Hay really nice work and congrats for 2nd place

Congrats for your second place, Arca! What a great week for you, both in PS and photography

Congrats for your third place!

Congrats again! Such a lovely entry

COngrats for your first place Arca, great job!

Congrats Arca lovely work

Congrats my friend on 1st!!!

I have only one thing to say...WELL DONE....perfect mood and fabulous execution...instant fav from me...and for the guy who sad " I have only one thing to say" i talk to much...

lots of work is invested here...gl author

Lovey photo, but more about the berries than the drops.

Oh boy.. flash back to the hospital waiting room paging through a Highlights magazine LOL

Great work, I was looking at the tree and all of the sudden I saw all the Gnomes, and wow, good blending, looks like this too a while. = )

absolutely stunning!!!

It's like you found the secret hiding place for turkeys around thanksgiving! GREAT JOB! EAT UP EVERYONE! hehehe

You've done a good work hiding them.

This is so good!

Super clever animal placement and excellent source blending.
Very nice work

Beautiful shot

Magnificent colours!

Lovely, funny, different!

That's a cool door. What's it to, someone's house?

That's pretty funny. Is it his house?

Simply lovely. Is it Greece or North Africa?

great shot

beautiful image and love the animated sbs..., good luck

Congrats for the first place.. great mood and result..

very interesting door. I love it...

The Turkey is a nice touch. It'd make a great Thanksgiving card.

I love to shoot mosquito hawks! They're pretty cool, and don't bite (humans anyway)

Love the antenna

Congrats ! very nice

Wow, the story gave me goose-bumps
Nice touch with the animated SBS.

Ditto..

Beautiful

simply wao........... amazing....

Great shot & detail

wonderful shot, great detail

What an interesting bug.

Good job Arca!

Congrats Arca, a beautiful piece, love the story too

Well deserved first place - congrats!

What a lot of work - fantastic image! Love the eagle's eye.

Very good image.

Love the story, sounds like a great beginning, also great art work, my fave in this contest =)

Author...you astound me. Truely great talent you have. I'm starting to recognize your work, and i am always impressed. This one is goin to my favs. Beautiful work!

The attention to detail is just incredible! Fantastic work author.

Awesomely done! I shouldn't have underestimated brushes
I now realize: you're a LOTR fan, righ?

very nice good work

i like the dramatic story of this piece of art...