im not sure i under stand what this is suppose to be. could you try to explain it to me.

three mushrooms with broken necks... (growing into the distance) (Really wanted to show off the texture of the rope)

Fallen comrade lies at the base

oh ok i see now. i was so confused when i read the title and looked at the picture. this makes a lot of sese now.

Trippy and still an excellent use of source! Good detail to your edges. Only nitpick is a piece of the bottom rope. There looks to appear a hangnail where you cut it and it's picking up the shadow. Just removed that your entry will be pristine! Edit: Perfect, you got it! Always impressed by your work author

If you tone down the highlights on the red circle from the source, this would look much better, You have an interesting idea, but it just doesn't fit in this scene light wise or light source wise. The masking could do with a bit of work as well.

try adding some shadow from the head and the stick because you have light and light will make shadows.

Complement colors, nice

Bad, bad edges...clean this up for a better vote...the idea's not bad. Use pen or lasso tool to extract images neatly.

You can also use liquefy/push tool to make the edges strait. You also might want to put a ripple effect where the ring touches the water.

idea is great but croping is not that good...good luck author

Maybe a bit to psycedelic tho.

I didn't think there was such a thing as TOO psychedelic.

There's no such thing as TOO psychedelic...Lodd, you just need better drugs!

@ CMYK's comment

Trippy.

Good clean chop.

Simple but very well done and a clean chop just as CMYK said.

Convincing. Very cute.

where is her thumb :o ?

the thingy is a bit dark.

Very very clean chop and fabulous blend....good luck author

Really nice idea, but kinda hard to see, even in high resolution.

I can see it just fine. You turned it into a bokeh.. sorta. I think it's a unique entry author. It still might be considered a minimal use of source but still a good blend and unique entry.