Nice work for first entry. The drop shadow on the flag should be on the left side of the sailor.

Good Luck, and welcome, keep coming back!

Thank you for the advice, sgc! I hope is better now...

Seems to match his shadow much better. Good Luck!

cool work...gl

Good transformation of the source, good mood & color.

I like this a bunch, the title took me a second to get, but it's very clever, and I like how you did the dof here, well done = )

I really like this...Well I really like aliens hehe. This is really very well made, and love the mood of the image. Nice imagination.

Very very cool !
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tight!

Fantastic Work!

The mood of this work is awesome. Well done and nice transformation of the source. good luck!

Nice alien

very very good work author...with perfect mood...well done

Very dark!! GL

Congrats for a great third place!

congrats...

Congrats...,

Congrats!!

I'll have to say that is a fantastic photo you found

real good!

clever and well executed

it is realy fantastic work and nice photo ,good luck

Nicely done ..........

I like the fact you chose a statue and gave it the color you did. This one is very nice. I like the crispness!

very well done!

Very cool piece. My only suggestion would be to eliminate the shadow on nthe archway from the cross. The light source is from above(note the shadows on the chest). Nice use of the source too.

Interesting, but would be more so with an SBS which might help explain the lighting on his chest. I personally don't get the point of the stone fence and would just delete it. I think the title overdescribes the image IMO. (I could see an angel as a soldier of God, but as a soldier of abstract 'faith' seems too much to me.)

I went to very abstract lightning as we can see here, that's why the shadow of the cross (more dramatic imo that way) and also the "minor angel of light" on the chest. And what comes to the title, I personally believe many people have (and fight for) a faith that has no God behind it. I didn't make it overly political or anything, just a simple young man fighting for (his own) faith.

Thanks for the comments, Pingenvy and Dan, highly appreciated.

Awesome work

put some more detail on that monster,overall nice effort.

Thanks mehul. I have added some detail on monster.

watch out soldier!!!!!

very nice

good luck !

good luck

gl