whoops i posted the version one save behind the finished version! just minor differences so i'll leave this version up and save my upload slot!

Clever. Right down to what I'm assuming is a water ring from a glass or whatever and I love the folded paper idea. Which takes you longer? Making the image or finding the images to fit your ideas? I guess I'm quite inquisitive today but, did overlaying the paper do all the color or did you still have to tweak?

cheers very much :D making the image always takes longer than finding stock to work with.. but stock finding is a continuous process i started the image with just the hand, girl and dragonfly. then the background was found once i was happy.. then more images were hunted down for extra work and finishing touches.. the process is the same for most of my images. The creased paper needed a fair amount of work done to it before i even added it into the image,and once added there are 3 layers of that piece of paper each fine tuned and coloured independently! and then tweak tweak tweak and tweak again..!!!!

I love the folded layer you added there. Cheers all around to everything you did here. High marks, I enjoyed this very much :o)

Excellent job! Very professional looking.

very cool Grim - I think one of my favs from you. Very creative.

Wow. I am very impressed. Wonderful work.

Fee Fey Faux Foto, I smell the blood of an Englishman.... and his excellent posting.

Thanks very much eveyone! The hardest part is deciding what to do... then it all slowly comes together! Im really pleased with the way it turned out!

That's very good!!!

Nice combining of the images. That's some great editing. I really like this pic.

This image is amazing, It looks so good! I have no idea how you managed to make the folds in the photo look so realistic. I am very impressed, deffinately adding this to my favourites and a complete 10 from me!

Makes me want to go and try and add some folds into a photo of my own now.

thanks guys very glad you liked it! Disciple, someone else suggested that i could do a turtorial about how i did this, i've done a few tutorial bits for the tutorial gallery.. but they take so long to make i dont know if i could face another one! :D Basically, its just understanding how to use the tools in adobe photoshop really.. especially making use of layers and blending options!

that does look pretty cool, nice job

its really beautifull, 10/10

This is a magnificent piece of work and a beautiful composition. I don't whether to be more impressed by the feat of imagination in combining the original pics in this way or the incredible execution.

thank you very much... I'm using this image to enter a community art project over here in the UK... hope they like it as much! :D

very talented aging of picture, aswell as a great job just putting it together. this sort of thing takes alot of patience, aswell as a good eye to see the final product before its completed, and keep working the right direction. very nice

I absolutely love it.... very creative! If only I had time enough to even think of such a great idea! Very great detailing .... took a creative thinker!

impressive work, shows a lot of talent

Thanks guys... seems my brains gone an an artistic holiday.. must come up with more ideas! wheres a contest when you need one!

Fantastic work, Graeme. You're a true artist... Congrats :-)

Congrats on having this accepted. Deserved it. Oh can't believe I havn't commented. Extrodinary work on this one.

Excellent Graeme..what a gift you have. Thank you for sharing this with us! Well done :~)

beautiful!!!! magnificent

This is cute. I like it!

all your work is so impressive...but this image in particular strikes me, the melo use colours and the beautiful subject/setting.. its like a fairytale... or like that movie thumbelina lol very sweet.

I really like all the fine touches you did with this .. the paper, folds, wrinkles, cup-ring .. etc

shows a lot of attention to detail went into it .. great job

in my opinion the monochrome scheme works better for this than Fey Faux Fungi because it's an old, wrinkled, sepia-toned photo

Hey Grim,.. I don't post any photos.. because I dont have an amazing camera yet.. but I love editing and creating.. and I must hand it to you in this instance. I love this picture.. Im impressed.. amazing job man. Ive seen some of your other work and it's topnotch as well.. keep it up man.

Awesome manipulation very well done and keep it up ;)

I don't think I can say any more than has already been said about this picture, so "What they said!" :) Excellent, excellent work. Definitely a fave!

GREAT JOB! DO YOU THINK PHOTOGRAPHERS IN THE PAST KNEW THIS TECHNIQUE? because THERE'S A PHOTOGRAPH (well i don't know who took it) in which fairies appear I'm talking about THE COTTINGLEY FAIRIES.
AGAIN: GREAT JOB!

simply amazing! a stunning display of talent.