Kingdom of Heaven - created by langstrum


Kingdom of Heaven
Votes: 754Favs: 18SBS: n/aHi: yesRank: 1/15Score: 65.8%5370 views

This entry I made for the water reflection contest, but somehow this contest is more suitable to this image so I decide to submit it here.
This work mostly done by blending, nothing special, no distortion or CBR, so you can easily recognize the sources by browsing the links .
Thanks to serp-stock, faestock, navistock, falln-stock, grinmir-stock, and ryoku15 on Deviantart, serje, heybill,
rory0223, bertvthul (sxc.hu), setaou, expressmonorail, importantyesterday, wili, trishhamilton, grantmac, Rene Ehrhardt (Flickr.com) for the stock images
Other sources:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/grantmac/526092860/
http://navistock.deviantart.com/art/Medieval-4-71600043
http://falln-stock.deviantart.com/art/MoA-Museum-438-Ship-132583602
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rene_ehrhardt/2391612368/
http://grinmir-stock.deviantart.com/art/Jierdan-V-155623215
Cloud brush: http://ryoku15.deviantart.com/art/Brush-Set-Clouds-v1-24237782
Edit: Some changes have made. The 8th source of the castle was replaced by another one with the right of remix the image. One more castle image was used, from werkunz in flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/werkunz/4099944539/ (1 year and 351 days ago)


avatar Teahupoo353

Looks really good, id look into adding some shadows from the statues and island if the light behind is so bright, also the city nor the statues (far left statue looks great, maybe just some slight level adjustments on others) would be so lit from the front.. mainly from the back based on the background light looks. Also if you added a reflection of the island on the ocean to give the feeling it was really floating over the ocean i think this could look really amazing. Reply »


(1 year and 351 days ago)
avatar benjaminhill12

Nice work! Reply »


(1 year and 351 days ago)
author says:

Thank you for your comments. @Teahupoo353, I'll do something with the shadow but the reason I didn't make the reflection of the island is this scene is not the ocean, the ship is going to the top of the waterfall, and the island is behind everything on this scene, it's floating on the waterfall, not on the water surface, so we can't see the reflection. If you see in hi-res you can find that the sharpness of the main statue is the highest, and other objects in front are blurred to different extents. Thank you very much for that suggestion and welcome both two of you to the site Reply »


(1 year and 351 days ago)
avatar DanLundberg

I think the Kingdom's shadow on the water should be stronger and the waterlines of the statues on the left and right sides should be more 3D-looking (curved, not just straight across). Reply »


(1 year and 351 days ago)
avatar ponti55
ponti55 says:

Great attention to detail, really imaginative entry Reply »


(1 year and 351 days ago)
avatar elficho
elficho says:

awesome! Reply »


(1 year and 351 days ago)
avatar RichieMB
RichieMB says:

This is really juicy. Reply »


(1 year and 350 days ago)
avatar Chalty669
Chalty669 says:

Looks like I won't be entering this contest! LOL! Great job author! The only thing that bothers me is the mist on the water. Perhaps a bit of smudge left and right would make it more whisky. Good luck! Reply »


(1 year and 350 days ago)
avatar CMYK46
CMYK46 says:

Good thing you submitted this here...there's no reflection to speak of. Reply »


(1 year and 350 days ago)
avatar annabat
annabat says:

This is really great conceptually and visually. Since you have so much time left, It would be cool to work on all the tiny nuances and blendings to make it perfect. Right now it's so striking, but the mist is very one dimensional and could be richer, and the clouds in spots are blown out/ have very little depth. I think you could definitely push this to an even higher level, if you're not sick of working on it yet. But over all A really great fantasy story, and a really thoughtful blend of images. Reply »


(1 year and 350 days ago)
avatar erikuri
erikuri says:

It must be a wonderful place to live... nice work, author (as always!)... Reply »


(1 year and 350 days ago)
avatar Akassa
Akassa says:

Wow that's an amazing work, looks really like a fantasy movie scene Reply »


(1 year and 350 days ago)
author says:

Thank you guys, your comments are very encouraging to me ^^. @Dan: yes, I'll do the reflection and shadow better. @Chalty and Anna: You're right on the mist, I just painted quickly, so now I'll try to fix that, also, I have some idea, so more details will be made. @CMYK46: the initial idea was a bit different from that one, I focused on making the reflections, but I got bored soon, then I shifted to the cloud city for that contest. Reply »


(1 year and 350 days ago)
avatar nasirkhan
nasirkhan says:

Great blending of images and very fantastic work. Reply »


(1 year and 350 days ago)
avatar jawshoewhah

Definitely unique! GL! Reply »


(1 year and 350 days ago)
avatar erathion
erathion says:

Fabulous work author...Great overall mood...Best of luck Reply »


(1 year and 350 days ago)
avatar Drivenslush

well done Reply »


(1 year and 348 days ago)
avatar swordfish
swordfish says:

fantastic work......... very beautiful................ all the best ............
Reply »


(1 year and 348 days ago)
avatar hereisanoop

wonder (land) full work.... great job... Reply »


(1 year and 348 days ago)
avatar RickLaMesa

this has a very spiritual feel do it...nice job Reply »


(1 year and 347 days ago)
avatar dreamboy
dreamboy says:

Awesome! good idea. Reply »


(1 year and 347 days ago)
no avatar
Keiley22 says:

amazing peice of work author love all the details Reply »


(1 year and 346 days ago)
author says:

Thanks to all of you, I tried to improve my entry, hope that it looks better now Reply »


(1 year and 346 days ago)
avatar lolu
lolu says:

wonderfull and magic ! good luck author Reply »


(1 year and 344 days ago)
avatar jaskier
jaskier says:

Good image. Reply »


(1 year and 342 days ago)
avatar cabldawg71

Very nice Author, good luck Reply »


(1 year and 342 days ago)
avatar CorneliaMladenova

Great entry Reply »


(1 year and 342 days ago)
avatar RAZ0R
RAZ0R says:

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(1 year and 341 days ago)
no avatar

Superb Creation......G/L Author. Reply »


(1 year and 341 days ago)
avatar CMYK46
CMYK46 says:

Congrats! Reply »


(1 year and 341 days ago)
avatar swordfish
swordfish says:

Congrats Langstrum .............. Superb creation ......... Reply »


(1 year and 341 days ago)
avatar Lelaina
Lelaina says:

Congrats for your first place, Langstrum! Reply »


(1 year and 341 days ago)
avatar erathion
erathion says:

Congrats on your 1st place my friend... Reply »


(1 year and 341 days ago)
avatar madamemonty

congrats Langstrum, beautiful work Reply »


(1 year and 341 days ago)
avatar jawshoewhah

Contrats! Reply »


(1 year and 341 days ago)
author says:

Thank you my friends for the comments and congrats ^^ Reply »


(1 year and 341 days ago)
avatar erikuri
erikuri says:

It was deserved! Congratulations... Reply »


(1 year and 341 days ago)
avatar nasirkhan
nasirkhan says:

Congratulations! for great winning Reply »


(1 year and 341 days ago)
avatar Ressiv
Ressiv says:

Congratulations! Reply »


(1 year and 341 days ago)
avatar chakra1985

congratulations!!! Reply »


(1 year and 341 days ago)
avatar artgirl1935

A beautiful entry!! Congratulations! Reply »


(1 year and 341 days ago)
avatar freejay
freejay says:

Congratulations....nice work Reply »


(1 year and 341 days ago)
avatar dekwid
dekwid says:

this is really a breathtaking pix,...love it much,....and I like this kind of manips,....I wish I could do manips as stunning as you do,...congrats! Reply »


(1 year and 341 days ago)
avatar KarenNguyen

Watching this photo is like i'm stepping into the Cloud World... Congratulation on your first prize! Reply »


(1 year and 341 days ago)
avatar spaceranger

Congrats! Reply »


(1 year and 340 days ago)
author says:

Thank you my friends for your congratulations Reply »


(1 year and 340 days ago)
avatar shaadow
shaadow says:

congratulations, spectacular entry Reply »


(1 year and 339 days ago)
no avatar
jamienev says:

Awesome, this is spectacular! Heaven never looked so good! Keep it up Reply »


(1 year and 305 days ago)
avatar valzart
valzart says:

Brilliant creativity sweetheART fave
;} happy hippy hugglez Reply »


(1 year and 277 days ago)


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