Truly awesome..and a masterpiece this is.... super stuff.. my fav on this.. ( double )

super cool author , like those branches GL

Truly wonderful detail and really nice use of the source image.

Hard nice work, GL!

Fantastic work author...Totally in your style...well done

Creepy butterfly of prey

Awesome creation.......Best of Luck Author.

Congrats Cheryl a nasty looking butterfly

Thank you for your votes and comments!

congrats!!

hehehe.. congrats on the evil Butterfly

Congratulation

Congrats for 1st

Very interesting background! Shell looks kind of flat right now, maybe you can increase the contrast of the lighting.

Thank you for comment Kid: I worked more on the shell. I added more color and made it more convincing using the smudge tool, levels, and layer adjustments.

This is really nice, author...do you think you could maybe vary the brightness of the white flowers. I like how you have some blurrier than others...but if you vary the brightness so that they are not all the same...it'll help. Nice job, regardless.

Thanks pixelkid, I will see what Ican do. Lowering the brightness does not take much time.

Cute little fellow!

So Sweet!

Fantastic work author...all details are perfect...its so cool how u use only source image to create image which is rich with details...well done man

you are the best with smudge tool with which I sometimes get frustrated using it,....

Thanks for comments.

dekwid: It is fun working with the smudge tool, you just have to be adding strokes and colors that go together. Different sizes of brushes and Opacity blendings. It takes time, but at the end, it pays.

Really nice work with the source and final image.

Great work!

Very nice work......Best of Luck Author.

Thanks for comments and support.

Truely awesome...., beautiful entry...

Thought I already did this, but I guess it didn't stick. So, Congrats, George! The shell is beautiful and I really like how you did the flowers and leaves.

Congrats!

Thanks for comments and congrats. I appreciate it.

This composition is absolutely beautiful. I really like the details especially the light beaming off of the palm of her hand. The addition of the sparks are awesome with the enhanced 'ember' colors of the burnt areas. Brilliant job, author!

Sparks are looking awesome. I have seen you gave deep details.

wonderful! GL!

PRETTY!

well made image,great effects and very nice usage of the source...best of luck author

Beautiful glowing effects

Beautiful composition and great work ......Good Luck Author.

Beautiful entry

Lovely, great concept

Thank you for your comment, Slushy. *smooches* And thank you, everyone else, for your votes!

Really nice idea!

Beautiful concept, but the support beam on the left doesn't look like it goes all the way down to the bottom, much less down into it...
Also, the shoreline on the left has a very dark line of demarcation where it meets the water. Needs a bit of tweaking, but it's still some good work!

i disagree with you MossyB
1. the support column is in the perspective to where the bridge goes
2.the shoreline is not manipulated in any tweaking manner (check the source) the dark line is original

edit: ok darker reflections , lowered the column a bit , not changing the photo

Very good idea, but Mossy is right, and the reflections could be a bit darker. Still, good work.

Nice construction. You could overlay a bit of or red & gold for a better blend, and to make bridge stand out, by contrast.
Another thing that would really help is human scale, either people walking on the bridge or a small boat in the foreground. That would make the viewer better perceive the dimensions of the bridge.

very beautiful!

Very nice, GL!

Very cool work author...best of luck