Weird reflection
by Alex_Petrini

Comment:
Very interesting! I see a shadow under his hand and index finger that indicates the light is directly in front of him, while on the middle model, the light seems to be coming from her right side. Because of the highlights on her left shoulder that don't seem to be present in the foremost model, I think those are two different shots. Overall verdict: digitally composited. Still, this is well done and tells a very interesting story.

hiroglyphics
by posthumous

Comment:
This is a very cool picture and I like the effects. I do believe that is a real boy and a real ocean and a real stick and a real...ok you get the idea. I love the burned edges and texture of this.

Arts and Crafts
by tfarrell23

Comment:
This is a very good execution of the challenge. This could very easily go either way and it's hard to guess which it is. My guess is that it's a model. My guess is that you shot the model separately from the bottle under the same lighting conditions then composited the two images. The car looks like a model to me because of the reflections and the curves of the car don't look like they would on a full size model. Besides, you'd need a pretty big white sheet to photograph it on!

Ground Zero
by muur88

Comment:
I think there is a lot of compositing going on here. The color temperature on the guy on the far left doesn't seem to match the rest of the picture; and his neck seems to have some sort of shadowy growth on it (leftover background). There are interesting highlights around the feet of the blue-shirt-camera-guy. The prophet's left arm is slightly see through. The police officer looks like he's in different lighting. Captain America's sign seems to be missing a contact shadow on the ground. And the middle guy in the black shirt looks too friendly and interesting to be from NYC (kidding on that). Also, the two women posing are posing for...who?

I'm probably wrong on most of this stuff, but this is what I see. Still, I bet this picture took some time!

Right! I'll do you for that!
by MAK

Comment:
I can't tell if those are jpg artifacts around that bee or remnants of digital compositing. I'm thrown off because of the blurring either. It looks like a blur filter, but the fur is either painstakingly masked out, or it's just shot with a really wide aperture (which I have no experience doing). It's just that the feathers in the mouth look *very* blurry compared to the feather below the cat's face that seem to be the same distance away.
I'm going to guess digitally manufactured, but I mainly feel safe in saying that because I think the bee was added later (at least!)
Looking forward to an answer after the challenge!

The Attack
by Tommy_Mac

Comment:
The shadows on the upper child look a bit harsh compared to the shadows on the rest of the image. Plus the direction of that light indicates a flash and the flash would have to be really high (above him) to cast that light, leading me to believe his picture was captured while he was lower in the camera frame and he was later digitally moved. The lower boy's left arm also looks pasted against that background.

I also believe if that ninja turtle really existed he would have stopped those two boys from fighting. Really..what is that turtle thing?? :-D

Final verdict: 'shopped.

Of Birds and Waterdrops
by vawendy

Comment:
I believe this is a digital composite. I can see slight reflection of the splash on the left side under the wing, but I don't see a reflection of the bird's wing! The resolution/clarity of the water and bird's wings also seems to be slightly different. Still, it's pretty convincing.

Trolls? Yup! two here in between the flows.
by alexlky

Comment:
Neat! Definitely some digital manipulation, but it's very subtle and well done.

Gallery of Fools
by PennyStreet

Comment:
My guess is that this is a composite of at least two images. If so, it's convincing and definitely portrays a sense of movement and business.

Holy Lights
by Structor

Comment:
Very pretty. I think the moon was added or altered in PP. If you used a big zoom lens to make it look bigger, you wouldn't have gotten so many stars. Real or not it's a very pretty shot.