none of these links are working.
Edit: now all but the 2nd one are working. the 2nd one wanted me to join Deviantart, and I'm already a member. it still would not show the image. But I do like your different approach to this, author.

All working fine for me

I liked the shadows. congratulations, author. it s great !!!

hehehe.....yapz,.....why always cowboys,?..........it's cow 'butt' girl time.........

"These guys look nicer and are PROBABLY MEANER." Love the description

Compared to the girl in front and the restaurant which is somewhat more behind I think the girl in the background should be a bit bigger. Apart from that, I absolutely agree with your description . Good luck!

Very true,and they wear so nice pants and shorts that the belt fits perfectly....especially from behind...now seriously,author,your image is great,i love colors,shadows and blend...High marks from me...and of course,best of luck

Very nice idea and result! And yeh these cowboys are normally meaner to each other!

good choice of images and well brought together -- like the overall colour you used

Very good job. Well done!

this is great, but the girl in the back has already drawn once, and has her hand on the second gun......a great idea, and well executed, but the 'draw' is not technically very realistic.

It's a little too saturated for my taste, but the composition looks good.

source #2 askes for login, the other sources are working fine. but please correct source #2 so your entry isnt removed by a mod

Nice mood! But IMHO the shadow of backward cowgirl must be darker like the box shadow and the other objects behind her.
About links, all of them works perfectly...

Glam0urGirl, since it is mature content (not sure why it is classified like that), you must be logged in to see it. There is nothing that can be done to change the link to make it visible.

I use to go to that town on the weekends as a kid. Ride motorcycles and check out all the old mines.

its bit cheeky

as rules go, you must post sources that we can see without having to join the site or login! thats why we werent aloud to post the high rez pics off sxc,hu only the link to the page so that EVERYONE could view without loggin in or signing up!

Good blend.

awesome!

Congrats Solkee, wicked

Congrats Solkee...well deserved...

Congrats! Robert for 1st place

Congrats onyour first place! Nicely done!

Congratulations, Robert!

Congrats!!

Thanks everyone

love it!

nice blend of images, but the removal of the tree needs work

good choice of sources nicely blended --like the colour seems a like B&W with a touch of sepia

Very very nice work author,u achieve perfect blend here...well done

Congratulations ... I'm feeling in the old west ....

This looks very realistic to me! Love it!

great work!

congrats

Congrats buddy...

Congrats! friend.

congrats on the 2nd,.....great..!

Congrats nator!

Congratulations, friend!

Congrats!!

Miracle potion?

Nice work -- detail is super -- like the final images colours

PS Unexpected author !!

I need some of that! Superb work in the photos... I think more personal photos should be incorporated in works.... this inspires me to go out and take some more photos. Thanks author!

My daughtor got a $600 Canon for her birthday and has only taken photos holding the camera in front of herself for facebook.... sigh....

very very cool work...best of luck

This is really good, author! Cool illustrative look to it now. Your friend makes a good Native American!

ahahah i love it!

Congrats man...

Congrats! for 3d place. Very different work and Yes Not recognizable

wow congrats

I loved this one! Congrats on third!

Congrats, Ernie!

Congrats!!

nice image -- has a look of sadness

super job for such a sad subject
good luck

Amazing mood, love the colors and the shadows... very pretty scene.

Nice idea with appropriately somber mood. I like how you incorporated both walkers and riders. However, I do feel the left-side tree diminishes the impact by hiding the leading edge of the Indians forced to leave their homelands. (The right-side branch, on the other hand, creates a nice feeling of depth.) I would eliminate the left-side tree and move the sun to the left edge for a stronger walking-into-the-sunset (i.e., the West) implication.

This is a fantastic idea and good luck to you Author.

i like it ,good luck

I love the feel of this pic,.....were emotionally touched,........a deep story behind it.......

Oh this is very very emotional creation...i like colors so much,and overall look is simply amazing...well done author

Your step 10 choked me up, very stirring piece, nicely done.

Oh, it's beautiful!

cool!

Creative viewpoint for a gunfight scene. Innovative idea to fashion the far guy using snowboard dude as the base. Shadows are an issue, however. Far guy's shadow is totally unrealistic; for example, his feet can't cast a shadow in every direction like they're surrounded by some sort of black glow. The near guy appears to be lit by a fairly strong light from the left. Far guy's shadow and highlighting should conform to that. Ditto for other elements in the scene.

nice idea -- only one small thing the hat looks more like Crocodile Dundee than the Wild west

@Dan: Thanks a ton.. I was initially confused on the source of light in my BG and so eventually decided to be done with a dull midday shadow right under his feet.. Now I hope that I have made the shadow for the second guy correctly..Please correct me if I am still a disaster..

@Alan: Thank you for your comment.. i tried looking up the difference between the two hats.. i see some differences but I couldnt identify which one this is.. I removed the cable around his neck.. am not sure if this makes it more West ..

I find the edges of the man's shadow a bit too hard, you may want to blur it a bit to blend it more into the background.
Great idea for a West scene!

Great idea, I am thinking that there should be a lot more shadow under the hat of the first guy as the light would be coming from above and not from the side. Especially at the back of his head. Good luck!

I think the shadow is much better now, although Akassa might have a point about its edges. Now that Alan mentions it, the hat does seem more Australian outback than American west., but I'm willing to overlook that.

@ Akassa: Thank you.. I hope i have not overdone the blur now ..

@thefinalcut : Thank you for your comment.. I see it as a late evening scene (Long shadows).. Although at first sight I felt the shadows were wrong too, when i thought about it, I feel the shadows are pretty okay under the hat.. I hope the rest of voters feel the same too.. Thanks again for the time

Overall look of the image is just fabulous...but u have here few lighting and shadow issues...if we imagine that is brightest spot is the sky is sun or light source,then the shadow of the distanced guy should be totally opposite from the position like its now...other thing,u should make his front part,shirt and the pants darker and make some highlights on the edges...Sorry for my nit picks author,but this image have lots of potential and would be shame that u don't use that...best of luck

thanks erathion.. If you see the source image, the bright spot is probably not the sun (clean blue sky near the spot) ... I guess it should have been some lens effect and I guess it has become too obvious after applying some filters.. I will tone that bright spot further down to make sure it does not appear to be the sun..
I prefer my work to be criticized for details rather than just being ignored Thanks again...

nice but ....

I liked... It's cool... congratulations...

love it!