The light from the sky is coming from the right, the hat and the girl are lit from the left. But other than that it's hard to find a fault.. Very nice masking and a very creative idea..

Author, as ponti said... just flip the background image and everything will be all right!

Very nice looking image there are a couple of nitpicking improvements edges of the hat could do with being a little softer plus there are a few stray black dots around the hat that need to be removed , the flower is to sharp maybe soften the edges and the tiniest amount of blur, don’t forget to credit and notify the authors of the stock images used…..sorry hate to see this pulled for minor infringements.

Really nice job author! I don't necessary agree with the others as far as the light source goes. There could easily be a light source not visible on the left side of the image. Also many photographers use strobes from different angles with shots like this. Nice job, fix the masking and you've got a nice one.

Overall it's a really good job. There's some stuff left over from the source image in the girl's hair above her breast, and a few edges could use some attention, though. Agree about the light source. It should be simple to flip the sky to match. GL.

I like this, great job.

thanks for the comments everybody! i'll take a closer look at the image tomorrow. i'll also make the sbs as soon as i wake up so hold your votes!

EDIT: ok i did what ya'll suggested.. hope this looks better now..
oh, the sbs i made was kinda done quickly, so if you prefer i'll make a new one

well.... the scarecrows might stay away but you will end up needing a broom to scoot away all the men trampling through the feilds lol...
Is a good peice of work author

lol keiley but i am bringing beer good job Author

A nice art.

Nice thought... but i agree with ponty55
nd just blur hat edges
other wise too gud

Great updates author, flower is still a little to sharp compared to the rest of the image, looking a bit out of place especially with that black outline makes it look like someone’s drawn over it with a pen Still going to my favs super image!!

Vanguard grunge fashion

Poor hairs work,but image looks very good.

wow! = )

DAMN! Now that's one sexzay scarecrow!! very nice use of the source! GL!

beautiful and very creative...

Congratulations!

congrats on a nice job

Congratulations for 1st

Congrats, lovely work

Congrats - Great entry!

Congrats...you won without even fixing the flaws!

Congrats

Congrats

I think a few other sources are missing ?

They'll be in my SBS. Ran out of time.

Got ya it looks good sry ya ran out of time

Fabulous idea and very nicely crafted top job author!!

Wow! I don't know about him, but I definitely need brains

Wonderful! Hurry up, the Wiz is waiting! Btw, I don't know the story so much, but wasn't the castle supposed to be emerald green?

erikuri, you know the story better than I !! I took a chance that I could still have an emerald castle. Thanks so much!!!!

Very nice

Great author.. glad you got all the source stuff up to snuff!!!

Super fun piece. = )

Congrats! It's shining on my fav gallery!...

Thanks all. I really appreciate your support and comments!

Congratulations for 2nd

Congrats

I am impressed author.. the surrealistic element is magnificent.. the shading and the blending is spot on. Fantastic.

Edit: You have a brand new fan

Secret.... CARROT MAN... Secret... CARROT MAN

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iaR3WO71j4

doot da doo

Wahhhhhh.. very very gud work author.........
very cute.......

Superb work.

nice job! love it

I like this guy.

Hehehe... in a salad or in a juice with orange, of course!

Nice piece of surrealism top job author

Cool guy! He is ready to eat someone

Congratulations!

Congratulations for 3rd

congrats!!!

Congrats

Congrats

Interesting image.Try to get rid of the suitcase, it doesn't fit in the image. The kid's just a tiny bit too cute...maybe you could have the raven plucking his eye out...that'd be cool.
(Seriously author, pretty good image except for the suitcase).

Pretty nice work, I kinda agree about the suitecase although you can also make another funny story about that (for in the image, in fact it fits well for your story). Just curious how you used the last 2 sources. Good luck!

I have done the changes, and some extra ones. I hope it looks better now.
Thanks for advises!

I like the revision, but why the clown makeup on the boy? IMO it changes the whole mood, but I like the raven tipping his hat.

Wow, the little chick has Alice Cooper's make up

Nice atmosphere. I personally don't think that the floating hat is very effective here, but i guess that's the whole idea. However, you've blended the images very well.

Edit: On closer look, the lighting between the hat and the tree doesn't match.. just flip the hat horizontally.

Good luck author!

Thanks ponti55, I have flipped the hat and also added clown face, which was my first idea.

Really good work, looks really scary = )

Very good work ! My suggestions would just be to remove the vignette and darken a little. Good luck !

Thanks Lamantine for suggestions.
Removed vignette, added raven and made image a bit darker.

This is really creepy! I'm wondering myself walking through a foggy forest and suddenly facing a scarecrow with that face...
About ponti's point (floating hat), did you try to reduce slightly the size?

Nice image! Great mood too…. have a couple of suggestions for improvments the crow looks to desaturated to me maybe want to take a look at that. and the scale of the scare crow looks a little too big to my eye,especially when you compare the base of the tree and the piece of wood holding the scare crow up ( that’s a big bit of wood)

Thanks Warlock, have made some changes as mentioned by you.

Aww, nice - thanks for using my stock in such an interesting way!

A really eerie atmosphere, great work, well done.

Wonderfully eerie mood, nice work, author!

Very good work