I agree with Skyangel, I'd have the wire come more clearly out of the tattoo. But I love the idea of adding a 2nd bird as a kind of companion.

Good source finds to make the birds wings come to life

Good removal and well done on the day to night change

Have a look at this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFwCecJDBdw

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Congrats on 1st place

Congrats on 1st place

I bet you can blend the bottom of the pump better
Otherwise good work.

Congrats on the 2nd best entry of 2016!

Well done, imaginative

very strong photo!

Good image, the edges are a bit harsh though (specially the grass > sky and the woman). You can easily fix this by making a new top layer (select 'sample all layers'), using a small 2px blur brush, and go over those edges.

Congrats on 3rd place!

Congrats on 2nd place!

Congrats on 1st place!

Congrats on 3rd place!

Congrats on 2nd place!

Congrats on 1st place!

Congrats on 3rd place!

Congrats on 2nd place!

Congrats on 1st place!

This entry was my fav, well done!

I'm a mod :
CMYK46 is right about this, the tattoo source is an illustration made by someone else. We'd like to see your creativity and not someone else's.
In this case it wouldn't have been a huge problem since it was just a minor and unimportant part of your entry, but imagine someone using an illustration made by someone else as a main and major part of the entry.

That is why we have that rule

It's a great entry, also without the tattoo, so good luck with it

You might have a look at our guide, it explains this and other rules http://www.pxleyes.com/courses/guide/

Good job blending the different sources I think the brown coloring is a good idea, it combines the different sources; it's just to saturated IMHO.

As a responce to Drivenslush's reply:
Using DA stock is perfectly OK as long as you use the DA stock images. Mods will NOT check up on the, mostly ridiculous personal stockrules members at DA have. This is your personal responsibility. You can read up on this in our guide, page 18: http://www.pxleyes.com/courses/guide/guide.pdf

LOL it's like the original moon photo's: either the lightning is wrong or the shadows should be different... I bet the PXL logo is fake as well, you must be part of some conspiracy theory author

Glad the work of changing sources worked out, congrats on the win

Great Should be OK now

I like this entry but author since our entries need to be anonymous it is not not allowed to include watermarks in your entries.
You can change your entry if you go here: http://www.pxleyes.com/my-contest-entries/

Congrats Oana, great job

Please do add the source of the burgers to your entry.

I like the idea of caterpillar > butterfly shadow but I would have put the shadow over the moon since that is the focal point in your image (kind of a Batman silhouette). It took me some time to find the tiny shadow on the tree.

Sorry if you feel my comment is dismissive, it wasn't meant that way (English is not my first language). What you did in putting the parts together you did good but IMHO opinion that is just part 1 of the restoration. There's cracks in it as well, dust spots, scratches, color differences and so on. There's where another part of this challenge lies.

Was hoping to motivate you to attack those challenges also, again sorry if it sounded offensive.

You might want to try to really restore the whole photo itself (I'm missing some parts on top for instance), pasting the parts together is just 1 part of the restoration challenge.

You might want to try to really restore the photo itself, pasting the parts together is just 1 part of the restoration challenge.

Good job

Congrats on 2nd

Congrats George Well done!

Congrats Victor

Congrats Roel

Gefeliciteerd! Goed gedaan, NL rules deze week

Mods do not remove entries on request, please post back the original entry and if it is off theme it will be removed.

Good work, good idea... I just do not like the border and the white space, you might want to think that over. But in the end it should be your work, so it's up to you

Please make sure the original high res is at least 1000 pixels wide otherwise it will be very pixelated like this entry

Please make sure the original high res is at least 1000 pixels wide otherwise it will be very pixelated like this entry

WOW author! Absolutely one of the best entries I've seen lately!

You can correct the type by entering a bigger version of the entry. Looking at the high res version it is very small and it is magnified when in the overview pages.

I do like your cover in the SBS but it is hard to find it in the entry. Probably a closer crop will help.

As you might have noticed turning your image into a black entry does not mean your entry will be removed from the contest. Replacing your original with a neutral image (in this case black) is seen as forcing the mods to remove an entry. In such a case mods DO NOT remove such entry, they do remove the votes already made on your original entry so members can vote again (as they always do if an entry is dramatically changed). In the end this will result in a low score of your entry and a dip in your average score.

It is better to leave the original entry in the contest and try to solve problems from there. Mods are ALWAYS willing to help you to solve problems with your entry, as are our Gold Members (that's why they are here!). Please do take advantage of that!

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