the great escape

there is something fundamentally wrong with this but i can't quite figure out what it is so i don't know how to fix it... but there are aspects of this that came out the way i wanted and i've spent too long on this thing to just throw it away...

this is a composite of 4 images - all taken yesterday at the zoo... the tree line (which was expanded using the "content aware tool in PS), the boat, the grizzly and the bird... the tow line was done in photoshop... the colour / textures were added in analog fx... somehow it looked less wrong with the toner than it did in pure b&w... go figure...

for the composite challenge - theme is "trees"...
https://365project.org/discuss/themes-competitions/42771/composite-22-starts-today

[Clare Gadsby]

what fun - great creativity

[Liz Milne]

Love it, and it's really nice on black.

[JackieR]

This is clever, weird, but clever

[☠northy]

@30pics4jackiesdiamond thank you 😊

[Julie Duncan]

Well, I like it quite a lot! :)

[Elise Rose]

Love the weird vibe of this

[Hope D Jennings]

Like an illustration from a vintage children’s book. I need to see the rest of the story!

[Marnie]

I really like this a lot.

[JackieR]

@mzzhope I thought the Armoured Bears in Pullman's Northern Lights!!

[Peter Day]

….a step too far for me.

[haskar]

The Ursa Major in the blown sky. Well done.

[Louise]

An interesting result. The bear in the boat seems to be against a backdrop, giving it the feeling of a being a scene in a play. Would like to know the rest of the bear's adventures ;).

[Carla]

So clever of you to be able to combine your images in this way! Lovely surreal image