You know, it's weird saying this, but I'm actually not a big fan of that last one...It just doesn't fit my tastes. The smudging looks really hard though, so I can appreciate the effort it took to create the image.
I agree with Andy about the brightness/contrast of the second image. I think the brightness seems a bit high. But hey, that's just my personal taste. Obviously you were satisfied with the B/C levels of the image, otherwise you would've changed them. Nice work, +rep