Mother

Just the source. Cut the hair and dress out with the pen tool and then expanded the selection by 2 pxl to have some extra image to mask out to blend between the layers. Each layer was adjusted with a hue & Saturation layer mask and a layer mask to adjust the edges

For: mother and child contest

Fox & Hounds

Thanks to c_savill for the hounds (Has been notified) and hallenberg for the fox

For: enemy friendship contest

Jellyfish

Thanks to lute1 for the goldfish *Has been notified by sxc PM

For: jelly contest

Balloon Girl

thanks to ngould for the girl

For: balloons contest

Baa Code

Just a extraction of the black bar code, warp rotate etc to fit the lamb Then displacement filter on two layers of the bar code one in overlay and one in multiply mode with reduced opacity Thanks to checha & andrewp001

For: visual pun contest

Cards

Thanks to lusi

For: differences contest

Danger for an Egg??

Thanks to gracrooke (Background) float (Dummy .. notified) , beesnail (Egg)

For: exotic plant contest

Slide

Thanks to gokoroko for the boy on the slide Just some masking

For: mountain zoom contest

Now landing could be ...

Thanks to Macomb Paynes for the image

For: ups and downs contest

Hope I read this wrong ...

Thanks to Nbauer and ElaiEva Clone to remove original numbers Copy and assemble binary values. Warp using arc at 9 degrees for outside temps Adjust opacity to blend with background

For: all binary contest

Face Change

Thanks patkisha Masked the face Clone the background to cover bit of distracting background Used colour adjustment to correct neck colour Curves to brighten the necklace (CS3 & Tablet)

For: indian head contest

Frogger

Thanks mzacha for the traffic and monaelissa for the frog

For: real retrogames contest

Purple

For: flower closeup contest

Small friend

Thanks to krayker for the gator. Transform by scale was not used at any time in this work to make the gator smaller Legs and head are still the original size CS3 & Tablet

For: compact animals contest

Train

Thanks to Hbregazzi Just masking with a gradient background and some white frames Adjusted the lower frame with some arc and perspective transform

For: out of bounds contest

Red and White

For: selective coloring contest

Under sea

Thanks to quentinh for the ocean

For: fancy bulbs contest

Odd Still Life

Thanks to atroszko for the melon Thanks to MissLariss for the ball Thanks to jana_koll for the peas ( This a a rework of an image form another site) Note step for watermelon not shown can't figure out how to get the layers back after converting to a smart object.

For: mixed manipulations 2 contest

Soldier

Thanks to Markmiller All Part copies using pen-tool and then used Hue & saturation to colour and Curves to give metallic look were needed CS3 & tablet

For: colorization contest

Turtle

Thanks to iwanbeijes

For: multiple heads contest

Crowned Bird

thanks to bugdog (Background bird) and MAPE_S (Notified) for the second head Just masking and a brightness layer mask

For: multiple heads contest

Giant Fly in Amber

Thanks to Vangel_PL for the fly and demordian for the hands (Notified) Mostly an exercise in getting the fly into the amber Masking the amber and fly then several layers added with multiple and overlay blending modes and adjustment layers using brightness and contrast, Hands enlarged and the...

For: amber contest

Icicles

Thanks to ruhnay for the icicles (Notified )

For: rainbowified contest

Think J. M. Barrie

Thanks to zeafonso for the girl (notified) Leeny for the peaked cap ilco for the hook Masking and drop shadows on a textured sandstone background

For: rebus contest