i know at first glance who's this is. and its lovely. absolutely. i was waiting for something like this

AWESOME!!!

This is pure and beauiful. gl

amazing

Simply the best.... as usual.... good luck author.

wow very pretty

This is my bet now...

Love the work here. A completely new Stained Glass bird. It looks like you set it free from the window though and they are getting ready to fly!

great

*gasps* Oh the colors are just BEAUTIFUL! Very well constructed, and just breath taking!

I knew it was you!

Many thanks to all for the nice comments and support!

congrats Cornelia!

Ah Cornelia, another beautiful entry congrats

Another fabulous work of art, Like only how you can Cornelia. Congrats!

congrats... this is my bet....

Congratulations! It's simply gorgeous!

Congrats for 1st place!

That was just beautiful.... Congrats for 1st.....

Congrats for 1st.

Many thanks for the support! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all

the lightrays on the stairs isn't in the right perspective with the light going through the stained glass....otherwise i like it a lot.

i used perspective to get everything just so... i lined up with the original light source (see source1) many thanks for your comment

Stunning work ... I do think sometimes we forget that there can be light sources from outside the photo ... thus the appearance that the lighting/perspective is off. We don't notice this when we are actually there, looking at the scene because we take everything in as a "whole". IMO you have done beautiful work here.

This is convincing, well done with the source find as well.

Good job...very realistic!

Thanks for your comments, means a lot...

Nice job

Really nice use of source here, gl

Wonderful lighting ! I like it.

Very clever, great job with the lighting effect.

Many thanks for all your comments..!

Perfect,very neat and 110% realistic work...well done author...gl

Very pretty! Love how real it looks there! :0

Thank you all for taking the time to comment...

Technically spot on! , very best of luck author!

amazing! the reflection on the concrete blows my mind! fantastic job!!

Extremely realistic, I can't wrap my mind around it! This is FANTASTIC! Wow. Great job, author!

Congrats! Well deserved :y)

Congratulations!

Congrats for second.... nice entry...

Congratulations for 2nd place, very good retouching.

Definitely different but perhaps there should be a reflection? ?

But the DOF you've created with the balloons is quite stunning! They really pop out at you.

Good idea. Might be better if you flipped the background so the light matches the light on the balloons & figure.

Nice, interesting image...but as jawshoewhah suggests.... a reflection would be good. Good luck!

The lack of reflection is the biggest flaw here.

Other than that, this has a very surreal feeling and the balloons have a nice depth and shape.

Nicely done.

Reflection for object above the water is more difficult, tricky is a better word, than those near the water. You'll have to be carefull when calculating it. Good luck.

The balloons are truly amazing! Good work!

Love the mood author so much and this is really unique idea...With few tweaks u could get high marks at the end...try to create something like light source on right side of the sky to match with lighting on the girl...for that u could use ordinary black layer,then add lens flare an position them on top right corner and after that change blend mode to screen.With that u have your light source and with opacity slider adjust the density...Also shadow under the girl is ok but she looks like floating,and to avoid that just add dark slight shadow directly under her feet. if u use CS5 u could with puppet warp modify carpet a bit too look a bit more curvy...Again this is only ideas...Best of luck author

Very pretty!

i love it, good luck!

You probably set the reflection back a little too far. I'm thinking it would be a lot lower. My best suggestion would be to find a photo with similar subject, even a low flying seagull or plane and see where the reflection is. Here's one I just found::

http://martybugs.net/gallery/photos/IMG_12077_600.jpg

You see how the reflection of the birds is in comparison. It's a useful trick when you just can't quite make something look right. I'm till impressed with the balloons! I think focusing on the balloons more in this entry would have been you best bet because of the depth you created.

Thanks your cheerful comments all of you guys ! I am learning from your comments. Thanks again !

Love the concept and the originality. I agree that the reflection is a hard one on this. Not sure if you would see the girls face at that angle but it is pretty cool and I would be inclined to accept some Artistic License on that. I can't begin to figure out how to work reflection with out a 3d method and I can't do 3D so I am hopeless. I have floated thing in water, beside water and above water but it is never the same as a true model.

You have done very well here IMO!

I LOVE those balloons!

Lovely, but too yellow; makes it bileous looking

Hey! Congrats on 3rd!

Congratulations! Very nice work!

Congrats my friend!

Congratulations for your third place. Your entry was one of the best you have done. Keep it going... You are doing just fine...

congrats!

Congrats for 3rd

Looks great! I might desaturate the background just a bit, so the foreground image pops more, but that's just me...GL.

I like that you used lyrics from the Beatles for the title. It's a creative concept for the image.

Some awesome work author.

thank you, everyone.

Fantastic work author...well done

PRETTY!!!!

Wild..... GL!

Lucy in the sky with diamonds : )

Fabulous coloring! A stronger/thicker and straighter edge where the two birds meet might be appropriate. I'm not a big fan of (often boring) symmetry (of shape here, not coloring). Rotating the image 60 degrees and recropping might be more interesting and better convey a kaleidoscopic feel (even though the two sides aren't mirror images).

First of all, LOVE the title, and second, GREAT image! Wonderfully done, author!

i like this one.... good job!

WOW! Rreally cool.

Now THIS is


WICKED COOL!!!


And a definite fav! GL!

Very cool, but seeing an SBS would make it more compelling.

@ all : Thanks for your comments. Enjoy.

@ Danlundberg : I already attaching the SBS. Sorry for my bad English.
Hope you like my artwork. Thanks.

Amazing

very well done author....GL

@ animany0000 & Syntek : Thanks for your comment. Hope you like my artwork.

Oh very cool and very creative!

*gasp!* amazing!