I recently entered the Life and death contest here on Deviantart, amongst some stiff competition it must be said. At the end of it all these amazing artists emerged victorious
First place is *Feline-icity [[link] with her entry Freedom Horizon [[link] this is an epic image from an amazing artist and I'd suggest making yourself familiar with their work.

Second was Jeyminems [[link] this dude is a wicked photographer and scored second place with Manilla Destroyed [[link] He's got some good stuff so check out his site too.

And lastly we have Tourdumondiste [[link] with his entryMort ou Vif [[link] i really like this pic. check him out

Congratulations to these three fantastic artists, their awards are well deserved.