Exceptional lighting and use of source.

Great image!! I'd like to see the meditator a little bigger, but spectacular job on the rest of the image.

lighting is nicely done -- good work

Little Buddha! I love it!

EXCELLENT!

i think the size is so awsome i feel it symbolises that peace is greater than one man amazing entry you won't need gl

I feeled relaxed looking at the picture ... good job!

Great old one from dead PST. Awesome work

well done....

wow!!

cute

so cute!

And congrats again for another first place!

Congrats, nice work

Congratulations for 1st, nice one.

Congrats! Way to go!

Thanks for Your comments and votes.

like searching for the hidden creature at the underground animal zoo display..hehehe.. great job (translation is Vine Branch?)

Wine Branch is EVEN BETTER.. thanks!

This is incredible.. i'ts FANTASTICALLY made... good luck, even though i doubt you'll need it.

Beautifully made. Nice entry!

Branca Vinum...I believe, is Wine Branch

Spectacular!

I remember seeing this before, great pic.

Congrats for your second place!

Congratulations for 2nd.

Congrats!

Congrats to you! You're on fire!

very good work, especially on the shadows.

agree; shadows look very good; and also good place for the wine bottle

I think the shadow would be taller...good image, though.

Actually if you look at the original source, the shadow is from that, I just placed the bottle and shadow for that to match the original source.

There is something wrong with the perspective and depth in this image. It looks now that the distance from the bottom of the bottle to the wall is a couple of feet. But then there would be no shadow from the bottle on the wall at all. What you could do is drop the horizontal line between the wall and the table untill just a bit above the bottom of the bottle. And a shadow also makes a reflection onto a shiny surface(=mirror).

Sander, I don't see a couple feet in the distance of the bottle to the wall?? And I had also thought cognativly that the shadow would reflect (the surface is not a mirror either) and then looked at real world situations and discovered that the shadow in fact doesn't reflect at this level of shiny surface. Which is why I changed the image from the last step (my previous final image from PST).

good job!

Congrats for your third place!

Congratulations for 3rd.

Congrats!

Congrats! I'll Raise a Glass!

Thanks everyone!

very nice

wow! that is cool! the only thing is that the leaves on the ground are a little blury. I really like this!

nice painting feel

Nice mood and feel. See the piece of wood in front of the frame? It has a tiny bit of shadow under the front side. It's really not much, but enough to give the idea that this piece is on the floor. I miss that for the frame, imo it floats a tiny bit. If you could put a little bit of shadow under the front side of the frame (be aware, the frame has some thickness. Not the front but backside is actually on the floor, so the front would produce some shadow), would be great. Good luck!

Waz, thanks for suggesstion, I will fixed it.

Very ascetic image,but i can feel mood here.

great to see this again

this is my favorite out of the contest!

sbs coming soon

Wings are a pre-manipulated image, and they look phony anyway. Link for crack texture?
EDIT: Good change...

cracks are brush set http://funerals0ng.deviantart.com/art/Crack-Effect-Brushes-59952105

good blending