Try using no flash then, use two continuous lights angled from the sides and diffused, those little clamp lamps you get from the hardware store are a great way to experiment with different lighting techniques on a budget, and those white vinyl table cloths you get at the dollar store make excellent diffusion material!

Its a good idea but you should work on the colors, selections and fitting together. Overall its ok.

funny idea

nice idea author

Awesome!

CONGRATS ON YOUR FIRST PLACEMENT!!!!!

Nice try as far as the concept is considered... Although, giving some ripple effect around the splashes that you've made in the water might give it a bit of life. And IMO, you can show some different watery creature instead of the shark. You won't see a shark in such shallow waters, isn't it?

Try to work on the selections around the trees, they're very soft.

what a crazy name.. Vileplume? (googled it) I'm wonder if the creator of that term realizes how.. well.. disturbing it sounds.. LOL..

Great Image author.. really is nice .. good luck

beautiful colour

Menhir=Obelix...good thinking author...but where is his dog..lol...good luck

everything looks great...work on a shadows a bit author...good luck

congrats on first place

CONGRATULATIONS Lamantine!!!!!!!

Well done Lamantine.... still want to know what you were doing in the alcohol section at your age lol!!

Congrats for your first place, Lamantine! It's a very big improvement to your first entries!

I love how this fades to black

Good luck

nice angle!

You encountered a vilepume! :-O

Funny idea

Funny! And good! I like it! nice job!

cool

Nice work!! GL

i like it

Vivid colors, nice concept but I do agree with Erikuri about the masking problems. Good entry though, GL

very good

Haha very funny! Good job!

funny drawing, only the shadow is missing

AWESOME!

Great shot......GL

I just realized there is another fence in the background, that makes this even better!

Create few more layers for better blending...with this light my advice is:first dark blue overlay layer,second,dark brown color layer and then maybe,but just maybe gold color or soft light layer.Of course play with opacity...just an idea author...good luck

try to fix the shadows...

nice work author

Nice one... what were you doing in the cellar?? :-P

Well tried....A little bit young feeling through the logo...Nice one..

GL

A cormorant isn't a duck.

Nice one author. It gave me the same feeling as Busmav. You are certainly getting better at this

Looking at lighting source, your shadows must be a little darker, and run to the left. Duck has a fine white outline that you must take off...

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Good Luck with this.....

Good Luck on this.

Very, very nice, a fav of mine in this one.........Good Luck!!

nice colors

It would be better if you made cooked duck on a plate with a hammer in its broken teeth, but this is a nice idea too.

Nice idea!

haha good luck

Poor guy but awesome !

nice idea but spiders have eight legs