Brilliant work! I love the idea and your photoshopping skills!

Very nice. The ground lamps' perspectives are off (should be looking down on, not up at, them), however.

Nice job

I agree with Dan about the lamps.

This better ?

This is really well thought out and I really like the lighting you've achieved, but your SBS leaves much to be desired.

I did that because a mod asked what the source was for the sign and ladder. But there's none and it's easy to make it yourself. IMO its about the outcome and not about the SBS...

Author, I agree with you that the final outcome should be more important than the SBS. When I first started submitting entries I didn't want to make SBS's because I had just spent all this time on my image. I then realized that it let people see how much work really goes into your work. I also think this site is a learning environment because the SBS's. I enjoy your work and look forward to seeing more.

Romantic

Tree top diner..... very good work......GL

i think i would be regular customer in this restaurant! Love this entry and the idea! GL

nice..good luck

Congrats for your first place, Ressiv!

Congrats, really nice work

Congratulations for 1st

congrats !!

Very good work!! Congrats!!

Congrats on 1st place

Congrats!!!!

Thanx a lot all! Glad you like it
Chalty669 you've got a point there, it does show how much effort you put in it!

Congrats!!

Crazy stuff...

This is great ! Goes to my favs !

Great blend author 100% realistic...u did great job here...good luck

This is incredible work, author, great chop!

The restaurant extraction is indeed awesome. But I think the airstrip is too hidden. I would move the left and right sides of the restaurant away from the center and toward their respective edges in order to open up the middle to reveal the arrows on the runway more. That would also allow the yellow warning sign to stand out and be a greater focus.

Thanks! the cut out took me a few hours
Changed a few things, opened up the middle a bit and brought in a bigger closer airplane, changed a few colours, the mountain is brighter too.

Rofl, i hope the plane doesn't land on them xD nice idea.

Great masking. I'd like to crop image from top, there is some extra sky space.

Why would you? I like the feel of it.

EXCELLENT !

Great idea and wonderful construction....GL

funny idea! Great entry, author.. gl

nice

And also congrats for your second place!

Congratulations for 2nd too

congrats again

and again congrats on 2nd ;P

Congrats!!!!

And again thanx all

Congrats!!

great blending

omg, love it! d'ya think they serve chitlins???

Great work author 110% realistic...well done

Hah, nice

This is friggen Great Author. A lovely idea too

Nice idea, perspective of KFC building is off.

EDIT: Great update. Much better now

Clever idea (although a KFC in the West Wing of the White House itself would be more compelling). nasirkhan is right on about the perspective. The KFC source pic's horizon line (which would be the location of the KFC's vanishing point) appears to run roughly at the level of the bottom 0 in the house number on the far edge of the building -- which is well below the horizon line in the White House pic.

I get it. But I don't think that it's funny.

Oh, I love KFC!!! The secret seasoning of 11 herbs... yum! Unfortunatelly we don't have KFC in Brazil anymore...

Thanks everyone for your comments and suggestions. I tried to adjust the grade of the south lawn I hope the Chicken house's perspective is better. Erikuri, my fried chicken is way better than the Colonels, besides if you eat too much KFC it'll make you fat, lol

Much improved perspectively. And bigger is indeed better! Plus I think the "no jobs" on the sign adds a hint of political commentary. [Not clear if downoffthedragon merely doesn't find the image humorous (not a requirement of the contest) or if he/she disapproves of disrespecting the White House (a legitimate opinion).]

I chose the Kentucky Fried Chicken building because I like their colors, Red, White, and Blue. Therefore my title: "American Classic"

looks very good

@DanLundberg: Yeah, it was about the disrespect, mostly because of another comment posted here. I appologize for getting all political here.

@Author: "American Classic", cool.

http://www.chitlinstrut.com/

@Author: Yuck!!!!

Author, I totally agree with you! No, I don't use to eat so much fried food, I get sick, and I know it's not good for health. I hardly ever eat a tempura (japanese fried food)... But I like the KFC seasoning... If you say your fried chicken is better, send me some for e-mail!!!

i heard Author has been frying chicken longer than the Colonel!

@ RAZOR... hell I am the original recipe!
@ downoffthedragon...don't diss'em if you ain't tried 'em

you bet ya chitlins ar dang good eating and i hope to someday try that chicken. Love it fried woot!! yummy

from regular view this looks pretty good and was well thought out. With the large preview you can tell the KFC is of a lower resolution. I would've suggested either downsizing the total image to match the KFC source or you could have downsized it and then upsized it so it was also pixelated like the KFC source.

great job! GL

Nice work......GL

great job

Congrats for your third place, Loyd!

Congratulations for 3rd

Congrats!

congrats !!

Congrats!!!!

Congrats!!!!

congrats chappy (little late.. but I'm a bit busy torturing you know who..hehehe)

Congrats!!

congrats, Poppa, nice work!

Very good! Goes to my favs!

This looks great.

I would actually like to go there.

dont take me wrong. the idea is great, but the place looks empty and abandoned. maybe if you put some people around in spacesuit and a spaceship in the driveway makes it look more realistic. I wiil hold my vote for now. good luck

Light on the building is from upper right, and opposite on the rocks.

I agree about light...But idea is great if u fix that u will have great image.Just flip the rock and do some masking...best of luck author
edit:and u could create some sphere maybe...

Very creative use of Source 3 (Arizona rock formation), but lighting could be refined and the image does seem lifeless with all the dark windows.

I'm wondering how to get there to have a lunch...

Thanks for the comments guys, I`ve neutralised the lighting and burned and dodged to preserve some highlights hope its better . As far as the lack of life, I chose an abandoned looking source on the basis that being a resturant in an unusual place wouldnt get alot of trade . I`d rather stick to that theory based on this restaurant being highly inaccessable but I do respect your opinions.

Perfect location.

My space ship is not that big I think I can park it in front

Another wonderful entry.....great imagination. Best of luck on this out of this world creation

amazing entry author! GL

nice

Congrats!!!!

Good job! =)

In so inhospitable place, is it possible to trust in that kitchen

lol in a place like this you will really going to need a restaurant

great mood ! well done

Overal I think this has the best feeling. I don't like the open sign though, I wish it were like the other sign.

Very nice entry, well thought out...GL

great entry, author...and very nice idea... good luck

gl

lol parking on the right. good job Author and good luck