lightyear

Vision:
This piece immediately invites the viewer to dream and imagine--much like what the character sitting by the window seems to be doing. The theme in itself seems quite simple at first, but the various integrated elements cause the eye to wander and to try to discern everything, from the general aspect (the girl, the windows) to the tinier details (the symbols engraved in the rocks). The more you look at it, the more you can find other ways of considering it. Is it about dreaming? Or about watching the world go by from some kind of cell? And if it is a cell, is it an inner one? Who put these symbols there, and what are they used for? And so on.

Originality:
Not the most original piece ever seen, as it can be viewed and interpreted as something quite 'common' in fantasy-themed pictures. However, this is probably debatable, depending on how you actually choose to understand it.

Technique:
The elements seem well integrated as far as cutting and selections are concerned: no hard edges, no awkward integrating, no unneeded blank spaces. The textures blend together, making it look as if all the elements are really part of the same world, of the same frame, and not just pasted together. Your work here is nicely done. The major flaw, in my opinion, is the lightning source--or sources. It seems to come from the window mainly, but in this case, the woman's shadow should be more pronounced and lengthen towards the foreground. The parts where the rocks are lighter kind of conflict with this as well, making it appear as if there is another source of light coming from the background--a source that should then be made more apparent, although it would likely conflict with the body's shadow, then. Also, in some parts of the picture, the symbols on the rocks seem a little 'flat', as if they were placed vertically, and not following the natural angles of the stone. (I didn't notice it at first; it became more apparent after a while.) This is however what I'd consider one of the hard parts of performing good photomanipulations, so it's not like it was something very easy to avoid.

Impact:
It is overall a beautiful composition to look at, and I dare say that its thumbnail itself is already quite eye-catching (I usually don't even look at pictures whose thumbnails don't catch my attention, not to mention actually leaving a critique). The elements you put together are well chosen, and this also contributes to making it stand out.