Great use of source.. well done author

thanks ponti55

In sources, texture2 = clouds

Wonderful Image

thanks drivenslush...

and dynossaurus i will correct the links..thanks

very good entry.
and I have to agree with ponti55 that its a quite clever use of the source.

thanks lukas... for the comment..

very very nice work author...gl

Very beautiful entry!

thankyou erathion and erikuri

hello all.... i have corrected the source links now....
and i will post the permission from the owner soon...
i don't know why...but i always make a mistake while mentioning my sources....

i will take care from next time...

very nice work ,good luck

thanks hazem

hi...
i have uploaded the screen shot of the permission of the source from the author.....

so my entry is 100 percent valid now....?

great image! i really love the feel of it! good luck on a great entry!

nice chop Author, good luck

Like the old-looking effect you did

@lvstealth
thanks for the encouraging comment...

@cabldawg71
i had made a mess in my last entry (stand by.... teleporting) while cutting out the model. Even if it stood first but the chopping was badly done...and i had to learn... so made some improvements in this... its all because of encouragement from guys like you... thanks a lot

@kid...
thanks kid...

Great!

Congratulations on the first place, you deserved it (:

congrats on 1st!!!

Congrats for your first place!

Congrats, lovely work

Congratulations for the 1st. place!

Congratulations, for 1st place

thankyou alll.....thanks a lot

Congratulation for this fabulous work...

thanks erathion

congrats on the 1st place

good effort nice result,........
I once tried to create this kind, but using motion blur instead of smudge tool,.....good luck...
how about adding some twigs on which the bird should stand ?

You have done great job . Take stem from source and make some branches and some sort of soft background will make it more beautiful. Thanks for giving me honour. Good luck to you.

Fantastic work , author. Your entries are getting better and better, Well done

this picture has a very nice feel to it and the bird looks very elegant with its long and whimsicle tail feathers you have done very well author the best of luck to you

sorry... but i omitted three names in details
erathion
CMYK46
and Lamantine

@dekwid ohh thanks....man you were the one... i couldnt remeber your name.... you were the one whose design impressed me and after that i made this... the one you did with motion blur... thanks

@nasirkhan your designs have always inspired me... its an hon'our that you liked my work... and i am working on the branches right now... but they were not coming right so i left them for time being... will do it by tomorrow

@Lamantine i am so sorry that i left your name in the details...firstly your designs are good and secondly you are one person who always comments and fav my entries.. even if they are bad..... it motivates a lot... and keeps me going.....thanks

@Tuckinator thanks a lot for such a good comment... thanks

How delicate it is... superb!

This has a very nice feel to it and he details are great, especially the long feathers from the tail. I agree with adding a stick to sit on - but it is really great just as is too. Well done.

thanks erikuri for the comment...
and
thanks RayTedWell and yes i am working on the stem... i will update the image soon...

ok guys... after putting 3 more hours and sacrificing my sleep.... i have finaly added the branches.... isn't it looking good now...?

Nice to see.. and really good work author
I think U deffinately got 1st place

thankyou for such a warm hearted comment... mounirupa...
and seriously i never created this entry so that i will win or loose.... the main thing is that i learnt something new... and that is the thing which matters the most...

Very nice and you have learned well. I like this alot Author.

thanks cabldawg71

wow, much better.... you are talented , and you are quick learner......

Great update author. Beautiful entry . My fav. too

thanks dekwid....
and again nasir... thanks a lot... thankyou..thankyou and a big thankyou

Nice headress.. and very well balanced image.. good luck author

Very elegant image.. really nice use of source. Wonderful job, author

i like this one. you put something fresh in the let's-make-a-bird-out-of-it idea.. nice job

thanks drivenslush
Matteo
and elficho for the comments

Beautifully done, love the watercolor feel and color changes on the flowers.

Beautifully done, love the watercolor feel and color changes on the flowers.

Very nice! GL!

best of luck

thanks pearlie jawshoewhah and neeraj55

Really beautiful work!

thanks CorneliaMladenova... i am really happy that such a talanted artist liked my work..

kaim aa bai ji

Very nice surrealism Great work.

i really like this!

I really love this! Great job

Simple, well composed and shaded. A very nice end result, well done.

it is very nice work ,good luck

I like a nice piece of surrealism, good composition too top job!

Very Salvador Dalish(tm) .. nice colours and design, thou I have to say I would love to see some random piece flying or walking or.. rolling.. or standing there.. besides the oranges. Good job overall.

Very nice surreal creation...best of luck author

Love how surreal this is! Great work, author! It's beautiful!

thankyou all

Simplistic but very artistic. Looks like a winner to me. GL!

Congrats on first place. Great idea and image.

Congrats, nice work

Congrats nice imagination and great entry you deserved it

Congrats for 1st

Great work! Congrats for first

thanks for the nice comments....

Congrats! for 1st place

Congrats! Nice pendulum-like effect.

Pity the mods didn't pick up on the fact that you copied an image without crediting the original author http://pixelnase.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d128lkg
I'm sure it would have placed considerably lower if members new it was a copied work. I'm also sure that your entries will be scrutinized much harder from now on, so try not to deceive members like this again.

nice painterly effect.

suggestions:
1) more shading for the vase to make it look more 3d
2) change the photoframe to a "window" looking out into the world outside maybe better
3) add depth to the eye with shadows in the eye-lids
4) the low portion of the background should be darker to create depth
5) add a little noise to whole picture
OR
1) or just crop "tallish", take out the photoframe, so it just shows the plant,
this will tighten-up your composition and more focused theme

Very good colour blending. Good job

thanks..ponti55.... you have done a really great work yourself

Really nice feel to this one! Only nitpick is the deck, it seems to have been blurred when everything including the building in the background have not. Good luck!

thanks Chalty669..... i edited the entry and blurred the buildings... must have missed that....thanks.

i am sorry the links to the sources were not working... corrected them now

beautiful entry ......... gud luck to u ...........

Love the light! Very beautiful...Best of Luck

I agree with the blending. Very convincing! GL!

congratulations!!!

thankyou all