Too much plastic wrap...it should only be on the source figure to match that of the indian head, not the entire image.

sorry CMYK.. you just don't seem to like anything I do, so why would Plastic Wrap be any different?... OF COURSE I COULD remove the wrap from the field but I put it there on purpose because I LIKE IT.. I use it all the time.. I like how it makes the ground all mucky and glossy at the same time I love when I do a show and people can't resist touching it all over to see if it's wet (audience participation) I have an oil spill approaching my livelihood so It's been on my mind full time so I decided to retain the concept... Here's a CMYK.. just sit back and relax and try to think outside the box for once in your life

(thanks for the comment any way)

Comment was made without knowing the author.

there's a first... hehehe.. should have known.. you didn't call me a name or infer I was insane.. we should do this more often... LOL

(Twirls finger in circles next to ear...)

Make sure it's clean this time (hygiene issues dear.. you are a tad ripe)

woah. author, you need to chill out. CMYK46, I'm sure, was only trying to help. there's no need to flip out.

Good blend! But i feel like you should limit the plastic wrap filter to just the arms. Still, good luck!

No Problem Ponti.. I just love to give my boyfriend a hard time.. hehe (and I actually did remove the plastic wrap from the playing field but purposely put it back after I watched the news hehehe... ) we got some major problems here in the South and everyone is on edge, and plastic wrap looks just like the oil spill

when is the wedding hehehehehehehehehehheheh

RAZOR you're going to be my Grandma (I mean Maid of Honor)... hehehehehe

ddanimal.. don't worry, Bob and I are just flirting...

great idea,good luck

hehehe kevin.. good times good times

This time author, I know who you are just by your comments

I C you and Bob are still such great friends :P

awesome blending

nice work author .............. all the best ...............

Player needed some suntan on arm, but it's ok! GL...

wow author, i did not know it was you

hehehehe.. RAZOR if you want.. you can come over and watch me and my boyfriend split each others split ends LOLOLOLOLOL.. and later will make a 12 bean Salad using only three types of beans and magic markers

lol

Haahahahahahhahahaaha, really good! Awesome work, I admire it!
I'm a little of a head-replacer myself... But I suck.

few minor lighting issues here but overall look is great.Play a bit with levels and maybe with photo filter on this 2 nearest dog heads.Or better,add maybe 2 or 3 adjustment layers.My advice for sure is one of them be dark brown color layer with low opacity,this will made blending better.

Gave the two front dogs some more brown, I have a tendency to go to colorful (look at the back dogs hands) so I better stop before they end up looking like a rainbow threw up on them (the front one still cracks me up LOL)

woof woof

They are so crazy...ll...Mad dog team...if u cannot beat them,join them...Great result author...they are so funny...good luck

Very creative and funny and nice

Poor Jimmy,whahaha,very good

this is funny stuff. i love the look on poor jimmy.

Good one. Good luck.

very nice work.... ... gud luck..........

Funny entry author.good work.

This is great....Good Luck.

DD those guys r really funny... gl author

wooooooooooooow

Oh, I really liked this, and so glad for the SBS, always wanted to be able to pull something like this off. Good work and good luck author!

Figure should be more transparent, and ripple perspective adjusted, but not bad...(maybe blend in the back edge of the ripple better, too).

Nice! It has a mysterious mood!...

thanks cmyk! i've adjusted the ripple blend and the transparency. i'll try to work on the perspective if i have time, blending of ripple and man will be altered if i do it and i got a lot of thing to do right now so i can't get to it.

Nice work and very good, detailed SBS

Author, IMHO much better now! High vote from me... ,

Lovely use of light and refraction. Beautifully haunting.

Nice work...good luck author

Congrats!

congrats

very very very OLD SCHOOL.. hehehehehe waka waka waka waka

nice one...lol...good luck author

Oh, my... where did you come from???

Hah, nice one!

Thanks for the good words people

Super cool!

very good chop!

The creature is certainly funny, not sure if I like the background but then again that's personal of course. GOod luck!

Beautiful entry... this is surrealism at its best!

this is great, love it! cool work on the horse.

That's pretty surreal image, author. I'm quite impressed with so many external sources you put them together so well. Gl to you

I like this, a lot of great detail, and quality, great job.

Very good image, well done, GL

Terrific work!!! great composition and love the splashes of red.

the reflection is really nice, reflecting in black, but not in the domino's, really realistic!!

perfect

Fabulous work,one of the best ever...Good luck author

Beautiful stuff here. In my opinion if you warm up the playing cards to more of a variance of sepia it would make this even classier. Not all the same values though...

Stunning, and i never say that! (the cards seem a LITTLE to white though)

Love it all except the silly butterfly things, but then it's surrealism...(cough).

stunning image -- great blending of the images

awsome image author... your an inspiration in this contest

I really cant fault this one - just beautiful

excellent job....

Thank you for the comments. They're appreciated. The silly butterfly things (cough) in the lighter, smaller corner represent the feminine, while the balloons in the larger, darker corner represent the masculine. I left the cards bright for a couple of reasons. The image starts dark in the upper left corner and gradually brightens as it flows to the bottom right corner. Plus, I wanted to draw your attention to the story being told by the cards. Does that make sense in a, ya know, surreal kind of way?

this is a top entry....good luck author

fantastic + fabulous + spectacular + perfect = My favourite.....!

Beautiful,

Oh, wow, this is great!!! stunning! GL

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I understand what you're saying with the light and dark, masculine and feminine, but I don't really see much difference in the lightness and darkness from one part to another. And if there was, those elements aren't really placed in such a way that I would see how they give the image ballance in such a way that making one element darker than the other hopes to achieve. That being said: This image is absolutely FANTASTIC and NOTHING that I said even matters. High HIGH marks from me.

i can honestly say that this is about the best chop i have ever seen...good match of the sources and everything else...A+

Absolutely beautiful entry.....Amazing work...Brilliance and hard work.....blended with great imagination and creativity....Too good...

my fafourite succes!

good work

I knew this was gonna be a tough and super interesting contest and your absolutely amazing creation proved me right....! Fanatastic imagination, awesome technique and great concept! Great choice of title and superb colors and clarity...! Your vision and attention to detail are absolutely remarkable....! All down to one word: SENSATIONAL!

Oh, this is incredible!

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Thank you for using my cloud file Annie. Here is the url to the file: http://www.rgbstock.com/image/mhzgUbS . Your entry is wonderful!

Board part and cards part looks great.Rest of image,little less.

Congrats on first!

Congrats on 1st, deserved!

Thank you so much for your votes and comments.

Congrats for your first place, IDt8r!

As expected.... Congrats....

Congrats!!

Extremely creative.. Congrats..

Awesome work. Great imagination . My fav.