Very cool realistic work author...One minor observation's,guy that is in front of the house at the left side is the way bigger then a guy at the boat who is nearest...Still,high marks from me and best of luck for u author...

Great use of source!

got it erathion.. just removed him completely.. he really wasn't needed.. THANKS!!! (that's what I get for working to late)

nice chop and good luck

very well done!

i like it, so nice

It seems like the boats always were there! Perfect blending...
And nice pic too!

Yes great blending, nice job!

this looks very realistic

nice blending ,amazing work

awesome work ! very well done

awesome blending

excellent work

wow

beautiful! great job author!

awesome--the only thing is that the far boat looks way too small in comparison to the surroundings so you could have taken that out--great job though!

Very nice entry author.good luck.

Congrats for your first place, Ernest!

congrats, very nice blend!

congrats

Congrats for 1st, nice one.

Congrats

Congrats! for your win. Great blending

Congrats! for your win. Great blending

Congrats, really nice work

congrats for your win.........

Congrats!!

clap clap! nice creation, remind me Pandora . I would make the bottom edge of the land less sharp and a bit darker, plus bring back the sky background (because in landscape capture, the sky is almost in the same dimension plane with other things, not blurry like in portrait, macro, etc.). Very good, good luck to you

Awesome! Very good!

its great but where's the river? the theme is more like about the river

Ya Good question.I'm agree with rhane11.

appreciable work... but slight the theme....

I don't agree with the others. I think this is brilliant and don't understand why these people want the river. You still have at least half of the original image still there. Great idea!

nice idea

Chalty669 is right, this is not the theme contest, not about the river, Indian river is just the name of the source

Very creative. I think it's great not having to look at another river. I like how the author didn't go with the obvious yet the source image is still clearly recognizable.

It's very creative, different of the other entries!

I agree. Its very creative. Good luck author!

Just remove whatever that is at top center and you'll have a great image.

the clouds are fuzzy yet the birds that are off in the distance are clear as day. the thing in the top center is a bit distracting. great image, gl!

awesome work

Hello, folks! Thanks for all the comments. I wasn't able to list all my souces for this entry so I'm placing it here in the comments:
1: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1266629
2: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1235467
3: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1235466
4: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1216203
5: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1216205
6: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/276483

cool

great entry! gl

Congrats for your second place, Hypelite!

Congrats for 2nd

Congrats

Congrats!

congrats...........

Congrats!!

congrats

Great concept. However, you won't see too many rescue/patrol choppers on the Indian Rivers... lol!
But again, work done very beautifully.

ktn185 Welcome to California.

Nice work on the water with the rotor wash, but the copter's just a bit small.

yk46 I am using the crewmen aboard the chopper as a rule to scale by.

nice blending and choice of sources

In Ca rivers are there boats like that? Just asking...

Very nice except it's not clear why the patrol helicopter is coming down so low. Nevertheless, I agree with CMYK46 that you did a great job of incorporating the rotor wash, but I actually think the chopper size may be really a tad too big. The chopper pilot's torso size pretty much matches that of the guy in white, except the pilot is a bit further away so his/her torso should be slightly smaller. While I realize you merely copied your helicopter source pic, I still think the right-side landing-gear could use some burning to make it stand out a bit more from the background.

Great water thing !

good work

nice work Author... every aspect looks GREAT!

that close and those people would be ducking and the boat rocking! looks great! gl

Great idea and lots of cool effects...good luck author

nice work author

nice blend..good luck

nice thinking and great job.....

very good

great job, author! very well done! gl

very good

Good work.

Congrats for your third place, Loyd!

congrats, Loyd!

Congrats for 3rd

Congrats

Congrats!

congrats.....

congrats Chappy!

Congrats!!

congrats !

Great blend author,but would be better if u do few more things to make this very nice entry better.Select river and the bushes from the right side,pain it with some bronze color for the example and play with blend mode's a bit.If u do that u will achieve same color as the temple from the left side and...just an idea...good luck author...

Very good job! It blends grea! Nice work!

nice work and top blend....

It reminds me a soap opera we've watched here in Brazil, 'bout the relationship between Indians and Brazilians...

the reflection is of a building and some trees, but you have building all the way down

very realistic..good luck

Good work.

it fells good watching this picture

Pretty nice, except the people are a bit underdressed for the weather and, more critically, they must be Lilliputians given their size relative to the trees and house. The tree reflections could probably use a little ripple distortion to match the boat reflections, plus the edge by the steps in the lower right corner should not cover up the steps' own reflection.

than you guys. DanLundberg corrected the edge of the steps, gave a suble displacemente map to the reflection of the trees. and about the weather, they must be pretty comfortable with those clothes. about the size. they are very large trees. he he. its just photoshop. thanks.

I do love the winter you put into the reflections..hehehe good luck author

nice work good luck for you

Very good job!

Good work author.

it is on my test... lol

good entry!

Very nice work...Great snow effect author...good luck

this is really good, simple idea but its very well done

nice snow effect

very nice and creative! gl author

nice

nice