The castle is really nice, but I think the perspective on the sea waves is wrong.

Good fantasy image...

Apart from the ocean, amazing work and nicely done

great job

Great fantasy work! The water looks very nice too!

I guess you would have to call it fantasy to account for the floating tower on the left. Unique idea.

very creative . nice concept ...

Congrats for your first place, Sophia!

Congrats,nr1

congrats with first, real nice image

Congrats!

Congrats

thanks for the comments and votes =)

Congrats!

Congratulations!

Nice idea. something left at left center of image, may be part of cloud layer. Shadow of face/head is also missing.

great mood!!

Great chop and idea. Ilke it

Great idea! Back edge of shell needs more shadow...compare to buildings.

great thinkin . but sky is not matchin with the whole enviroment n light. have a look ..good luck

Nasir, definitely no color remnants in the centre of the image. Also the shadow of the head would be on the shell itself and not on the ground. Added shadowing to the rear of the shell, thanks CMYK. Mohit007, thanks for the comment but I wanted that sky for the mood since it is a fantasy image. Thanks all for your comments.

I love this idea! Nicely composited, too.

Great work!!

love the idea! great job!

nice idea author.... and well executed to me

There are a few focal problems regarding the trees... also some blending withe the source... also i think there should be a shadow somewhere for the tortoises head. (it's not a turtle people!!)... I do really like the concept though!!!! GL!!... (and also, though its a fantasy scene and you want to keep the sky... i think you should atleast add a slight hint of that colour overall!)

THe shadows look a little weird but other than that, well done!

I like this

I've made a few minor adjustment as per some suggestions made. Thanks all that have taken the time to give some advice.

great job!!

Great image!

Great work. Good luck

I think you nailed it! Well done and good luck!

hahaah awsome , the idea is the best in this category..

congrats Rob!

Congrats for your second place, Solkee!

Congrats,

congrats on second unique idea and nice execution

Congrats!

Congrats

Congrats!

Congratulations!

Pretty nice mood. Also tried to crop the image till just above the duckies? Good luck!

The thought didnt even cross my mind lol, i liked the contrast with the ducks . But i tried it and found out it did make the image stronger , tnx wazowski

what about cloning out the ducks in the background and the white shiny thing in the shade on the water??

Much better without the swans, ducks or whatever it is

Nice work! Veddy dark, veddy veddy gooood

very nice work!

great job

Great! All looks so mystic and scary.

You have my vote for first. Good luck!

wonderfull , the coloar are prefect.

Congrats for your third place, Coeff!

Congrats,

tnx for the votes & comments people

Congrats!

Congrats

Congrats!

Congratulations!

Nice chop, but not very dusky...

It's daylight saving time here Thanks CMYK...

lol@day light savings

Adding color to the end of the sky and maybe darkening it would make it look more like dusk.

Thank you jawshoewhah! Darkened the sky a little... Not much, I'm afraid to lose the moody atmosphere

nice

great job

In high res it looks like some trees are missing from the left and right, i suggest you spend a bit more time selecting them, but the rest of the image looks very good, it's a nice blend. Good luck

Light on castle is from left, light on mountains is from right...

Looks pretty ok, it's just that the castle has another light direction that the mountains next to it. Good luck!

I tried to solve the problem with shadow......thanks for the criticism!!!!

you might wanna rename this before the deadline

http://wegraphics.net/tutorials/photoshop/how-to-create-a-fantasy-photomanipulation-in-photoshop/

sorry about that comment i put it in the wrong entry

great job

Very nicely blended objects and great mood!

jaescoe: You can delete your comments. You could have easily fixed your conflicting light sources by flipping the castle.