maybe if you added lighting effects to make the women stand out more.

Try and remove the scratches off the women layered in from the past and add a gausian blur to make them match their surroundings a little better.

I'll got some extra points for restoring the stock, jawshoeswhah? I hadn't meant to take part in the photo restoration contest! I'll see about it
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I think it's okay now. Added some light, made some corrections to the ladies and blurred them a little.

It's a little better

nice

Watering can is kinda tiny...

CMYK has got a good point.

Thanks, fix it. Still not very big cause is a toy watering.

Very creative work

funny image. looks good

very nice

area at the kangaroo's right hand still need a lil bit editing..wat bout addin shadow?

i think the bottles could use some sharpening and burning . Good luck in your entry

Funny pic! Bottle in pouch has white outline, bottle on floor needs a shadow, otherwise nice work.

thanks gys 4 the cmmnt n suggestions , done sum changes hope u like it .

I think the bottles and cans seem to be a bit oversaturated, you might want to take the contrast down a little bit on them. Also, the kangaroo has a piece of straw or grass on it from the it's original source and that's noticable in low res.

EDIT: Better

both things done jawshoewhah , thanks .

the contrast doesn't match on the sources

very nice

Not the merry christmas I would wish anyone!

oh...he's making a poop. and it's steamy.....(:

Post sources for tree & smoke...

Thank you guys for comments. CMYK, it is posted: SBS, steps 15,16,17

Oops, didn't realize those pics were your own, sorry...but what's with the helicopter?

And what about helicopter CMYK? I just checked, link to this image is working... Or you're asking what is it doing there?

Get it while it's hot!

I think CMYK is hinting that the helecopter doesn't really fit with the image. I was thinking the same thing. Also your snow filters you used on the tree and elephants feet, well they seem very fake, I would play around with them more. Try blending them better.

ha this made me laff

o.k. CMYK and Jawshoewhah, about helicopter: My idea was that helicopter just brought this elephant to the Christmas party and flying away. About filters: I only used hue&saturation adjustment to make the colors of light on elephant and tree sampe purpleish as a base image. May be it could be less strong though... I'll try to play with it, still have time.
Edit: Corrected Hue&Saturation on the elephant level.
Thank you Jawsh

You used another elephant layer, didn't you? (see tip of the trunk) I honestly think a better blend would be to just feather a pattern stamp.

No, Jawsh, I didn't use another elephant layer, took me a while to find out where this lines were coming from. But I find it and fixed. It was my sloppy masking of second shadow of the tree, that wasn't masked right. Thank you and diamond medal for you sharp eye.

good one. nice image. good luck to you

ahha the shit steam , is nice idea..

great

Nice idea

funny image but you could go with real pictures i think. It would of looked a lot better. Good luck

this is a nice drawing but it's supposed to look as realistic as possible

nice