Haunted Moon

    Haunted Moon

    Thanks to clconroy for the photo 'Staircase of Doom'. Other photos were my own.

    For: selective color contest

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    » Score: 53.82%
    » Rank: 36 out of 96

    She Turned to Bronze .....

    She Turned to Bronze .....

    She turned to bronze after picking flowers in this garden!!! Source photos are all my own except for the contest source of the pots.

    For: blue pots contest

    » Comments: 2
    » Score: 55.96%
    » Rank: 6 out of 15

    Poppies 'n Pots

    Poppies n Pots

    Background is from current blue pot source photo with many changes in layers and patterns, stems and leaves are hand-drawn, poppy from a vacation photo. No outside sources. I will do my best to give accurate SBS. The background was quite involved. Am working on layering techniques.

    For: blue pots contest

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    » Score: 52.52%
    » Rank: 12 out of 15

    Never too chilly for an artist

    Never too chilly for an artist

    This artist truly loves to draw and paint in any kind of weather. All photos used are my own except for source background.

    For: bridge contest

    » Comments: 1
    » Score: 51.55%
    » Rank: 25 out of 27

    Butterfly House

    Butterfly House

    What would be more fun for furry friends than being in a house full of butterflies. That would drive my cat crazy!!!!! Thanks to CYMK46 for the butterfly photo. The piano and cat photos are my own.

    For: bridge contest

    » Comments: 1
    » Score: 53.89%
    » Rank: 20 out of 27

    A Fine Day for a Sleigh Ride

    A Fine Day for a Sleigh Ride

    All my own photos were used in addition to the source background photo. A layer of pattern was added at the end to give the effect of snow falling. There's no feeling like riding in a sleigh with snowflakes hitting your face.

    For: bridge contest

    » Comments: 4
    » Score: 55.74%
    » Rank: 15 out of 27

    The Bear Went Over the Mountai

    The Bear Went Over the Mountai

    The bear went over the mountain, the bear went over the mountain. The bear went over the mountain, to see what he could see. The other side of the mountain, the other side of the mountain, the other side of the mountain is all that he could see. Used only my own photos in this entry. Lots ...

    For: children songs contest

    » Comments: 11
    » Score: 60.37%
    » Rank: 4 out of 15

    Lindseys models her new coat

    Lindseys models her new coat

    My granddaughter's birthday cake topper that I photoshopped from my photos of a style show she was in. Fun way to use a photoshop entry.

    For: alpaca contest

    » Comments: 1
    » Score: 50.42%
    » Rank: 12 out of 13

    Snow suits on

    Snow suits on

    Just stock photo and one of my winter photos used in this entry. This is really a practice piece using layers of snow patterns. My program works differently than the CS4 tutorial I read, so results were harder, but maybe someone has some good suggestions. I still enjoyed trying to learn a new techn...

    For: alpaca contest

    » Comments: 4
    » Score: 57.34%
    » Rank: 5 out of 13

    We came from there???

    We came from there???

    Thanks to two of GolemAura's lovely photos of Zen gardens, I saw the perfect place for these pretty little dolls. The hanging flowers are from my own photo, and the flowers in their hair are created from the group of dolls. (See SBS)

    For: chinese dolls contest

    » Comments: 1
    » Score: 56.9%
    » Rank: 7 out of 15

    A Charmed Place

    A Charmed Place

    My own background photo of one of our favorite spots in the Adirondacks with winged horse in a fairy-tale like atmosphere. No outside sources.

    For: circ classic contest

    » Comments: 2
    » Score: 46.49%
    » Rank: 8 out of 9

    A Rainbow Day

    A Rainbow Day

    My photos of the rainbow and flowers seemed complete with a winged horse.

    For: circ classic contest

    » Comments: 2
    » Score: 51.16%
    » Rank: 6 out of 9

    Eye to Eye

    Eye to Eye

    Source photo and a photo of my cat, Shadow were used with airbrush, brush, pencil, and cloning tools. Used small area of chair arms to make design for walls, then duplicated the piece. Just a simple piece, but have been away from PS for awhile, so need to brush up.

    For: sofa render contest

    » Comments: 6
    » Score: 55.8%
    » Rank: 14 out of 31

    Road to Slumber Land

    Road to Slumber Land

    Pills = the road to Slumber Forever Land The sky is by languitar at stockexchange. I began w different background, but found photo was no longer listed where I had found it. I don't want to offend anyone with this entry, but have seen so much drug abuse in our local schools, and am so sad fo...

    For: street sign contest

    » Comments: 4
    » Score: 51.28%
    » Rank: 11 out of 12

    Magnet Man

    Magnet Man

    Important guy on our refigerator. Only other photo used is a photo of our kitchen. Basic tools used as per SBS

    For: angry mascot contest

    » Comments: 6
    » Score: 52.62%
    » Rank: 40 out of 51

    Ceremonial Cave

    Ceremonial Cave

    Indians used to have ceremonial gatherings in Ash Cave south of Columbus, OH and this photo was taken there. It was a beautiful day in the fall when we were there and seemed a perfect place to use the horse image. Indian I did with paintbrush and airbrush tools. No outside sources except for prima...

    For: wild horses contest

    » Comments: 5
    » Score: 51.91%
    » Rank: 16 out of 19

    Shore Cats, Keeping the Watch

    Shore Cats, Keeping the Watch
    top 3 entry

    Just got back from vacation, missed my cat so much, so decided to use him in an entry. His head was used on all of these shore cats, and the dragonfly was used from PXLEyes stock photo by gopanKarichal - thanks so much.

    For: shore contest

    » Comments: 29
    » Score: 57.2%
    » Rank: 3 out of 15

    Flowering of Generations

    Flowering of Generations

    Source photos used without any outside sources. Source 1 of mother and baby, source 2 of poppies. Scale was used to vary sizes of layers and an assortment of filters, eraser tool, artistic tools to give it the feel of a painting.

    For: mother and child contest

    » Comments: 3
    » Score: 47.69%
    » Rank: 19 out of 21

    Keeping the Watch

    Keeping the  Watch

    Thanks to carlchapman for the beautiful eagle in flight. Background is an eagle nest in trees which I took recently here in Ohio. Daddy eagle never appeared down where we could photograph him, but a couple eaglets were in the nest with mother perched nearby. Adjust/color and balance/changes of...

    For: blue contest

    » Comments: 8
    » Score: 51.12%
    » Rank: 43 out of 58

    The Sentinal

    The Sentinal

    The background sky, mountain and water photo is my own. Thank you, mterraza for the seagull photo. The ocean is the source PST photo for the sky/ocean contest.

    For: old boat contest

    » Comments: 6
    » Score: 54.37%
    » Rank: 10 out of 16

    Riding the Purple Sea Horse

    Riding the Purple Sea Horse

    I used my own background photo - The Dollywood Carousel. After masking out one of the seahorses, the color and balance (Adjust) was used to change the color. White horse on carousel was erased, girl riding the horse was taken out of a copy of the background, then seahorse inserted where horse had ...

    For: dublin bridge contest

    » Comments: 8
    » Score: 53.62%
    » Rank: 9 out of 22

    Next new hat yellow or orange?

    Next new hat yellow or orange?

    All my own photos were used along with the source image. SBS will follow, but I used mostly airbrush, paintbrush, transform tools, color and balance.

    For: hedgehog contest

    » Comments: 18
    » Score: 52.85%
    » Rank: 13 out of 16