Congrats!!

Congrats for your third place!

Congrats!!!

Congrats

Congrats!

Sweet little country house

very very interesting work and great blend...best of luck author

Simply beautifull !

Nice scenery, nice blend and good composition! A very good entry! And welcome back

nice placement

I want to move in! Is it vacant ... lovely work and a wonderful creation!

very sweet .good luck

lovely

I had the same idea but you beat me into it and you did a great job - love it

This reminds me of my ex... Grhhh... But don't worry... I'll be objective by voting... Buhahaha.

Nice . . . . Gud luck

Sorry... it seems a... dragqueen!
But it's fine!

Hmm.. I don't know.. But I like it! GL!

A bit confused with the main object but it's good. GL!

very cool!!!!!

good shot

great work...one of the favorite...good luck author

simple thoug very effectice!! So very good work ! Good luck author

No, I don't think its worse. I think you've got it. I don't believe that at this angle, the tops of the pawns would be showing, just the bottom part, like you've got. I'm trying to decide if the bottom ring would be showing. Maybe add it, but keep the fade, like you've got now. KWIM? Of course, if that doesn't look right to you, don't post it. What you have now is a really good improvement.

Yes, it's very, VERY complicated to make reflections from this point of view...

oooh I feel a hernia coming on lol nicely caught

You're almost there. You've picked a hard one to do. Round can be...aggravating. I would like to suggest you find something at home that's round and has stripes on it, a glass maybe or a candle holder. Set it on a mirror and study it. You'll see that the stripes are exactly opposite in the reflection. If you don't want to mess with it anymore, you could always put your pawns on a textured cloth with shadows. But, if you're willing to try and you have a lot of swear words in your vocabulary, I say go for it! GL

Red streaks wold help.

Agrees with Idt8r.

Author, you've got the reflections wrong. They should be coming directly towards the viewer. Consider a tall tree on the edge of a lake with you on the lake. No matter where you are on the lake, the tree's reflection will be coming towards you. Light refraction and all that nonsense.

High res is pretty freaky, great job.

hahahah perfect on theme just wish he was the only one in the shot

Nixely blended and this definately should of placed higher....i picked it to win............alot of people here have no idea what work is involved with good entries.....some of the ones that placed higher are nowhere near as well done as this pic.

Ditto with above comments.

Very nice compilation

I think this is quiet well done

Great Job blending... i think maybe you could warp the hat a bit to fit better around the dog, but excellent gob otherwise!

You have done a nice job but there is still room for improvement....

Yes right ear needs shadow...also watch the "fur" edges on the ears (seem too blured to me..use the smudge to give some fur edge) GL

His right ear needs a shadow, otherwise nicely done.

lovely color and scene, nicely done

good moment of capturee...

dude.. easily damaged or destroyed... but cds cant be eadily broken... and u might know that very well....[]... nice capture..

omg.... nice heaven.... i think the blue is perfect coz thts what is making this pic look marvellous.... nice job author

Very nice

i am not able to view the talking side....[]

Very pretty... mightreduce the blues a little

Great! Nice shot!

The highlights are a little blown

Nice framing, shame the clock face is so light.