personally i think everything here could have been done better with out the use of the source

a little more use of the source in the comets (maybe the grass or the leather thing) could add to the effect

very nice

changes are much better...

this is a sweet image.. a lot of work with the source author.. well done

efforts you put is seen... good work... please chk the shadow of the table.. it makes the table float... the shadow always starts from the point where obj touches the ground... good luck..

great work

very sweet image.. reminds me of a McKnight (Thomas)

It would really top this image off if you were to add some shadows under the table and chairs. Also, perhaps think about making one of the walls slightly darker than the other. It'll give the room some depth and variation. If you put a tighter shadow around the left part of wood window sill it will also help. Good job!

quite nice (I saw the original submission and this is much better as well... good luck author

You did a wonderful job creating the boat ... but I think you could do a much better job blending it with the background. Take a another look at your shadow , good luck!

Decent creation of boat, bad placement & shadow.

I meant boat.

honestly it doesn't really look like it fits on this beach. Plus, with the shadow on the boar, it almost looks like it's floating on air.

needs work on the shadow also the oars are out of scale compared to the boat

neat

step by step please !!!!!!!!!!!! need to know how u created boat for proof that this boat was created by you and the amish chair. because the wood grain of the chair looks a bit different than wood grain of the boat. ill vote once i see step by step, if no step by step i will red flag

I like how you made the round windows. I'm sure they have a special name, but I don't know it. And the door looks good too! Good luck

the blur on the pool table in high res is very heavy compared to the fantastic resolution of the floor and the walls (the poolballs are very blurry) But the overall image is FANTASTIC) though I think alot of the players are going to be hitting there cue sticks against the wall trying to make shots.. hehehe.. but the overall concept is quite beautiful.. I'd hang this in a game/pool room in a nanoscecond...good luck author!!!!

EDIT: great fixes... still and more elbow room.. woo HOO

interesting work. The balls look a bit distorted and, most important, the shadows do not have the same direction.

Congrats!

Congrats!

Congrats for your second place!

Congratulations for 2nd, great

Very good blend.

Good improvements, author. The castle has way more depth now. Good luck!

That looks really good, great job author.

great entry, but i think some of the building part is flying.. give some shadows pal

wow,this one amazing,so nicely done and good detailing

The lighting looks much better and the castle is no longer floating, so good job on both those points. The contrast, however, is very high around the towers but very low in the center part. Also the shadows aren't dark enough, and the castle itself isn't casting any shadows.

pm me and ill talk about this with you............great concept, i have a few suggestions

The photo is blurry but the castle is really sharp; you may want to blur the castle, especially the middle a bit. Also it looks like some of the trees on the right should be overlapping the castle as they're out in front. Finally the hedges on the bottom of the castle make it look like it's floating but I'm not sure why.

The plane (wall) to our right of the door should be lighter. Listen to what the other commenters have said, and good luck...pretty nice job!

Good work !! .. but im may be even better if you use some filters.. to make it look more realistic !!

Looks pretty ok. The middle part is maybe a bit too massive (all grey-ish), while there's perspective. So add some light there where's needed (since the light comes from left, the side in front with the windows in perspective should receive light). Also, dont just copy-paste one window in perspective for all windows, cause you see it doesnt fit well. You may want to look again at the half masked tower right on top (why it's masked like that?), but for the rest well done. Good luck!

Awesome! *favs it* There are three castle entries in this contest, but I have to say, your entry is the best! But I think you need to add some shadows to it. GL

Very nicely done, but for some reason it looks like it's floating. I suggest darkening the bottom gradually to make it look like a shadow. Good luck!

The leaves have shadows but the flowers don't. You should remedy this. Otherwise the image is really beautiful.

Interesting image, i think you should add some shadows.

Nice!

deffinately one of the better ones in the contest

Nice use of source! A very lovely image, good luck

Very cute picture! I love the rabbit standing up, he has personality. Nice colors, and I really liked the frame, nice touch. As others have mentioned, the rabbits' shadows are a little off -- you could use the chimney for reference. Since it's casting a shadow a bit to the viewer's right and towards the viewer, the rabbits' shadows would be cast to the right and slightly towards the viewer. Still, very fun piece!

great idea... add a perspective to the shadows and it shall look great...

Nice idea, but the shadows that the rabbits are casting are not right, they're also pretty damn huge! A softer shadow that doesn;t make it seem like the background is actually a wall would be a definate improvement, Good luck!

im likin it, but, you might want to work on the shading for the rabbits and the basket with eggs

very nice

cute and clever

hmmmmmmmmm I don't know is it ok? to do that with a child? not cool but it's a good job anywayz....

awesom...:-O

yikes!! (well done) but still.. YIKES