First I just didn't take 5 - 10 minutes to complete this. spent a lot of time taking
the original pictures with yellow in mind and with the hopes I'd get around to working it into a manipulated watercolor for a framed picture later. It did take quite a while adjusting everything from dab sizes to edge work of the brush strokes.
What you see is old Key West Christmas, mellow,laid back,easy going,soft and warm life style, as apposed to bright, white, bold colors,, santa clauses etc, some areas down there are different.. It's gently saying Christmas.
The whole ideadof the post card was to present the idea of an old style postcard of an era that is passing away.
Regards

Geexman is right.

bugger me, if thats mellow don't come visit my house....... makes me look as mellow as they come (or just to lazy to waste power and time putting it all up lol)

Have to agree though that this doesn't really feel like a manipulation entry, more a photography entry with editing.

Nice masking job and good composition with the placement of the figures, author
I also have some suggestions: your figures have no shadows at the moment, so they look a bit pasted on the background. Considering that the background image doesn't really have a strong light source either, a very light shadow under their feet would be enough (at least that's what I would do, I'm no shadow expert myself )
And speaking of feet: the man on the right side with the fishing net has no feet at the moment. What you could, if you want to, is trying to either place him a bit more to the left, so he's with his legs behind the wooden step or maybe try to give him the feet from the puppet with the cage.
And one more small thing: you forgot to erase a part from the woman in the foreground. There is a part from the former background between her hands and the basket.

I hope these suggestions are helpful Good luck!

Good entry author. Just one thing the puppets must be really tall none of them would fit through the bank door without have to stoop their heads. lol.

GL

Regardless of simplicity, the composition and the entire feel of the image are very original and well created. It's a very well made entry. Good luck

Thank you all...i gave the man boots....added the shadows...fixed the missed area on the flower girl and added a flower patch for her by copying some flowers out of the basket...

Looks a lot better! The flower patch is a very nice addition Good luck again!

Not bad, but it looks like the foo-foo Wild West...no guns or bad guys.

very creative
simple, but right to the point
i love it

it looked like 3D for me... liked it...

Simplicity at it's best!

That is cute and imaginative.... good luck author.

Great work author...mood is great...well done

Haha, great job! What a great idea and perfect background. The placement of the figures is just wonderful. Very simple, but very well done. GL author!

Great idea ! Best of luck

Well done looks almost like a real museum set up

Very well done! Everything looks to be in the same scale, not easy to do!

Congrats James no excuses now more chopping

Congrats for your first...

Congratulations! I really liked this one

Brilliant work!

Hey, you're getting pretty good at this! Congrats!

Great message and nice execution!

Hmmm... he got a pair of beautiful blue eyes!

you can see better in high res

you should probably use different men fighting because these are the same men as the entry below and it makes it not so anonymous anymore.

good

good

k5683 is right.... the men are the same...

i didnt notice it was the same men from the entry below me, this however is my only entry in this contest.

like old picture