Looks really good, id look into adding some shadows from the statues and island if the light behind is so bright, also the city nor the statues (far left statue looks great, maybe just some slight level adjustments on others) would be so lit from the front.. mainly from the back based on the background light looks. Also if you added a reflection of the island on the ocean to give the feeling it was really floating over the ocean i think this could look really amazing.

Nice work!

Thank you for your comments. @Teahupoo353, I'll do something with the shadow but the reason I didn't make the reflection of the island is this scene is not the ocean, the ship is going to the top of the waterfall, and the island is behind everything on this scene, it's floating on the waterfall, not on the water surface, so we can't see the reflection. If you see in hi-res you can find that the sharpness of the main statue is the highest, and other objects in front are blurred to different extents. Thank you very much for that suggestion and welcome both two of you to the site

I think the Kingdom's shadow on the water should be stronger and the waterlines of the statues on the left and right sides should be more 3D-looking (curved, not just straight across).

Great attention to detail, really imaginative entry

awesome!

This is really juicy.

Looks like I won't be entering this contest! LOL! Great job author! The only thing that bothers me is the mist on the water. Perhaps a bit of smudge left and right would make it more whisky. Good luck!

Good thing you submitted this here...there's no reflection to speak of.

This is really great conceptually and visually. Since you have so much time left, It would be cool to work on all the tiny nuances and blendings to make it perfect. Right now it's so striking, but the mist is very one dimensional and could be richer, and the clouds in spots are blown out/ have very little depth. I think you could definitely push this to an even higher level, if you're not sick of working on it yet. But over all A really great fantasy story, and a really thoughtful blend of images.

It must be a wonderful place to live... nice work, author (as always!)...

Wow that's an amazing work, looks really like a fantasy movie scene

Thank you guys, your comments are very encouraging to me ^^. @Dan: yes, I'll do the reflection and shadow better. @Chalty and Anna: You're right on the mist, I just painted quickly, so now I'll try to fix that, also, I have some idea, so more details will be made. @CMYK46: the initial idea was a bit different from that one, I focused on making the reflections, but I got bored soon, then I shifted to the cloud city for that contest.

Great blending of images and very fantastic work.

Definitely unique! GL!

Fabulous work author...Great overall mood...Best of luck

well done

fantastic work......... very beautiful................ all the best ............

wonder (land) full work.... great job...

this has a very spiritual feel do it...nice job

Awesome! good idea.

amazing peice of work author love all the details

Thanks to all of you, I tried to improve my entry, hope that it looks better now

wonderfull and magic ! good luck author

Good image.

Very nice Author, good luck

Great entry

Superb Creation......G/L Author.

Congrats!

Congrats Langstrum .............. Superb creation .........

Congrats for your first place, Langstrum!

Congrats on your 1st place my friend...

congrats Langstrum, beautiful work

Contrats!

Thank you my friends for the comments and congrats ^^

It was deserved! Congratulations...

Congratulations! for great winning

Congratulations!

congratulations!!!

A beautiful entry!! Congratulations!

Congratulations....nice work

this is really a breathtaking pix,...love it much,....and I like this kind of manips,....I wish I could do manips as stunning as you do,...congrats!

Watching this photo is like i'm stepping into the Cloud World... Congratulation on your first prize!

Congrats!

Thank you my friends for your congratulations

congratulations, spectacular entry

Awesome, this is spectacular! Heaven never looked so good! Keep it up

Brilliant creativity sweetheART fave
;} happy hippy hugglez

Very NICE! Great work and gl

Great job!

decent work but where those birds are actually..?..above the clouds or beneath ?.

Wow! This is simply awesome!!! You should place for sure author. Great imagination and use of external sources. Very surreal and imaginative. GL to you!!!

That's so cool, very nice work, author.

Great job author...good luck

Excellent... but with the light coming from overhead, wouldn't the birds be less shillouetted?...

very playful and fun!!!

What a way to travel

Thanks all for the comments. The birds are above the clouds and underneath the clouds that carry the city, so between them. Birds could indeed be a little brighter JamesD, since its a surrealistic image I think its ok this way

I'm liking this one a lot! I like the integrity of only one light source and it's consistent! One small suggestion...perhaps lighten the right sides of the balloons a bit more. The extremely strong highlights on the gals tops makes me think this could be a good thing.

wow that is wonderful ................. can i get those balloons ..............

Thanks pixelkid, brightened the right parts a little bit
Swordfish, they'll cost you a lot, these are really special and take you anywhere you want

ha ha ...........thats nice ...............

excellent and very nice

Very cute!

Very good composition.

Happy little angels

Love the overall composition.......G/L Author.

congrats for the 2nd ..........

Congrats for your second place, Ressiv!

Congrats...

Oh so happy to see this one place so high! It was definitely my favorite. Congrats!

Congrats Ressiv!!!

Congratulations!

Congratulations! for 2nd place

Thanks a lot all

congratulations!!!

Congratulations!!!

Congrats!

congratulations for the second

Thanks

Unique idea and very nice construction, but the sharpness of the objects are not uniform, which can be clearly seen in the Hi-Res. Maybe the main problem is the source of the mountain, the resolution is quite low. Also, since the bridge was place on the dark background (the mountain), the white strokes are still visible, makes the bridge looks cut and paste. One more thing is the white ship looks too bright (the cloud density around it is too high, so this region should be darker). Just my feeling, this looks like a cloud factory, not really a city (or maybe you just show a part of the city ). All in all, in this resolution, your image is almost perfect and still gets high mark from me

Langstrum, you have a good eye. I worked on that area of the bridge, and I think it's better. I disagree about the zeppelin, though. It's in an open area that's quite well lit, and any dense clouds are behind it. As for resolution, well, you take what you can get. The sky image itself is the lowest resolution of all. I used the highest res they offered for the landscape. Thank you for taking the time to make an intelligent comment, and for your compliment.

Wow I love what you did with this one. Nice, high marks from me.

Fantastic work author...best of luck

fantastic collection of sources... not really a cloud city.. but still wonderful image.. (kinda like Tower city WITH clouds.. but that's a nit pick) good luck (zeppelin is a bit hackneyed)

hehehehe

i agree, it dont seem to be a cloud city, and the lighting is bad,
i would suggest the use of cloud brushes also because this looks like smoke

Great imagination you've created a very believable scene... Excellent blend of different sources, too. Good luck

Perhaps just a couple of portholes, and a bit larger would have more impact because they're cool. Love what you did with the other old images, good finds. The one thing that doesn't work for me is that biplane - imho, but the zeppelin totally works! And even tho it doesn't exactly look like a 'cloud city', overall I like this image.

the airplane looks a little too cut and paste

what are those...conveyor belts???

Love the rectangular window in the rock. Nice touch! It's not a big deal, but it almost looks like you could darken the top of the zeppelin a tad...to keep it from being too bright. It's hard to say whether it would be that bright. The plane looks perfect with its lighting...but it almost seems that the blimp is farther away from the nice light. Just a thought...great image, author!

beautiful image............ and nice blending ................
all the best to u ..............

Thanks Rick, type all gone now.

Nice image, probably not really a city IN the clouds but more like SURROUNDED by clouds but the surrealistic quality is nice. GL!

Oh well... everybody said everything, so... GL, author!

The rocks and yellow clouds are amazing

congrats for the 3rd..........

Congrats for your third place, Bob!

Congrats Bob,this is fabulous work...

Congrats ol' buddy! This is definitely the infamous CMYK that I know. Well done!

Congrats Bob !

Congrats!

Congratulations! Bob

congratulations!!!

Great entry! Congratulations!

Congrats!

congratulations for the third place

Light on buildings is from the left, on rocks below from the right.

nice blending and clouds with nice depth

Really nice job here, can't really find anything to nitpick. Good luck.

very nice author...good luck

I can see the same cloud pattern at least 3 times.
Mid left side- right corner and near center to the right .
Apart from that, its a nice pic.

Very pretty scene. I think you should make the clouds on the city a bit more transparent tho.

nice image ....... all the best ...........

looking very good

excellent!

very traditional creation... simply beautiful... excellent

Nice work. I am guessing you fixed the cloud repetition because I don't see it. GL!

Classic!

congratulations!!!

Thanks Missy, good eyes! I think I have it fixed now, thanks for the spot!

Very futuristic! Maybe in the near future we'll be living like that... like The Fifth Element!

very good

great image.. love the racy spacy ship!!

very cool futuristic look to all the elements, nice concept with the brushed chrome 'goblet' towers.

Very creative! Good luck!

great imagination ......... all the best ........

nice thinking......

Good idea Author

Best of Luck.......Good Job Author.