surrealistic work author... well presented and artistic work. GL with your entry.

Wish the high res was a bit more High res -- hard to see the overall blending and masking

ROFL

Great compilation and use of source.

Superb work! just love it! Congratulation!

congrats for the first place... I knew it...

Congrats, lovely fairytale place

I love the happy mood of this creation... GL

Lovely concept and surreal world you have created! Bravo.

Lovely!

After all is said and done ... lovely concept!

Great mood, what a pity winter season is not that warm looking and full of happiness

very pleasant for the eye!!! feels like a fairy-tale!

suggestions:
1) move the horizon further (rules of the third) to the top one-third
2) smaller clouds n light house
3) bring the girl and plant closer to the scene (bigger)

agree with MossyB, the top leaf should be adjusted. suggest make the leaves above her head a little transparent at the edges -- a little like feathers feel, now abit harsh-stiff...

otherwise, perfect

agree with MossyB, the top leaf should be adjusted. suggest make the leaves above her head a little transparent at the edges -- a little like feathers feel, now abit harsh-stiff...

otherwise, perfect

It's visually busy, that's for sure...

A happy entry, try fixing the persp, the rest works pretty well.

If it's winter, why are there green trees? Perspective on the building is off...the lines on the walls should point to the horizon.

That's a lot of sparkly foo foo stuff ! Great in a Kids room !

Your explanation helps, but it also points out how ineffective the image is in conveying your concept...

"...the lighthouse and the plant have just a little reflection, cause I didn't want them to be so realistic." - It's very difficult to have portions of a photographic image not look realistic, while other portions in the foreground and background do...Consistency is important.

"...the lower part of the woman's dress it is supposed to melt in the water" - this would have her dress either "dissolving," by increasing the translucence until it totally fades away, or "melting," by distorting the shape that is in the water.

"there is a a hot athmoshpere shown as well by the red and yellow hues around the clouds" - If that is so, the "glow would thoroughly permeate the clouds. Just a small spot of "heat" such as you have illustrated, does not give the atmosphere a sense of heat, so much as it looks like a bright light shining from within the cloud. Again, consistency is important, and "hot atmosphere" on top of cool water, and beneath cool sky does convey an unrealistic scene, but again, it is in contrast with too many other visual elements that oppose it.

The reflecftions in this entry need a LOT of work.

The water is choppy, yet the reflections in the background are smooth, and the woman and plant have no reflections at all...

The light house is supposedly some distance from the vampire woman with no reflection, yet the reflection from it extends forwards all the way to the woman and her free-floating (yet unreflective) plant, which she is leaning on far too hard, considering it is not secure in the ground. She'll be falling over at any moment.

Maybe that's where the hope comes into play, she's hoping to get some support from that plant. :P

No source for the woman? No land under the lighthouse? Do flowering plants grow out of the ocean? No reflection for the woman?

wonderful color palette! really brings everything together and creates a wonderful composition! good luck author!

There is a distracting "leaf" above her head to the left (as viewed) that is "chopped off," rather than tapered like the rest. Otherwise, this is a truly lovely chop.

such a wonderful invention

very beautiful work gl author

Artificial what?

One of the most colorful entries around. I would love a description of what Chances Bridge means, as I think "The Bridge of Changing Luck" or " Karma Bridge" would sound more dramatic

wow...fantastic composition....love the integration of lady with the tree...colors are amazing...best of luck author...gl

nice,...like the warming tone on this....

ow yeah !

hahahahahaha....so cool concept...gl

Love the idea author! good luck

Nice surrealist picture, good luck!

pinheads being attacked by a huge bowling ball ahhhh!! lol very funny and amazing concept

I was really hoping for an SBS on this and am disappointed ;-(. Fascinating image.

very nice bubbles......great mood and cool colors and effects...best of luck author

add an sbs and you will go over the top (inho) very awesome image

So dreamy, the colors are beautiful

lovely image..... all the best to u .....

this one is so full of excitement i can clearly place myself inside this dream, wonderful job author!

WOW,WOW,WOW...3 wow's for u author...amazing entry...best of luck

Well you have certainly made me hope I can fall asleep and be in one of them balloons taking me there! Great job

Nice image with great colouring, well done

this is my favorite so far... i don't care how you made this... what's important to me is the final output that entertains both my eyes and my imagination... Good luck...!

Nice creation, impressive description.
I don't get why so many things happen on the left side of the pic (cause it's the "cool" side? ) and nothing happens in the warm side.

Very nice executed!

The background is very cool. I never really knew what to use that for, but this is a great use for it.

i love it ,good luck