groan ;-)

Tx!

Thank you sweetie.

Thank you Merlin,also thank you for your comments on that something fishy photo. I didn't thank you before because of anonymity issues....😊

Felicitations mi amiga querida...mon choux!

Congratulations on the win....an excellent post.

I knew it ....I just knew it....big congrats on this gorgeous manipulation.

I really liked the clarity of your post and the "wabi sabi" touch was perfect!

Thank you for commenting, I didn't respond earlier because of anonymity issues.

Thank you....now I can thank you because of anonymity issues I didn't say anything earlier.

Great entry and congrats to you

Congrats on this artistic rendition. Loved it.

thank you Vibeke

Thanks ANgelica.

Bonjour...this was taken in Bishkek, Kyrgystan when the world was normal....our last big trip to Central Asia....then the world changed. Thank you...I dunno if it was by the embassy.

Thank you for those comments, appreciated.

Great composition, love the lines you caught and that slight glow of a border to hold it all in....well thought out ......a photo made, not a photo snapped...strong post.

whhhooooaaaaa......I will look forward to your posts and welcome aboard!

For me who struggles with chops YOU ARE ALL AMAZING.

oooophhhhhh this one sent shivers up my spine and brought back a memory of an interaction I had with a black widow spider, in a toilet , in Mexico....never mind...."SHIVERS" is a good thing...to get a physical response from a photo/manipulation is a good thing and this is well done.. Love it....(if you know what I mean).

It's that silly genuine grin of the frog that holds me....so much enjoyment, it feels so sincere, his whole face has lit up....we need more genuine smiles like this in our world today. A wonderful whimsical post that captivates the viewers and causes us to smile. Thank you for your creativity and wonderful post.

I do hope that is a magic mushroom growing on Mars! Your entry is really beautifully done....crisp and clear ....sharpness, clarity...colour saturation all well done on all the planes of the image. Thumbs up ...galore.

Looks like they have come for their friend to get him back home.....I like how parts of the scene are in mist giving this post an otherworldly feel. Just grrrrrrrrreat!

This is a story of a photographer scaling the highest of heights just to get that shot! What a storytelling post, so perfectly done. I love the way the whole picture connects and tells the story, the flow is very lovely.

This is an image that absorbs the viewer into 'her' world and it is a calm and soothing world. Love this post. Thank you so much for your creativity and inspiration.

This looks like a heck of a lot of work, and a heck of a lot of knowledge on manipulation. So perfectly executed in technique....I am looking for something to constructively critique....alas, I am spellbound and lost for words. A knockout.

My husband was behind me when I opened this post......he said "wow beautiful".....and I agree.

I studied this one long and hard and can't find anything wrong....you have even captured the shadow of fern on her leg. WOW...Nice ghosts of mushrooms in the background....I suppose she is meditating on mushrooms....I know I have meditated on chocolate fudge sundaes with plenty of peanuts...ha

The sign of a beautiful person is that they see beauty in other people. YOU are the beautiful one. Now about the post....love it , of course. Well done.

You are new to this??????? I struggle so much with this side of grepless and you have a wonderful mind blowing post. Thank you for inspirational work and the before and after.