AUTHOR.. your source links aren't working on my end.. Please double check

They're working now! Must have been some sort of delay computer mabob great job!

Dear Drivenslush, I double checked and they're all working fine for me

Just perfect!!!

Lovely painting, great stuff! Bravo!

Great image! IMO the udder would look better coming from the lower red area, but it still rocks.
Links working now.

Great entry very well done!! Maybe Ironcow will do you next time.
@ Drivenslush- I had some trouble with the links as well but I think it's a flickr problem. Try refreshing the page after each search.

fantastic work my friend....., the blending of the udder is not convincing me, still goes my favs... Gl

Thank you all for your comments, that's very encouraging to me. @Anoop: yes, I also don't satisfy with it because I did this part within less then 10 minutes since I was close to the deadline .

Don't you just hate that deadline sometimes ... great work none the less! What an udderly wonderful Iron Cow!

You said you would take some time for this weeks contests, and I must say I'm glad to see you around again. I just hope you stick around for a while.

Astounding entry

super nice

Very well done...... nice work and colors. Outstanding entry..... good luck!

congratulations for the first place! Can't wait to see more from you!

congrats great entry

Congrats Minh terrific work

Congrats..great work

congrats... i knew it...!

Congrats on the first place..... keep staying this week toooo.. I would love compete you....

wow congrats well deserved!!!

Congrats! Creative and funny!

CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you all for your supports and congrats
@Anoop: sure, I'll stay here for a while ^^

Perfect performance... i like the title too :P

Great 3D perspective, clean and sharp photo! The only problem I see is the consistence of light direction: if you see the two "arms" and "hands", the light is from the middle point of the image, behind the subject, but if you see the rest, the light is from the left side of the photo
EDIT: wow, I was surprised to know the author, it's not your style

cool construction author

Wonderful work author, GL!

OMG....DAYUM!!!!!!!!!! VERY GOOD WORK! WOOT!!!!!

Great clarity! Well done!

mircea, it's an oil trail

lol the image style is you all over but the quality and sharpness is in a different world for you. congrats. !!

congratulations for the 2nd place!!

Drivenslush... YAH go you 2nd... Congrats

congrats....

Congrats

CONGRATS!!! GREAT WORK!!!!!!!!!!

Congrats Mr. Slush!

thanks for all the congrats

very nicely done -- great lighting and blending

very nice work love it

Very nice color, GL!

Nice mystical image, author!

Great image ... very nice concept and blending.

super duper blending and composition.......... awesome

congrats on 3rd.. this is a wonderful piece of work...

congrats!

congrats!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!

Congrats Jaskier!

Thanks for Your comments and votes.

Thank you Missy!

Nice job with a crappy source.

great job.. hehehehe

Thank you, guys!!! \o/

begger, back to the ideas board..you bet me to it. well done author... good choice of colours and use of a challenging source image.

Nicely done! But I must note that the background linked as a source is not the background that appears to have been used in this piece. Or there's a source missing. Either way, you might want to check that, author. Good luck!

Thank you guys!

Elemare, thanks for the note, I put the wrong link, an image that I downloaded but not used!

Oh, Author, I suspected that, since I suffer from that tendency CONSTANTLY! I download 8-10 sources, sometimes more, and end up using only 2 or 3 by the end. But it's great for inspiration, isn't it?

Nicely Done!

Nice jobs, the blending of the fire and the bow is really good. However, you can improve your photo by manipulating the background, it should be darker, without the bright sky (since your main focus is the fire, other light sources are misleading) and if possible, the background should be in cold tones such as blue, so your focus will be enhanced. Good luck, author!

waay too creative

Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!

if add little glow at the hood near the clasped hands will add more realism.
should make the background woods behind him darker, it may be better

nicely done GL Author

well done...., lot's of good entries in this contest..., gl

Thank you!!!!

\o/

Awesome!!

Awesome!!

Congrats on 4th.. lots of entries and a rough choice for 1st, 2nd,3rd.

Great composition, lovely sky. SBS is well done! .

wow.... beautiful job., perfect for a fantasy magazine's cover.....

awesome...... IMO the entry is perfect now.....

Beautiful entry.... good luck!

Brilliant idea and good execution, some how the colors and subjects suggested me you're the author, and bingo! I have some suggestions for this work, even though it's really good now. Some how I feel you missed one intermediate point, this is when the bird land in the well. I had a bit difficulty to figure out what's going on and I think because of that missing part, and if you have one more creature that totally separated from the well, that will even be more fantastic. The second thing is about the composition, it's quite neat now, but you still can improve...

Because you chose the portrait frame, the way of arranging the birds in a curve queue like this is reasonable, but on the other side, the new creature is flying into the area that limited by this curve. Regarding the idea of this piece, to me, it's a kind of incomplete transformation. How about using landscape frame? so you can arrange the birds on the left and the new creature on the right, you have wide landscape and be able to modify the two parts of the sky to fit the subjects. Just from my angle. Wish you the best of luck with this contest !

Thanks langstrum, as usual your comments are much appreciated. This was a hard one; my original image did have a bird flying into the Well but I took it out as I was not happy with it but you could be right ... maybe I need to do another photo shoot with crows as the one I had just didn't look right. About the format ... maybe if I change it (back) to Landscape it would look better. I will have to give that a try! Again thanks!!!

And thank you to everyone for the wonderful comments

Great image and SBS!