I have no idea what I'm looking at.. but I sure do like it.. good luck author.. excellent imagination and stunning sbs

Cool work...good luck

sbs is good...and nice imagination..good luck

very nice

sincerely.. this should have placed much higher.. seriously.. excellent work!!!

place shadows under each cross, and try adjusting the brightness, the original source was a bit too bright.

Yes I agree too bright and a little shadow at the bottom of the crosses will help greatly. Also you could push the shorter grass onto the crosses just a bit to make it not float. Very easy fix for higher votes Good luck Author

Hay Thanks guys Thanks. How's this any better?

I think you should dim or fade the bluish background, maybe even som slight blur also.

better

Hey Thanks I darkened the blue a little more and added some blur to the blue what do you think?..if you look in sbs. the original flickr picture their day & night

This is a difficult background to work with. The view is looking down towards the lower far field with the foreground sloping away. However, you treated the foreground as flat [my eyes interpret the crosses as equal-sized and vertically true], but that's inconsistent with being able to see the tops of the hay bales in the far field. The light is from the upper left corner, so we should be looking at the shadowed side of the crosses and they should have long, strong shadows going south-southeast (like those of the hay bales). If the crosses are marking graves, they seem too close together. And then they don't seem to be organized in a cemetary-like grid (after adjusting for perspective, of course).

Crosses need some shadows...

lightings and shadows doesn't feel right. sky is too blue and dark and w/o any evidence where the light is coming from to cast such a strong shadow on the stones. like the others were saying, celtic crosses needed dark shadows too to match the stones'.

Ok Thanks I Here's a remake any better?

Better. The shadows need to be darker for more consistency with those in the background, need to be thicker (same width as the cross elements casting the shadow), and need to be skewed so the cross-piece's shadow is parallel to the cross piece. I still think having the top of each row noticeably lower than the top of the row in front of it would capture the falling away of the foreground for better linkage with the background.

Thanks for comments I have made some adjustments and added to sbs.

Much better, but you still need some work with the shadows. Blur them a bit with gaussian blur (not to much though) and then also maybe 80% opacity on them. I´d also think you should change the perspective, so that the shadows "leans" on the ground, I´m not sure how to explain that better, but if you look at a cemeteryphoto you might see how I mean. GL

I like the image, but the cross bars on the shadows need to run parallel ot the horizon just like the striations on the ground to make visual sense.

There you go!

fine work

Interesting idea. O.o

interesting and nutz :P

Blob is a bit flat comparing to stick guys. But it's crazy!

I like the general concept..just not the mix of cartoon and reality in with this mood

stick figure army lol. would be more fun if they're not in unison.

i switched the picture to the one i liked better. this one has a little less to do with the cross but it is more BA

i switched the picture to the one i liked better. this one has a little less to do with the cross but it is more BA

Good or bad, it's fun to have these random pics to break up the solemnity of this contest (which isn't actually even that solemn).

lol i like it way to go Author

Flower shadows don't match the shadow of the cross.

CMYK46 Thanks How this any better redid it?

nice

Nice...but couldn't you have done this with ANY picture?

post an SBS, and maybe try to add more depth to the shapes

Edit; SBS stands for Step By Step Guide

minimal source used, IMO (in my opinion)

Mine too, Joshua. This really needs an SBS or it could get disqualified.

and where is the celtic cross?

thank u guys for ur comments

this image depends on shaping and painting .

i created all this stuff from small piece of celtic cross

well,i will upload a step by step guide

hmm... did you really need the Celtic cross in order to create this image? perhaps you could have had the bird you created sitting on the cross instead of a branch... either way imo the source was not used at all... only the color white was used.

Sorry, but you didn't use the cross. I agree with bjaockx---you used the color white. I think you're missing the point of what a photoshop contest is meant to be--just look at other people's entries.

well, this is what i can do and i am happy with this ,may be the other entries about photo manipulation but this is my art
its not problem if i create all this stuff from small piece of original image

this is pretty much CBR

author.. if you are not after votes that is totally respected in my book.. I find some times it's better to go against the flow and you will retain you're own unique style...BUT if you do want higher votes you can just introduce the source into the back ground (where it looks LIKE the source) but this is totally up to you.. but I do ask you NOT to throw your hands up and say.. Oh this site is buggar.. I would like to see MORE of your work.. so I can have a better base field of judging your work (not that I judge.. I'm too busy Yapping LOL) (and I never do well.. LOL. but that's what I like about me..)

Still your color choice on this piece are quite wonderful.. the over all balance of powder blue with the baby pink is quite pretty)

good LUCK!!!

I think the crisper flowers overpower the pale, ghostly bird and become the focus of attention.

nice concept but waaaay too blurry

hang in there Author

(GMTCBR)........... just kidding....... gl