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robvdn says:

Congrats for making it to the next round

(5 years and 2791 days ago)

Mutant fish
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robvdn says:

Congrats into making it to reserve 1 in the next round.

(5 years and 2791 days ago)

Windchimes
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robvdn says:

Congrats into making it to reserve 2 in the next round.

(5 years and 2791 days ago)

Lunch
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robvdn says:

I agree with Samanway's suggestion of adding rain but not the way he suggests
Might look cool if the rain comes from the inside of the umbrellas, t adds to the surreal feeling of this entry. At least I do think so

(5 years and 2802 days ago)

Up The Umbrella Path
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robvdn says:

Damn!
So there I parked it at Glastonbury 1977...

(5 years and 2803 days ago)

desolated
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robvdn says:

Nice!
Think I'd like it better for this contest if you didn't use the 2nd car source but would have made the whole car with the source...

(High res?)

(5 years and 2803 days ago)

Transformer
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robvdn says:

What would Mao think of this...

(5 years and 2803 days ago)

Choose Color
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robvdn says:

YEp the reflection is wrong and a high res would be appriciated

(5 years and 2803 days ago)

Fitito
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robvdn says:

Any high res available for this old man with lesser eyesight?

(5 years and 2803 days ago)

escape
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robvdn says:

Got a high res for us?
I have a problem with aging... eyesight is going back and high res versions help a lot

(5 years and 2803 days ago)

trevelers
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robvdn says:

A stretched 500 Looks like a fast car, would love to have a spin with it on the German Autobahn

(5 years and 2803 days ago)

FIAT 2012X
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robvdn says:

It's a beast and it looks mean! Habba!

Nitpick: the lightning on the girl is complete off while the rest works great (with shadows and lightsources...) You might want to have a look at her again (and I mean the shadows and light-fall!)

Good luck

(5 years and 2803 days ago)

Monster X5000
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robvdn says:

The light on the chopper points slightly in another direction, this can be solved very quick, and the yellow light... hmm sure it can be yellow But why use the cobble stones from underneath the carsource???

Anyway: great action-scene, some minor nitpicks... will give you a nice spot in the final results

(5 years and 2803 days ago)

Chase me throw London
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robvdn says:

I agree with CMYK, but this is not as hard as it might look:

make the reflection of the car as high as the car itself, that makes it already a lot more believable. You can use a white gradient layer over that reflection and blend it in the reflection layer. That way you make the reflection fade out.

Then you'll have to make a reflection underneath the car as well, that can be done by duplicating the reflection and then use the smudge tool and use the pixels closest to the car and smudge it inwards. Don't forget to remove the part of the duplicated reflection layer!

Good luck

(5 years and 2803 days ago)

Imaginative Play
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robvdn says:

Congrats Dimitris, great entry and great win Your Majesty.

(5 years and 2805 days ago)

The gateway to graphic arts.
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robvdn says:

Congrats Anoop, great win and:
"All Hail our new PS king!"

(5 years and 2805 days ago)

The Treasure Hunters
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robvdn says:

I love entries which tells a story and this one is even a great entry!

(5 years and 2806 days ago)

spellcaster
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robvdn says:

Excellent entry author

(5 years and 2806 days ago)

Celebration of Life
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robvdn says:

WOW my first dedicated entry
Thanks author.

Great entry, really great job done here

(5 years and 2806 days ago)

The Treasure Hunters
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robvdn says:

To be able to judge this entry a High Res version would be appreciated

(5 years and 2808 days ago)

Mysterious Apple
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robvdn says:

I like the creativity in this entry: nice job in making the PXL logo into real figures

(5 years and 2811 days ago)

pxl
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robvdn says:

Very nice

The blue background and the netlike structure come out really good,

(5 years and 2812 days ago)

Black eye
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robvdn says:

Very nice
Love the collection of old objects, colorwise they fit perfect together and very good choice of background.

(5 years and 2812 days ago)

a play
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robvdn says:

WOWZA! Fast and good

Author you set the bar high in this round, I'm going to love this

(5 years and 2812 days ago)

The gateway to graphic arts.
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robvdn says:

Congrats for making it to the final round

(5 years and 2812 days ago)

Gelo Cola
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robvdn says:

Congrats for making it to the final round

(5 years and 2812 days ago)

Imperfectly Perfect
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robvdn says:

Congrats for making it to the final round

(5 years and 2812 days ago)

It
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robvdn says:

Congrats for making it to the final round

(5 years and 2812 days ago)

Candy bar...
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robvdn says:

Congrats for making it to the final round

(5 years and 2812 days ago)

the merchant ship
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robvdn says:

Congrats for making it to the final round

(5 years and 2812 days ago)

heLLrunner
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robvdn says:

Congrats for making it to the final round

(5 years and 2812 days ago)

time torture
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robvdn says:

Congrats for making it to the final round

(5 years and 2812 days ago)

Friend in Every Season
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robvdn says:

Nem; please read the contest description it is mandatory in this contest. But that is the main problem, most do not read the whole description...

(5 years and 2812 days ago)

Smile
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robvdn says:

Good example of the theme

(5 years and 2812 days ago)

Smile
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robvdn says:

Good example of what this contest is about

(5 years and 2812 days ago)

incredible
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robvdn says:

IMHO would be much better without the text.

(5 years and 2813 days ago)

Family album
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robvdn says:

Author... author.. OK now hold back... this... this... no.. no..
Too freaking awesome!
Details: awesome, the green background: WOW...
Superb

(5 years and 2815 days ago)

With white coat
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robvdn says:

Agree with Slush: great job

(5 years and 2815 days ago)

Lady
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robvdn says:

Feels like one wakes up one day and thinks "Who the h*ll put a railroad in my backyard?"

The autumn feeling ads a lot to this entry

(5 years and 2815 days ago)

Stairway to heaven
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robvdn says:

Nice entry and nice blending.

A small trick: take a small (4-5 pixels) brush on your blur tool, create a new layer on top and on that layer with the blur tool (sample all layers on!) go over the masked edges. This will even make the blend a lot better, specially on the area where the phone-booth goes into the water, the edges are very sharp there. It's a detail not many voters will look at but at least you'll know it is all OK

Good luck with this entry

(5 years and 2815 days ago)

Apocalipitic
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robvdn says:

I really like the leather texture on the left shoe, the harsh lightning works really great here on the cracks and details!

The wooden floor is not a fav part of this entry to me... IMHO it is to light and detailed compared to the shoes and the background and there for takes a lot of attention. I feel a more darker color (like in the shoes) will work better here.

Anyway: good entry though and don't worry about my vote on this one

(5 years and 2815 days ago)

Low on Work Boots
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robvdn says:

Nice trick with the lightning from below, I love the details it forms on the center yellow, red and white candy. Bit of a shame the red one stands in front and blocks the details on the yellow.

(5 years and 2815 days ago)

Jelly sweets
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robvdn says:

Mucho better IMHO Makes the composition more exciting.

(5 years and 2815 days ago)

who
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robvdn says:

Think your daughter and or wife will hate and love you for this! You destroyed her dollhouse but at least replaced it with candy.

Damn! Can't say anything bad on this entry...

(5 years and 2815 days ago)

Candy bar...
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robvdn says:

The details are amazing: the bubbles and the moiré at the wrapper.

TBH though I do not like the visibility of the glass that much, it distracts. Maybe crop it a bit?

(5 years and 2816 days ago)

Gelo Cola
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robvdn says:

I agree the water drops do work here even though I feel that the colors are a bit dull, something that a bit of playing with the contrast and vibrance can cure. Think the entry will get better from it.

(5 years and 2816 days ago)

Imperfectly Perfect
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robvdn says:

Can't go wrong with the color combinations of M&M's LOL

DOF is a bit to strong IMHO and the white cloth as underground isn't really attractive to me, maybe some metal structure like the inside of the can would have worked better.

But I do love the color reflections of the M&M's inside the can, on purpose or not: that's a nice detail

(5 years and 2816 days ago)

Remaining favorite
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robvdn says:

Nice attempt to make a scenery out of the candy and cute use of the fish

(5 years and 2816 days ago)

Ocean View
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robvdn says:

Yikes, a toothache bomb! :d

I like the red at the top area (at the bottom it is to bright for my taste) it goes well with the cherish ; the combination of the blue cotton candy and the chocolate... hmm

Color-wise I really like this

(5 years and 2816 days ago)

Ah, mouthwatering....
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robvdn says:

They look yummie!

Maybe you can burn the black background more in Photoshop (it's allowed), the wrinkles of the cloth annoy me personally. Also the composition might be more interesting if you crop the black areas left and and at the bottom out, something I would do.

Otherwise: I really like the light like it is coming out of the bowl (actually guess it is)

(5 years and 2816 days ago)

who