Great colours, and great focus! Beautiful

Beautiful flower! Good shot.

Beautiful thistle! Lovely, vibrant colours... really exceptional shot. Great job!!

Excellent shot!

I don't think the focus is on the flower, in my eyes it's not really a flower closeup, but it's a lovely shot of that wasp!

Haha, excellent! Great blending, author!

Great image.. very eerie.

Fantastic. Really great shapes

I suggest putting the caption at the bottom in the image description instead of on the image itself. But a very funny idea! Good execution too

Hahaha! Excellent image! Seamless execution, great work.

Unbelievable... Excellent shapes.

Aww

This entry = winner.

However, there are a couple of issues you could fix, like the hair. If you use a small smudge brush or simply paint on thin strands of hair, the model won't look so "cut out".

Some areas seem a bit over stretched, but all in all it's a fantastic image! Very creative and wonderfully made. Great job in capturing the festive atmosphere.

Ahh now this is clever.. wow. Fantastic use of source, author.

Good colours, and excellent focus.. really nice image

Beautiful capture!

Author it looks like you masked the door knocker really well, which in my opinion would be harder than extracting a person. There are plenty of guides on how to extract images over the net, i suggest you browse around. At the moment, as it;s been mentioned, the man in the image looks very roughly cut out with various jagged edges, with a bit more time this could be a great image. Good luck!

Excellent shapes! Lovely work

Wow!!! What a photo! Congratulations buddy!

Your selections are way too soft around her head, try a harder edge.

Great to see your work again Great job!

I would remove the frame around the image, but the rest looks great.. i'd also suggest playing around with blend modes to make the explosions seem softer and a little more real. Great idea and good work on the spaceship.

Fantastic feel to the image.. great shadows, too. Really well done

Great job! (In my opinion, author, one of your best) Good luck and well done!

Beautiful image author.. very creative work. Great job

Beautiful detail!

Clever use of source!

Beautiful... just beautiful.

Post your sources, author.

There are still some areas where the fish has retained some of the original background... get rid of them and it'll be a great entry.. (maybe also try to liquify the waterline to make it a little bumpier)

Good luck!

One of the cleverest entries I've seen! Great job

Great shot.. so much beautiful detail, and so far definitely the best in the contest

The grass blades are very small, and the base of the tree is very soft, the edges should be a lot harder where the tree meets the grass, i also think that the horizon is too sharp and too linear. Good luck!

The reflection could've done with a bit more attention, but the idea and the source blending is very good. Good luck.

Great message... the water on the base of the arm doesn't look all too realistic and the lighting on the tree doesn't match the lighting on the arm, but i like the idea and the colours.. (in fact, the colours were blended very well!)

Great job, and i hope this one does well

You'll kill his dog? Bah, in my day kidnappers were more creative..

Great job on the feel of the image

Beautiful work! Extremely creative.. wonderful

Just beautiful. You have a way to make the strangest, most forgettable parts of sources look amazing. Excellent creation...

Good idea! The effect is rather subtle, but i think that works in favour of your image. Very nice job.

I love the length of the image, as you scroll down the image begins to reveal itself... really well drawn. Great job

Beautiful drawing, such a serene scene... great job

Brilliant.

I do really like the surrealistic element, and i think you've created a fantastic image. Great job..

Haha, very nice blend, and a good idea. Great job

Try making the ankles a little thinner? Good surrealism though

The shadow on the field seems almost random, be sure that it matches the shape and width of the painting.

Agreed, the right hand side of the tree is blurry and the blend between the path and the grass from the source is not too good... see if you can fix those.

It looks like a very simple image. try to brighten the area above the lighting, if you search images of lightning you can see how it affects the sky.

I've been waiting for the sbs to vote, like you said you would make.