Really nice lighting, and the textures are amazing. Great work!

hard work here author, CONGRATS

Thank you thank you!!! This piece consumed pretty much my entire weekend, but was so worth it!

this is what i call Level 10+, finally some entry that is involved into high technical skills and good artistic sense, good luck author

Wow thanks so much! That means a lot to me, very much appreciated

AMAZING THANK YOU!!!

Excellent work great sbs too

I would swear it was you author and it really is :P Fantastic piece!

haha thanks! I didn't realize I had a recognizable style but I guess its a good thing and thanks Madamemonty, I put a lot of time into the SBS and still it could be way more complicated than I had time to explain.

Very clever, and nice work on the sbs too!!

Thank you JerseyAce! I think thats the first time I've ever gotten "clever"

Absolutely fantastic! Great lighting!

Thank you!

Your dragon has some nice work, but what I really like is how you integrated it into the background sources - nice lighting effects.

Amazing

Thanks you thanks you!! And yes I started messing around with the radial blur set to zoom and got a really nice effect! I also added in more of the streaky shadows Glad you like it!!

Masterpiece..lov it! and fav too.

creative

A creative masterpiece!? why thank you!!

wonderful!!!
and the SBS is great too!

good luck!

Thanks, I actually had some time to put some detail into the SBS

Nice !!!

Good stuff....love it!

Congrats!

Congratulations

Congrats!

Congratulations....beautiful image....!

Congrats, Robert! Wonderful entry!

THanks everyone!!!!! and I really appreciate all the feed back and of course the high votes you guys rock!!

Congrats Robert awesome work

well done .... congratulations

so very pretty Look out for Mr. Grey!

Thank you. Duddits sez Hi!

SO AWESOME! Wonderfully lighting and an excellent use of source! Overall just a very well executed clean looking image! well done and good luck!

I had this idea in mind, but could not manage to make it look like anything but a bunch of pipes...You've done a wonderful job of bringing it to life and making it look magical and mystical. Wonderful depth!

Great work!!!!

Outstanding job on those feathers.

Great work Good job

The feather's detail look amazing! Great entry.

Pretty clean..lov it!.. this is a fav

Impressive work with a great SBS detailing the effort required. The feathers are especially cool. I would have horizontally centered the dream catcher, however, given the symmetry of the underlying dream catcher frame. Also, I think the shadows cast by the dream catcher ribs look more like smudges (and are missing at places, especially at 4 o'clock). If the ribs are touching, the shadow should be small and should largely match the curve of the rib casting the shadow.

great entry...

And now it already caught all my dreams

Beautiful work, especially the feather in the upper left.

Congratulations

Thank you for your votes and comments!

takes two to tango good luck and great job

Oh, those two lovely flamingos!

Oh how cooool! So Shiny and great coloring!! A wonderful entry all around. Just a thought (and not to say it isn't just fine as is) but it might be cool to see them standing in water, with a bit of ripple and reflection.

Great choice for the background. Beautiful piece.

brilliant

I juss love this, brilliant

Nice work!!

Nice nice nice...like it!!!

wonderful use of source

Gorgeous dancing couple

Congratulations

Congrats! I especially like the light shine off of the beaks. That was a nice touch.

Enhorabuena!!
Esos flamencos paracen muy simpáticos.
Saludos amigo.

Of all his stock, this one is my favorite. I could just never figure out what to do with her. You did and you did it beautifully. Adding it to my favs. If I could add it twice, I would.

it is amzing

Wow it's so pretty..I love this kind of work...high vote and fav

Beautiful image, well made SBS...mucha luck, author!

very nice piece of work !!! love how you've made spilling water ... GL!!!

Thanks everyone!
Derdevil, the water was the first thing I saw in my mind when I looked at the contest source, imagining "waves" from the curves of the power supply. It took a bit of work to make it look more organic in form, but I'm happy with the way it turned out, thank you for noticing!

Yeah..cool thinking.

I think that the water was an especially subtle and creative use of the source image. This is a really wonderful piece of art!

Fantastic Work........ Love the concept. Good Luck Author.

Awesome Work!!! Love the SBS, certainly a teaching tool for me! I am learning as I go through experimentation and I don't have photoshop so this entry just amazed me. Then to see the SBS...all I can say is WOW! Good luck, truly a fantastic entry.

The concept is nice and the SBS is very helpful.
Adding it as one of my favorites. Very nice job done.
All the best for your future works.

Beautifully done. Your SBS are very informative. Good luck!

beautiful view, love the ancient Greek mood, good luck

One of the best and surely a winner for me. Instant fav here author.

Wow, it looks great. It reminds me of Aquarius image and the effect is brilliant. Two thumbs up - well done

This work is beautiful, and good

Good job showing something recognizable from the source in an artistic way.

Appealing, but the slightly colorful background, particularly the pink roses, grabs my eye before the water maiden's muted tones.

Although the roses may grab your eye before the maiden, I doubt your attention stays there, since the maiden is in front of the roses...This then pulls your eyes to the maiden, her hair and the pouring water, which then makes your eye go to the circular pattern containing the source image, which is echoed in the water, directing your eye back to the background roses, and your eye begins the journey again...Notice that the pale roses (which match the maiden's dress) are at the bottom. The roses were deliberately rotated to place the colors that way...

That's the concept behind the composition, and why I selected the roses as well as the pink tones - to keep the focus from settling upon the maiden with the background as an afterthought.

beautiful

Really nice work, author, good use of source image. I especially like how you made the water.

Great clean work....should of been top 3 in my eyes.,

Oh, he is flying on his personal UFO and the Universe around is like a disco

LOL@ 'launch cusion' and prop eyes.

Really like it!