Guru Awards

I will be a first time attendee at Photoshop World Las Vegas in a couple short weeks! It is a world renowned conference and week of workshops for photographers and designers alike. I get to learn from the best in the field, on the Vegas strip...with my workplace covering all expenses! (I just got the final details on my weekly allowance, $90/day in f-o-o-d...)! The Guru Awards is a special contest for those attending PSW to recognize new talent, and skilled professionals in design, photography, retouching, and creativity. They have become the most prestigious and coveted awards in the international digital imaging industry.
...So I thought I'd give it a whirl. I can do a mean before and after, so I entered 2 pieces into Photo-Retouching:

Contestants could submit a maximum of 3 pieces. I entered my last into the Artistic category, reserved for "artistic or painterly images created using Photoshop." Illustration was a separate category. I did not draw any part of the piece, but it could pass for a painting. This is what retouching on steroids looks like...

I still see all those yellow flowers in my head when I close my eyes. Hours of cutting, erasing, and filling in weird spots, and I'm still critiquing it! Finalists will be announced before PSW, which begins September 5th. I love the spirit of competition and being wowed by others' pieces. No matter the results, it was fun to push myself and try to whip out all my best tricks!

Which of these would you enter if you could only select 1 piece?

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