Very nice. I might do some more soft erasing on the left side of the foreground sand, but it's a well made and intriguing image. GL author.

Try to work a little bit more on the feet on the sand it's make not realistic ! otherwise good work !

good collection of sources put together well

CMYK and lolu: Thanks so much for your help. I have blended the left side foreground sand more...and also fixed the shoe in the sand to make it more realistic. Looks better! Thanks so much you two!

This image proves what i have always said, Men would also misplace their heads if they were not attached.

JUST LOVE< LOVE < LOVE, the choice of images, the mood and construct of your image. BIG THUMBS UP

very nice, makes me kinda think of rene margritte and salvador dali mixed up

Wonderful, amazing work.

On the scale of 10 I would rate 9 on your idea and 8 on execution. Actually you made this kind of image before and it inspired me to make one of my work. However, I have some critiques that might help you to improve that image if you're willing to (1) The perspective or the angle of the sand is different from the gray ground, so viewers can feel the inner image (inside the frame) is actually closer and higher than the outer image; (2) the pattern of the sand and the gray ground are very different, so even though you used a high feather radius, they are not blended well

@ All: Thanks all for your comments. @langstrum...thank you so much for your observations, they are much appreciated. You make some great pointers...unfortunately I can't commit any more time to this as of now. Glad I could inspire you to do a similar approach on an entry. Thanks again for commenting and offering ways to improve. I'm always looking for that kind of critique. I guess I must rely on the 'so strange' mantra to answer any inconsistent elements.

That's what I planned to mention, the "so strange" elements, but didn't have enough space for that. From that aspect, everything is fine lol. I understand that it's close to the voting period so normally we don't have enough time do make any change. Best of luck to you, author

So glad to see you....I really like this image, I can totally relate Best of Luck

Congrats Rob, wonderful work

Amazing!

cool

best work!!!

just a tad misogynistic, hehehe.. great job

Interesting...dunno why the tracks would disappear before reaching the edge of the waterfall, though.

Gee my favs are going to top up after this comp. once again just like the other author.,


Interesting choice of images, used in a great way, THere is no one element that i can fav in this image , it just works all round . Well Done.

THANK YOU!

Very nicely done! Conceptual and cool! Really like this...author!

we have six nipples? hmmm, let me count, 1,2,3,4, aah, no no, we have only two nipples....wait a second, uuh, no this is my belly button, ooh and what is that, oooh, no can not say in puplic, "blush"

LOL...

You found a good source pic. The hard edged reflection doesn't work on the rough water, and it's too narrow. The moon should be behind the pyramid, not in front of it.

Yeap pretty good one!..
and Its not a reflection cmyk..
its just a simple shadow.

Shadows don't have color.

Well like I told u..its a simple shadow..

Whether it has color or not, the outline would conform to the contours of the water.

Very nice surrealism.. great pic find !!!

Hey thanks Drivenslush!..pretty rare too!..hahaha
just the things that I like hehe

Thanks nator!!..

i like the weird image but i would have presented the floating pond in a different manner . it looks like a flat blueish surface copy pasted on, i would have tried embed it in a cloud or something..

@ Eladine: You can clearly see how the sphere was made in the SBS. It certainly isn't flat looking.

it does... sorry but a sphere is round and since its transparent you would see the other side of the sphere.. (light/reflections) which i dont see with this one..

Oh please...
The reason you don't see the other side of a translucent sphere is because of the reflections on THIS side.

It's FANTASY...You certainly can't expect to apply "real world" expectations to EVERY entry you look at. I think you're grasping at straws, Eladine. The "lake sphere" looks FINE.
Re-read the contest description. This is an "odd" combination of elements, which is all the contest calls for. Anything more is up to you as a voter to perceive or miss...

The perspective of this entry is incredibly unique! Just that alone is pleasing! Add to it that there's some honest strangeness of a subject, along with really nice execution of the water and lighting...and this is quite pristine. The only thing I'd like to see would be to lighten the hand and sleeve a bit. Looks a bit dark against the bright banana. (Good band name). Great job, author!