Great blend, author...I'm sure it would look even better in high res! (Hint, hint...).

What CMYK???
SO you see all my mistakes?
Hahahahahaha

The resolution on the turtle source pic wasnt that high.

Yeah I agree with you author on that! I had difficulty because the source wasn't very high! Hey! Nice Creation btw GL!

Thanks Toothpick

I put a high resolution pic up anyhow now.

Very nice work -- great detail

Wow! This is facinating!

Great job

Thanks for the great compliments guys and girls.

Nice blending.

Thanks Solkee.......gotta catch up with you for a beer sometime

Well done!

Changed the color of the background.....thanks sgc

Congrats Freejay, nice work

Great work man, well deserved congrats

Thanks

Congrats for the first place

Congrats!!

Congrats freejay, well deserved.

Awesome work and congrats to you freejay!!!!

Congrats on you win

Very cool entrie !! Just stunning
Gl Author

analyze (easy toot.. show an easy creation of a bubble, will give you higher score.. but since this entire entry is sourced.. I figured you didn't have time to do any ground work).. nice result

EDIT: good add on

@slush http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analyse
& easy bubble tut added.

Thats pretty cool, but I would like to see more use of the source... May be making something using the shell or whatever.

Yeah... I do agree with Serialkiller, the source is just added in there without much work put into it.. Although it's a great image, the contest requires the source image to be manipulated clearly for us to see... Anyway seeing that youre a great chopper so maybe you could do some more work using the source image.. As I said a great image overall GL !!

I could have very easily have chopped the source to make a hat stand or tank, but adjusting and placing the source in a setting that adds to the sources natural beauty felt a more appropriate way to go this time. Sorry
Thanks for the comments

Very cool to me!!

I agree with the comments about the lack of source image but how much of the source is suppose to be in the chop anyway? 50%......30%? .....10%? Shouldn't there be a contest that uses only the source image every week? Just a thought. I love this image by the way.

Nicely created author. Regarding source usage, it's fine by me. At least it is clearly visible and not CBR (as jaws would say).

Nice imagination....personally, i would adjust the exposure .

Surreal and very cool stuff, author!

Very interesting creation!

wow author...amazing piece of surreal work...best of luck

congrants

Congrats for the second place

Congrats!!

Congrats on you win

Very nice entry. Good work.

nice work .. but the boat is like on water not in it

Thanks for the comment andi! I tweaked the water and boat a bit, hope it's better now Thanks again for the comment

omg this is wonderful! I Love the color palet and idea is just superb!

Very very nice image author...best of luck

wow! great mood

wonderful.......1 vote from me........

Nice imagination and colors....not sure about the light source as its coming from behind them in the background between the clouds.

Nice image...agree with MnMCarta and freejay about great use of color over entire image. Perhaps you could bring the front end of reflection of boat to meet the boat edge. In fact, the reflection probably would butt up against the edge of the boat and not have any space of water without reflection. Does that make sense? Also, maybe have the fishing pole cast a shadow on the sea creature's head. I'm not nitpicking here...it's a great image. Just thought these things might help. Great job, author!

I'm not interested in an argument...but I will say if the light source is from the back, then the boy's chest and viewer's side of the turtle's head wouldn't be so bright. What's creating such brightness on those parts? I think what you're going for is to be able to see everything. The way the light source is now...truthfully they would be more like silhouettes.

Thank yo very much for the advice pixelkid! I'll see what i can do with it One thing you said about the shadow of the rod on the turtles head, since the light source is coming from the back as you can see? I'm not sure about the shadow of the rod being formed on the turtle, but hey give me some argument as to why your statement is true Thanks again

Amazing to me!! Love the mood.

GOOD entry yaar...

It might be another winning entry from you pal! Best of luck

Excellent

Lovely concept, great mood image!

Lighting is a tricky; I think it is possible to have 2 light sources and one of them can be out of the picture and therefore casting light on the boy, boat and turtle head (in that case there would be a slight shadow on the turtle head from the rod and the lighting could be a bit more consistent for the turtle and the boy). Just a thought as I know it is too late to change anything.

You have done a lovely job on the whole and as I said at the beginning, truly lovely concept and mood!

Congrats man, great image

Thanks all for the votes favs and comments!

Congrants....thought it would come first....surprised it came 3rd

Congrats

Congrats!!

Congrats on you win I 'd like to see you get him in the boat....lol

Nice work, author! Good humor always gets a good vote!!

This is GREAT!!!! I really like it!

Bet da wabbit wins dis tyme

SBS woud be nice!

Poor athletic rabbit, everybody knows what happens at the end of the story

This was the first thing that came to mind when I saw this source but couldn't pull it off...Very well done Author Best of Luck

Love your info on the race! The tortoise finally had his day!

Great thinking author...perfect execution...love the colors and your description is so cool...well done

cool work

Thanks

The back ground layer details added in Step - 11.

Crazy gladiator

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