The ghost is great! IMHO, though the texture work is nice, the kid doesn't add anything. The ghost image is enough to carry the whole piece. Nice work, and good luck.

Congrats on first place Geex!

Love the concept! The light reflection on the bubbles seems to change, based on the orientation of the bubble. Also, I'd make the bubbles round, with the various sizes you displayed here. Good luck author!

This is beautiful in its visual simplicity (regardless of its technical complexity). The only element I'm not a huge fan of is the "borders" on the top and bottom. Why differentiate them from the remainder of the image? Regardless, this looks like it could be an ad from something, just as it is. GL author.

I like this one a lot. Especially the chains. Nice touch. IMHO, the sheet music would be better either behind the child and violins, or perhaps its opacity reduced a bit. Again, just my opinion. Nice work, and nice feel.

I suppose one of the hallmarks of a good "gene splice" is recognition of the "parents". This one I got immediately! Nice work.

Congrats on first place!

I like this one. B&W works well here. Off center composition is nice as well. i even like the reflection! Well done.

Very nice.

Perfect.....

Love the perspective! GL!

I agree with arca. This is awesome. This photo could be 50 years old. Very nice.

I love it! Those of us stateside don't get to see this kind of thing too often.

Beautiful shot.

I like the effect. A sort of Truffaut day-for-night. Nicely done. Fit's well with the theme, as it actually looks like it was taken with an old camera. GL!

Congrats Eggy!

Ominous! Lots of nice elements in this one. i did notice (in hi-res) that you can see frame around the element in the sky in the upper left corner though. May want to erase that. Other than that, very nice blending.

I like the cropping on this one. It adds to the crampness of it all, on top of the "watch your head" sign, as Mikaelbg noted. Good work.

Wow...this one is hard to scale for me. For some reason, it seems like a miniature door, but I can;t explain why! Nice colors.

This is a very effective shot. nicely done.

Beautiful!

Awesome! Best part? The kitten poking through on the lower right. Great shot (and cute kid!).

Wow...this is a stunning shot. Seems like it was taken from a moving vehicle though. Still, beautiful.

Where is this building? Very cool. I would even liked to have seen the shot more vertical, so that it was almost hard to discern that it was a building. Still, love the color, and the "vanishing point" that the lines create. Well done.

Nice shot....It's all about the lighting.

Love the concept. Good depth. Nicely done. In hi-res, you can see the edges of the "earth" composite with the moon (on both sides of the image - just to the left of the moon and the right of the earth) however. Aside from that, great work.

Amazing...love the lighting. GL author.

Beautiful!

Love the DOF! GL.

Great perspective!

nice!

Love it!

Overall, very nice work.... Two thumbs up!

Congrats!!

Very nice.

Nice shot, very moody. Shame about the car, but a beautiful shot author.

Beautiful.

I like this one. Should I recognize the book, or is it a personal fav? Very nice concept author.

Stunning. The sky is breathtaking. Colors are perfect. Well done.

Very Nice.

Wow...stopped my scroll button in its tracks. Stunning. A FAV.

Awesome. The boys face in hi-res is incredible. nice shot.

Really nice shot. Well done author.

I like the concept, and it looks like a real ad, so kudos for that. I will agree on a few minor technicalities: The shadow seems a bit off (perhaps the vertical compression suggestions will work) and if one looks closely, as DanLunberg suggests, the logo and text on the bottle don't match the curvature of the label itself. Perhaps a very slight warp on those elements would resolve. Either way, it's well done, conceptually, as well as execution. Good luck author.

Perhaps this is what author was going for... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyAUo_qkefA

Great job removing glass from BG (what version of PS are you using?). I agree that the arms need a bit of work where they connect to the stem, but overall, well done. Good luck.

I love this idea! My only input would be to make the shadows a bit sharper, like the shadow of the chair. Also (nit pick alert), based on the angle of the light/shadow from the corner of the towel, I would expect to see a small shadow from the top of his head on the sand/rocks. Nicely done though author. Good luck.

It might elicit a more "watery" feel if the gradient was blue. Just my opinion.

I agree with the others on hair and tattoos, but great idea, and nice overall work.

Ditto Lamantine