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

Very cool union author...best of luck

You've convinced me = )

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

Love this image. IMHO you do not need the head of the iguana, the other objects look real nice, even the ducks. Good luck.

awesome photo....I want to learn this too!!!!!

The things you do with smoke! Great shot

Cool shot. And, at least the bottom half isn't coated with mercury!

Excellent..

Nice One

Nice image of the fingerprints!

Those are circuit breakers?

ok, nice concept...... thanx for the explanation.

And I thought that the guy who destroyed his toes with some marble was extreme

Beautiful Shot

I think locks has been watching too much "Dexter"...but GREAT SHOT author. Very nice detail and intriguing subject matter.

author, this is clever, but I am having a little difficulty in understanding your idea of minimalism. The eye is immediately drawn to the smoke, which does not really suggest the theme, imo.

Very cool!

Very good shot!!!

Nice... should have made one in the middle "off"

Nice macro

Precious!! Here's to hoping he/she will always have something to make them smile in their dreams!!

nice guit, I have the same one! :P

ouch.. nice work ..GL

great shot and idea

Well the blood could be up the nail if you were to have tried to pull it out a bit

Oh my God ! Even if this was staged I can still feel the pain :S Horribly fascinating shot. And I knew it was you.

I like the blue... makes it kind of "electrical"

Very nice. Might have made a few little musical notes if you had had the time. Cool shot, though

Horrible and fascinating....... ouch!

Blending is really well-done. IMHO, maybe get rid of blur around the glasses, then it will be 100% I really love it, though!!

In that case, good to see it back. GL

Didn't rate this high enough, the more I look at it the better I like it.

It can't be real MnM, if a nail were driven into a hand from the back like this then the blood pattern would not be going up the nail like it is! LOL or perhaps I might be over analyzing this?

Wow! Wonderful shot!

Fabulous shot! One day I will figure out how you all do this!

Very impressing

I went out and found some old rusty nails today cause I wonna try it too... just not sure which hand I wonna stab yet...

IT'S REAL! I KNOW IT IS!... Just like SANTA!! tee hehehehe... AWESOME SHOT!!! BEST EXECUTION I'VE SEEN!

Simplicity at it's best!

Clever, i like

Didn't we just see this one in a previous contest, or one very similar?

I am going to assume you staged this and I must say, it's an impressive effect. GL

But if you didn't? I applaud you and hope the pain pills are working

close call congratz!

Boo, hissssss, this totally should have come in 3rd place... only kidding, congrats.

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

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

Be gentle with that liquify...as it is touchy. It took me some practice to figure out how to use it effectively.
And trying new things is always great fun. Are you using a drawing pad or a mouse to do your work?

Wow. Getting in uncharted waters there author.
Honestly, I think you might have used the blur tool a bit on the frames of the glasses? Correct me if I'm wrong. That's what it looks like to me. And about the hair, depending what version of ps you are using, liquify would help. Using "push" to slightly depress the hair so its more believable would be good. PsE doesn't have liquify to my knowledge, but I run cs2 and it does.
You could choose to paint back in the parts of the frames that look so blurry and then blend to suit the image.

Good job, but glasses frames are blurry & the arm on our right side doesn't depress the hair inward.