sloppy work in high res.. fix your cloning! i don't know if you wanted to keep the red outline on the clothes, if so, it needs more attention. the sabre outline also has remains of that red, you might wanna remove that too

something's wrong with the sources.. (not found)

scale and flip? that's it?

oh i get it but author, you gave yourself away with those witty responses.. (had to vote now to be sure) ((gotta love fille's translation))

oh my god author... sorry for confusing you.. i'm confused now myself! i thought i saw something else. the upper-middle part looks like human shoulders and head (i suppose i'm mistaken, if those are only smoke and lightning brushes) and the lower part looked like a structure of dna.. i gotta change my "meds" asap

still looks good though

very good masking! what tool did you use if i may ask? oh, fix the pattern right below the zebra

you know what? you could connect that dna with the body. that would look cool imo

try to get rid of those repetative patterns

eww.

EDIT: he looks kinda stubby.. his thighs are huge compared to his torso imo

the headphones seem to be glued to his head..

it's the eyes too.. they should be red if the kid's crying

too subtle..

i can barely see the color

definetly. the color of the water is real nice

i think you're one of the very few who realizes the point of selective color. it's not just picking random objects out of the photo, it is trying to point out the main motive. (oh and good one, pixelkid )

so cool.. nice job!

the cheeks stand out too much. they're in this position only when a person is smiling

pretty good.. the tears don't look good, lower the opacity (a lot)

tears aren't white. and the mouth should be closer to the nose

very good!

his eyes look unnatural

good work!

this will get pulled.. a member on this site had the same problem about a month ago, they removed the entry

yep, nice job on the eyes too! her lips look a bit bigger though

i agree 100%

quite good.. i'd maybe push his cheeks in a bit because smiling and having a sad face don't effect the same muscles. also, remove the writing on the photos, i think it's quite obvious which is which. and one last thing; change the title.. "miracle of photoshop" just sounds cheesy imho.

i don't get it... the only thing you did was that yellow aura and add two letters to the name.. why so many layers? and so much work? this could be done with a simple brush stroke with some gaussian blur in under 2 minutes.

i'd make em bigger! (the wheels of course)

nice!

excellent entry!! you have a good start here author

don't really know what to say.. great job!

i'm liking the colors!

lighten the image, lower the contrast or saturation or whatever you overdid there i think it should look more like the original, adds to realism.

very very good! one thing though (only visible in high res) either blur the elephant a tiny bit or sharpen that colorful thing on his head.

very nice effect! you really should post an sbs

nice combo! maybe less sepia and more green, but probably no need

yep, the bear and the umbrella should match the sea

cool.. one more hour or so of detail work and this would be great

nice thinking

very good!

great job!! very realistic

i agree! very nice

great job!! i'd just like to see cleaner lines on the front part of the plane (don't know the name for it ) ..it's great, but i think it's a bit too smudged.

"You cannot shrink the elephant" and you should chop it more carefully there's still time

heheh funny

woodztockr, seriously?? i think you should blur the elephant, he's too sharp. or even clone parts of the original clouds and add to the edges to add to the realism

yep, that's the first thing that came to my mind too BUT i think you shold lose the back of the elephand and make his head stick out more!! the whole head. this way he looks like he's a foot long i get what you were going for, but try this

i've heard this joke, and that's cool with me but i don't know if it's right for this contest :P