Congratulations!

Congrats for 3rd

Congrats...

Congrats on third place !!!

Looks better indeed now.

The atmosphere of the image is great, but this is a problem that i thought would arise because of the given source.. the crosses could've been made with two rectangular selections and that's it.

Still, good creativity, good atmosphere and a very good 3D render.

Very very nice work author,with a great mood...well done

It has a great mood, but there's a perspective issue, imo. Crosses closer should be bigger, further from the viewer should be smaller. I can see there is some difference in dimmensions, but it should be more accentuated, so that it points out the depht. Try it out .

YEEEX... like something from Lord of the Rings combined with The Crucible... very very moody

Good LUCK author!!

great idea but the distortion blurred the object...extra points for the idea...gl

Well the ant is blurry- the high-res version of the source should be enought to make it look good in your pic. If you plan to make it look like it moves, add a new layer on top and motion blur it. Play with it's oppacity.
Also add a clipping layer with a blue overlay, over the ant - the colors reflect on shiny surfaces, and so should the sky. Again play with oppacity.
I can see you have some skills of how shadow works since you made that spikes with their tops lightened ( so... good for you ).
I wont lie that this looks good, but i can say that it can look better. Good luck!

cool integration author...best of luck

nice... i never about this... hmmm... good job!

It's a nice effect but would have been much better if it wasn't a complete filterwork, try to stay away from filters and try to make this effect yourself.

wow,nice concept author...i like this panorama view...well done

nice work....shadow is good....but tree need to be more sharp

Very beautiful! Wish I was walking there now!

The distortion doesn't bother me because I see it as a part of an abstraction. I also think the composition is nice.

You should pay more attention to a project an put more time in it, since this obiously isn't too good. But alright everyone has to begin somewere..
I recommend to read some tutorials. (written or video)

This are my (advanced) photoshop tutorial recommodations:
http://www.colour-crash.com/wallpaper/41-nicest-photoshop-photo-effects-photoshop-tutorials/

http://www.photoshoplady.com/

http://www.webdesigncore.com/2010/01/26/40-imaginary-photoshop-tutorials-techniques/

http://pelfusion.com/tutorials/24-amazing-photoshop-tutorials/

Succes in advancing your technics !

I love the way you made the gold, it's very nice done!

Though I think the shape of the second head is a bit too distorted and not well shaped.

Gl with the contest author !

I see it, I`m not sure the tiled overlay works..... would have been better to highlight the curve of the boot over the toe line using the dodge tool. Maybe a tip for next time
(Tip No.2 avoid using default PS patterns and filters unless really needed as they dont really get recognition on here)

Although it's personal, but I think this would be funnier if the penguin would be standing somewhere in the image . Good luck!

nice color scheme

It kind of has a magnifying effect look.

are you try to show a illusion ?

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sorry,...what in the world is this? I dont get it,...

neat

Superb effects

nice

I agree with sparklen, but regardless this is a great idea

If you could define the iris and pupil more I think you might increase your vote levels. Just a suggestion. I'll hold my vote for now. You still have a couple of days till the deadline.

nice

nice job

simple but nice

nice image!

I agree with Jawshoewah, it's a bit simple and hard to understand. I will hold my vote until later... good luck!

It seems a little simple. What exactly is that supposed to be on his eyes? A high res might of helped.

SBS

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scale and flip? that's it?