The filter used on the columns is very fake looking, because it is too flat and does not change in perspective as it recedes into the horizon line.

Also, the pool you used is at a different angle than the contest source, which makes the lines look extremely crooked, and the pool then appears to be tilting.

The statue is too large in proportion to the pool, and the lighting is not consistent with the rest of the image.

This is a really good concept, but it looks very rushed, without enough attention to detail...

Well commented MossyB. This is a good entry Author. However, i agree with MossyB. Please take the feedback as a way to improve and advance your entry and artistic skills.

I hope that you get the time to make adjustments to your entry.

Thank you for comments i did some adjustments and waiting for new comments.

Love the changes.. If you look at the base of your NEW coloms you will see that they do not connect to your floor. To fix this add shadowing.

:look where your light comes from, use your BURN tool to add shadow. IF you want more information on how to do this Message me.

GOOD LUCK .

Shadow added.Thank you !

The 4 back columns look like they are hanging over the pools edge.... I would just make them a bit smaller, it will also had depth to the image

Turning the saturation down on all the bright green might help a bit, it's a bit fluorescent, but that's up to you, I like the cave feeling you created (also, a HI RES image is helpful so people can see the detail of your work)

Good LUCK!!

I turned the saturation down a bit - thanx for the comment and the advice

Very cool, I like the colors and the idea, but the candles seem huge ...

The perspective of the stone lion heads is off, since the image is from above, to see the lion heads in profile means they are all tilted at an angle, on both sides of the pool...Looks strange.

The candles are also way too large for the image, unless the pool is only a couple of feet in width.

Nix the candles. They're at the wrong angle anyway. Ditto about the lion heads.

suggestions:
1) add a little darker to the top of the lions as they are under the shade
2) add a little reflection in the water
3) instead of candles, change to fire
4) have water spray out of the stone lions' mouths
5) look at the light source and adjust overall shadows n highlights

Good idea, wrong reflection. The reflection would be perpendicular to the statue.

nice idea and work, all the best to u

Great splash effect.

thanx a lot.... :P

I'm not sure why the splash is set vertically rather than horizontally (like the original wave), and why the background - the solid building - would have the radial blur effect applied. Water yes, but the pillars and rest of the building, I don't think so.

What i tried to create was a cyclone o something that had a lot of force surrounded around it..... the wave is kinda curved so rotating it kinda made it look like a cyclone... as stated before i wanted to show somethin that had a lotta force thats y the radial blur... somewat like in the movies :P o NFS where when nitro is applied the whole environment seems blured... d same way....... n e ways thanx for the comment guess i didnt potray wat i had in mind the right way......

first impression: "What the ?!"

nice impact on me