Spooky, painful and very well blended!

Great entry..

Cool image and work reminds me of John Carpenter's Ghosts Of Mars......

Soooo good - the best in my opinion.

very cool

Great work author...i like mood a lot,and color choice is 110% right...well done

Congrats on the first place! Very well done!

Congrats!

Congrats... this sends shivers down my spine every time I look at it, well done

Congrats for 1st

Congrats! for 1st

Thanx a lot for the comments and congrats! Madamemonty, good I have reached my goal with this one then

En ook nog gefeliciteerd met je 1e plaats!

Very well done....creepy good!

I love this image, and how you combined all the elements. If I keep practicing i hope to do work like this.

Well done

this is a great image..the way you executed the explosion of the balloon is great..i also like the reflection..good luck author!

that would be a horrible situation.. lol.. nicely done

Damn bird! You did a really good job with this one. Hopefully people will notice the reflection you made. I figured it was part of the source until I looked at the source. Like I said, a sbs would be nice to show off your work. Good luck!

Thanks Well can't make a SBS anymore but this is how the reflection was made: vertical flip of balloon, displacement filter with a waves structure, made a selection of the outcome and desaturated that selected part of the water base image so that you keep the waves structure but without colors, reflection layer set to overlay, burned parts of the reflection where the water is darker, smudged the left and right sides of the reflection.

A lake is not a place for sharks, but the whole image is so good that it can be forgiven... GL, author!

My husband and I are about to take a balloon ride to celebrate my 75th bday. This had better not happen to us!!! Good job!

this is really a nice entry ........... all the best ..............

Awesome work author, I love this. Best of luck on this.

Congrats, lovely work

Congratulations for 1st

Congrats ! Well deserved

congrats for the 1st ..............

Congrats!!

Thanks all

congrats!

Congratulations!!! Well deserved.

Congrats!

Congratulations!...

nice work... congrats...

Thank you times 6!

congrats

Great technique and excellent image! How about making the edge of the foot and the branch less sharp a bit, in Hi-res they look like the paper pieces.
EDIT: looks nice now

Nicely done! GL!!

Thanks for the suggestion langstrum, fixed it

Good concept!

Just try to show that branch more real and reduce lens flair amount which is behind the "Peabird"...

Reworked the branch

Awww....this is so cute ! Very well done author ! Amazing image

It's pretty realistic! Neat work, author... gl!

love it !

Very appealing and quite realistic, although the source of the front light is mysterious.

It is, but it's possible. Otherwise the bird would be to dark. The second source can be anything you want

AWESOME WORK!!!

Absolutely beautiful job!!

great job..... fantastic

Great job author...good luck

great work

Great job Author.........Good Luck.

Congrats for your first place, Ressiv!

Congratulations!

Congrats!!!!

Congratulations for 1st

Congrats, that's one beautiful bird

congrats ................

congratz for 1st place

Congrats for 1st place

Congrats!

Thanks a lot all!

Congrats , very good work!!!!!

congrats on 1st....

Wow! What a very surrealistic image! I love the mood you've created. It's so dark but enchanting. You have definitely put the artistic touch on the illusion contest. GL to you!

This is really really nice. Perfection! GL!

Nice creation . . . . Gud luck to u . . . .

Great perspective!

Beautiful - love the mood of this. Reminds me a bit of Esher

EEEKKKKKK.. hehehe great job

very Nice.. Gud Luck ... surreal

excellent mood ! surreal indeed

very nice

Great work and good image.

Great mood author...good luck

Congrats!

Congratulations on the first place!

Congrats, really nice work

Congratulations for 1st, really great job.

Congrats for the deserved 1st. place!

Congrats

Congrats! for winning

Thanks a lot all

great job! Congrats!

Congratulations - you are well worth the 1st place!

Congrats Ressiv for 1st! Nicely done!!!

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congrats.... well deserved

congrats for 1st place !

Congratulations! Wonderful entry!

Congrats!

congratulations... it has got nice view....

Thanks all

Congratulations!!!!!

Brilliant work! I love the idea and your photoshopping skills!

Very nice. The ground lamps' perspectives are off (should be looking down on, not up at, them), however.

Nice job

I agree with Dan about the lamps.

This better ?

This is really well thought out and I really like the lighting you've achieved, but your SBS leaves much to be desired.

I did that because a mod asked what the source was for the sign and ladder. But there's none and it's easy to make it yourself. IMO its about the outcome and not about the SBS...

Author, I agree with you that the final outcome should be more important than the SBS. When I first started submitting entries I didn't want to make SBS's because I had just spent all this time on my image. I then realized that it let people see how much work really goes into your work. I also think this site is a learning environment because the SBS's. I enjoy your work and look forward to seeing more.

Romantic

Tree top diner..... very good work......GL

i think i would be regular customer in this restaurant! Love this entry and the idea! GL

nice..good luck

Congrats for your first place, Ressiv!

Congrats, really nice work

Congratulations for 1st

congrats !!

Very good work!! Congrats!!

Congrats on 1st place

Congrats!!!!

Thanx a lot all! Glad you like it
Chalty669 you've got a point there, it does show how much effort you put in it!

Congrats!!