Nice.

Nice work, good composition. Not completely sure if I see the concept of bringing back life in the entry, but maybe that's me. Good luck!

Nothing like criticizing your own photo! You are right, though. Can anyone explain why that does happen sometimes. Underexposure? Camera traits? Over-processing? Sharpening?

Love the composition!

wonderful, looks like a sculpture.

Nice, but I think I'll save my walk till the summer.

You really need to upload a high res, so we can have a good look at your photo.

Ah I love macros too. Well done. Its fascinating seeing the close up . I think the 'furry' bit of the leaf really enhances the whole effect of the contest theme too. Well done !

A gorgeous macro...

Great idea and composition.

Something tells me it's time to give your yard a cleanup.

Awesome shot. Congratulations for first place!

Awesome shot. Congratulations for first place!

Congratulations on 1st place, love this photo.

Welcome to the club of macro lovers!

Love the sweet colors... well done author

Lovely composition and colours

nicely done, what's and Olloclip?

Congratulations.... very nice work!

Congratulations

Congrats!!

Congrats for 2nd!

congrats!

b&w does work well here! very nice!

Lovely mood, and the B&W works well.

Congratulations!

Congrats!!

Congrats, it was close!

Ugh! The dreaded "flatten layers" Oh well. You're welcome.

Nice blend. However, this character is simply way too gigantic for the scene. There is not enough distance - implied or actual - between her and the closest car in the background, or balance between the size of "yellow lines" in the street compared to her shoe next to them, to justify the degree of disproportion. I'm not suggesting she should be humanly proportionate, just not so gigantic for the surroundings. A very easy fix would be to re-size the background larger.

That may be taste, but this is technical: the shadows are cast in the wrong direction for the light pattern on the legs - all you have to do is look at the real shadows in the original to see that the light on the legs is coming from the front, not the back, as your added shadows imply. To fix this, you can darken the front of the legs and brighten the back of the legs. Or you can try flipping that background.

fantastic pics ! I can see the winner

Really good concept...IMO would be even better in muted color, but still sweet.

very good..idea and work. bravo

Snowflake brushes that depict complex geometric patterns are renderings created by the brush author. Most Star brushes are simple bursts of light with possibly a simple cross shape, or points of light of varying sizes. Both are simple to create and aren't complex illustrations, often star or galaxy brushes are based on astronomical photos. Brushes that show snow falling and aren't closeups of geometric snowflakes are acceptable just as rain or fog brushes.

My apologies. i had an image removed for a snowflake brush once. I'm not sure what would make stars acceptable and a snowflake brush not.

@TwilightMuse- You are INCORRECT about the use of brushes. Brushes that are photo-image based are permitted as are simple non illustration brushes like many grunge brushes and star brushes. Only brushes that are illustration based or are made from Photoshopped images or 3D renders are not allowed. All brushes require a link to verify their acceptability.

The Bird Brush Set used by this author are photo-image based and are acceptable.

Good image & concept over all, but the mirrored cloud is kinda distracting and the masking on the tree could be better. GL author.
PS: Good to see you again!

This is a beautiful image however you're not able to use brushes for manipulations. I've had many an image removed because of it. Try to find a replacement before that happens. You can find that in the guideline section for photoshop. Sorry, just know I hate when it happened to me. Again beautiful work and good luck.

I'd get rid of the ski-lift towers. They emphasize how out of proportion the shack is to the background. Without them, it could just be a small fishing shack or outhouse in the wild...
Also, the snowfall is a bit too thick for a bright sunny day...

the house seems small.. the lake should be more frozen and snow on the trees too.

shadow of the house too strong... should be similar to the bottom left corner

nice author good luck...

very good blend author.. GOOD LUCK!!

Lots better now...GL author.

Them some big "TurdKiickers" she's wearing, good idea and cool picture. Glad that ain't me on the porch floor.

BWHAAA HAA HAA HAA! Been there, done that! (in my mind of course) LOL great humor author.. Love the texture

You need to post a link for the man. The light on the woman is almost from the top, so that shadow wouldn't be there. (Don't get the reason for the texture either...).

congrats!

congrats!