Great fantasy image.

Very well done! Great to see you again!

Fun! Refraction reflection is AWESOME!

Beautiful image. !!

Wonderful work

What a magical image.. definite fav in my gallery and personal collection. Truly inspiring.. Welcome back author

Amazing image. Love the sweet dragon and the spooky background. And don't know why the fav button does not work...

Aha, it worked

Congrats for your second place, Arca

Congratulations... beautiful image...!

WOOT WOOT

congrats! very nice water

Congrats! You just keep getting better!

Congrats Arca..,

Congrats for 2nd place.

congrats on your placement..

Thanks!!!

Congrats!!

Thanks!!!

very believable GOOD LUCK!!!

Great looking image. My only observation is the light on the building is from the left, and the light on the clouds from the right. Might want to flip it. GL author.

This is very elegant looking.
I agree with CMYK about the clouds. Great colors, though!

Thanks guys! Done! Don't know how I could have missed that, doh!

LOL...still looks great!

Very nicely done! I love the transition from the cool foreground to the warm sky!

Thanks all for the help and the wonderful comments!

congrats...

Congratulations!

That's nice,I love the back light

Very nice. Might crop a little from the bottom and the right. I like it. Good luck!

lovely ......

Wonderful job wings are beautiful along with everything else

Flawless.

Totally awesome with great composition (Rule of Thirds) and enviable complexity in construction. The little dragon is the weak point IMO. I wish the coolness of its tail extended to its body which seems more cartoon than realistic. Also, the dragon appears to be lit from the left while she is lit from the right.

Thanks for the suggestion Dan. I tried to make the dragon less cartoonish; added some texture to the wings, sharpened the whole dragon a bit and added the same glow as the tail (plus lighting on Libellule's face to match the glow). I also messed with the shading a bit but as her hand is not in shadow below the dragon I did not darken that portion of him, that was my reasoning for his lighting, with the glow added it is not so crucial now (I think). Hope you like the changes. Thanks again

Beautiful job, love the wings!

Lovely image, but the dragon is almost invisible.

Thanks, CMYK ... dragon is now enhanced a bit more. I didn't want him too strong as he is not really the focal point of the image but your suggestion had merit. Almost took him out completely as he seems to be causing a lot of trouble (which I guess is natural as Firetails are known for being mischievous little creatures)

The image was designed to be 16X20 and at that size you can see him quite clearly . Thanks again for the feedback.

I think the dragon is now distinct not distracting but still adds foreground drama.

Thanks Dan!

Absolutely gorgeous work, author! Love all that you did to the model, especially her face.

congrats

truely beautiful entry.. congrats on 2nd

Beautiful work....well done for 2nd

Thanks all so much for the vote, comments and favs!!!

Congrats..... beautiful image....

Great sky !