
right after reading the amazing tut by George55 at http://www.pxleyes.com/tutorial/photoshop/1965/How-To-Create-Beautiful-Birds-And-Flowers.html, I was tempted to put it into practice,...but it was too bad to me that the smudge tool on my comp. didnt work well so I tried to find another way, was tha...
For: rose thorns contest
» Score: 60.18%
» Rank: 2 out of 31

hello guys...
i have worked really hard on this one....
i saw some of guys making stuff with smudging tool... and it looked great... i eagerly wanted to try something... so i build this...
see the sbs for details
and please guys do comment on this... please comment weather negative or ...
For: paper flowers contest
» Score: 60.75%
» Rank: 4 out of 28

Orange was stock, water and splash created.
For: highspeed moti... contest
» Score: 58.47%
» Rank: 5 out of 15

For: highspeed moti... contest
» Score: 65.02%
» Rank: 1 out of 15

100% CS3
inspiration:
http://www.planetphotoshop.com/striking-match-part-1.html
http://www.planetphotoshop.com/striking-match-part-2.html
For: highspeed moti... contest
» Score: 61.54%
» Rank: 2 out of 15

Happy Birthday to you Mario. Here is my gift for you.
Before receiving any comments like seen before, looks similar etc. I would like to brief it.
Previously this entry was created for PST contest but gone with site crashed. Then again uploaded here in glacier contest (contest from OLD pst), ...
For: blue fantasy contest
» Score: 65.73%
» Rank: 2 out of 22

Source images used for this entry provided by:
mqtrf ( trunk of tree ).
pxleyes - contest.
The rest is Photoshop.
For: peacock contest
» Score: 61.05%
» Rank: 6 out of 21

Source only. Please check high res ;)
For: peacock contest
» Score: 64.07%
» Rank: 1 out of 21

Thanks to the following at morguefile.com for the use of their wonderful photos: photojack for the decoy and hammer photo;duboix for the carved idol; jdurham for the pewter plates on shelves; keyseeker for the hands of the carver; mzacha for the two carvings on the shelf. The other two carvings are...
For: random items 1 contest
» Score: 63.52%
» Rank: 1 out of 10

I really debated adding the rain, but decided to go ahead and add it.
For: sicily contest
» Score: 57.99%
» Rank: 2 out of 25

Source image from Photoshop Talent before the server crash.
For: wrong place contest
» Score: 60.4%
» Rank: 2 out of 25

For: hallway contest
» Score: 64.93%
» Rank: 1 out of 21

credits and thanks:
shoofly_stock.deviantart.com (butterfly stock 09)
http://fetishfaerie-stock.deviantart.com
http://kingskully.deviantart.com
http://shoofly-stock.deviantart.com
http://latebraking.deviantart.com
For: glass bowl contest
» Score: 65.3%
» Rank: 1 out of 23

For: glass bowl contest
» Score: 62.9%
» Rank: 2 out of 23

Don't forget to watch the full resolution image. ;)
For: glass bowl contest
» Score: 61.69%
» Rank: 3 out of 23

Source and Photoshop CS 4
For: mate contest
» Score: 64.83%
» Rank: 1 out of 22

as you can see no external source is used.:)
For: mate contest
» Score: 62.39%
» Rank: 3 out of 22

Only the source image is used
For: mate contest
» Score: 64.3%
» Rank: 2 out of 22

Program: Ps cs4
Time taken: 14hrs
Method: alot of masks! pentool and some digital painting.
I used 29 stock images for this entry i could not add all links so i posted them below.
More STOCK IMAGES
LANDSCAPES: http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=view&id=1137369
http://resurgere.deviantar...
For: steep stairs contest
» Score: 61.32%
» Rank: 1 out of 15

Thanks to night-fate-stock! All other stock used is hers :)
For: old homestead contest
» Score: 62.65%
» Rank: 3 out of 26

For: compact animal... contest
» Score: 55.29%
» Rank: 13 out of 28

cut ,paste transform .mask
For: edimobiles contest
» Score: 53.06%
» Rank: 8 out of 17

For: edimobiles contest
» Score: 61.04%
» Rank: 1 out of 17

all from source
For: corn closeup contest
» Score: 59.46%
» Rank: 3 out of 12