congrat for your third place

Congratulations for 3rd

Congrats for your third place, Barnacle!

lol. i was gonna say that the blending for the elephants is so realistic, but then i saw that they are already in the water from the stock image. also the woman looks like she smelled a doity diaper... pooeee....

very nice

nice blending

man and the child are to sharp,he;s right leg looks its not very well blended, try to add shade to guys face or eliminate shadow on the ground.But idea is vey nice....

Although well executed, you are right....shadows need a LOT of work. Could be a GREAT image with that fix.

looks good

They are very bright front on yet they are walking in the shade.

Elephants were a nice idea... Good work.

very nice

nice

This is a very good image.......almost! The area under the table looks like the light is falling the wrong direction and all the little bugs need a shadow. Other than that, I like it!

Good idea, but you could have found a cactus with long spines...

WOW! Clever!

hahaha nice idea

Wow! I've herd of putting your foot in your mouth but....that is creepy....lol

good job.gl

great idea and good job!

Creepy, very good work!

Flip the hand...light source is from the right...

Gods! Poor devil! Original idea!

Would have been better to make one of the penguins bond instead... but rather disturbing.

nice

the mood of the sky and the mood of the rest don't seem to match.

nice entry.gl

Very sweet composition and lovely atmosphere! I especially like the butterfly in the front and the tree. Good luck!

love the introduction of the horses into the source.

veeeeeery nice!

Blend in that long tree root or hide it sooner and this will be great!

It's going to be bumpy when that horse comes down the steps, assuming it's going to cross the bridge.

It's very nice! But I can't really see the horse. You should put it on the bridge. GL

Haha! I said to my self "running free" before I even red the name Awesome job! Good Luck

i agree about the frame not being needed... but I think it would have worked great if you did one of the pictures where the front of the horse is literally coming out of the frame, like hes jumping out of the picture. Good luck!

Very nice work! The frame is just killing it for me. It doesn't quite match the photo-quality wise and lighting/color is fairly flat and boring and detracts from what is otherwise a beautiful piece. The only other thing I noticed was the lighting seems a bit off on the horses. The direction of light doesn't really match the position of the shadow. Also maybe have some cast shadows from the railing? Not trying to nitpick, just a giving a few suggestions you may or may not find helpful . Overall, great job though.

if you leave the frame and make it complete and then mount it on a real wall (proper shadowing etc...) it will make the image pop.. but over all.. it's a very exciting and happy image... lots of energy (not happy HA HA.. but Happy "I'm going to get that promotion do to hard work" hehehe IMHO

EDIT: you are a bit unfair choosing horses.. they always make my heart melt

Nice job on the horses. IMHO the frame is distracting, but if you want to keep it please post a link for it...