I like the blending of colors too.... good luck...

Very well blended and color matched. I can't imagine why anyone would want to go swimming in freezing water though.They are definitely in the wrong place. Well done.

Must be a mirage. You need to clone out that straight line on the lower right of the snowman.

Very well done. Nice color match of the coral and the birds.

Great imagination to put a fetus out in space but it makes me want to wrap up the poor baby to keep it warm. It tugs at my motherly instincts.
Well done.

Take a look at the author's other images. They are all manipulations. https://pixabay.com/en/users/mikkehouse-3374228/

Source 1 is premanipulated.

Aha-ha-ha )

Blue-eyed Beauty Nice Shot!

Great idea.

If photos are supposed to tell a story this one sure does but I can't read it LOL....sorry. We get the gist that this is a mellow beer. It is rather a mysterious photograph from another world. I bet it would look great in sepia or b/w simply because it would take us into another time zone. Still it is all about artistic prerogative and I bow to yours. Lovely....hic.

I love Toucans, they remind me of flying bananas. I like this photograph for perfect clarity and no overmanipulation of colours. Your upload tells a story....and it looks like a lovely day for a Guinness.

Congratulations on 2nd and 3rd Sylvie.

A fun entry Zizounai. Shall we phone a rescue service to save the babies from the chimney?

Nice nice congrats.

Nice one Congrats.

True, true. But If I put a fish on the beach, it's still a fish.

Turtle, not tortoise.

Marked Mighty Mouse is well taken, sharp and nicely framed. Makes me wonder why I couldn't think of that. Stay tuned, but my mouse is rather dowdy looking.

Those be pretty big babies ... hehehe (fun chop)

Rich colour somehow reminds me of a crab as well. Nice thoughtful composition. I like it, feels Asian.

You have wonderful photographer's eyes. Good catch.

Love the story seen with this upload. This is a keeper for sure.

ick.........love it. Good eyes there to see this.

Good POV, nice catch, colourful and fun.

You even have dust showing as the elephants make their escape from the giant mouse which is soft and appears almost dreamlike....dreamlike is this whole scene, very nicely done.

So you didn't think we would catch that cow in the little boy's basket, love his expression: he is very serious about not falling on the village. The two little girls appear soft in the corner and I can hear their giggles. Creative. I so enjoy coming over to this side of pyxleyes and marveling at the work posted.

I can deal with that haha. These Chops do require imagination while making them, and require imagination while viewing them.

Good job although the perspective is off on the floor. The camera is facing downwards on the floor, whereas in the original source image it is not facing down. Makes the floor look like it is going upwards.

Congrats Sylvie, well done

"I've looked at clouds from both sides now" (sorry that song is in my head now thanks to your upload). The contest asked for sky and you socked it to us. A really nice shot...could be a study of blue.

I really enjoyed that article on smiling and interesting how smiles have evolved. True to Americans looking at the world with blinkers on the article delves into their world. Here this photograph of yours presents another world, and another culture where most likely it is 38C (that is Celsius) in the shade and the women, like many women in Asia, work from dawn to dark and desperately are looking for their prince to get them out of grinding poverty. I like the moment caught.

A simple smile would have be enough to make this picture much beautiful...

I really liked this chop. It's beautiful.

Congrats Z!!

Congratulations.....

Original and creative. Good job!

"Shri Ram jaya ram jaya jaya Ram...shri Ram jaya Ram jaya jaya Ram"....now I won't be able to stop all day. Love this photo, not only the beards but the story too. It is a great crisp photograph nicely rendered. Congrats on the capture.

BFFs!

The "Energy Hog" is one of the CREEPIEST things ever created... making this image quite disturbing LOL great job

Congrats Sylvie!!

excellent facial features.. bird not so bad either.. love it

I didn't see this before. Good work Z!! What technique did you use to make his face look powdery?

Congrats

Congrats

Congrats Sylvie

Really good work Zizounai. Your chop makes me smile every time I look at it. Except the first time. It scared me.

The look on his face is priceless! He could use some more highkights on the left of his face, would really bring it into the image. Great job.

Very creative. Good job.

Nice... I like this one. Kinda looks more like they are on a date and Jennifer is getting fresh with Rihanna. Their facial expressions only add to it. Great job.