"To prepare myself for the 75% eclipse, I went out and shot the sun. Well, everything else is Photoshop."
Done in Photoshop because when you shot the sun the camera sensor was destroyed!!! ?

I agree, "Nicely done Rudolf."

I like the use of the blue and the orange complementary colors. The birds are a great touch tying the sky to the land... you could use these birds in photos in the future.

I am a crop-a-holic... I split the photo so the sun comes up in one place in each half. For the right side lower hills... and clone the birds to the upper right of that half.

The left half is fine as is... but water reflection and the shoreline are not connected, this could be accomplished by agitation with waves. Give a try using Flamingpear Flood 1 free archived or Flood 2.
http://flamingpear.com/older.html

A pallet knife painting for sure.

Consider wiring to you cell phone then viewing with VR Headset Virtual Reality Headset 3D Glasses ... $15 Temu, $50 Amazon

OMG, it is my grandma's bedroom wallpaper!!! It had no match. [no match discussing wallpaper is word play]

Look open and we see all the typical on the table things, dishes, spoon, cups, and even butter.

A simple photo, beautifully distorted... well done iFox

And what did you use to create this exaggeration?

Trump and his idle Putin demand loyalty and acceptance that 2+2=5

Trump's Turnover would not look so bad if the turnover were plotted in logarithmic lines of 1, 10, 100 vs the 1, 2, 3,

The next step is to make a chimera ... some interesting mixes can result. The ideas could come from the Greek creature from Greek mythology,

Your results and skills are at a wow stage.

With relaxed staring, it becomes 3D with the dots floating... great abstract. Do not take the medication recommended.... and do protect your left ear.

With Linda's comments... Krispy Kreme... I recall my mother would park me next to the donut machine at Kreske's Five and Dime while shopping. Probably hoping someone would kidnap her all-boy child. I was fascinated by the way the donut dough plopped out and it progressed and was flipped and fried on the second side.... over and over again. This shaped my life of loving machines... they were all donut machines even if making steel parts.

And the TV said Clear/Sunny 0% Rain... Yesterday you ordered the new windshield wipers... a day late.

That is a super dynamic sky ... as Longshadow said, WOW ~!!!

The "eye, the prominent cheekbones, the toupee, and the exaggerated smile... this belongs in the Attic section because this is obviously a politician.

Converting to B&W gives a clear message to button up your coat and head for shelter; drama well done. Are the clouds added or part of the BW conversion?

For fun try experimenting with different blacks offered in Topaz B&W2 ... black is not just black, it comes in flavors.

Linda suggested: "Where the trees meet the sky on the right-hand side could use a little attention to appear less contrived. "
I played with it for a bit, Topaz Clarity may do the trick, it allows modifying various levels of contrast thus trees become more individualized. Denoise AI and sharpening AI helped with background-right individuality.

Always one more piece of candy in the box!
One can use it on line
https://mspaint.humanhead.com/#local:3dd85b39c9b9a

Ya, some people are looking for something to fuss about... never thought for a minute about your photo having anything to do with Easter.

You and your pendulums are a Svengoolie hypnotizing Linda and many others. Addictive so you must continue.

In my years of dealing with machines, I have retained my sanity by understanding that machines are insane. In your case, you are documenting just how far these living machines, pendulums, will go in their audacious display of movement. When pendulums couple themselves with AI, we are all under threat.

You are trying to understand the movements, you may never. I still have not figured out the hoochie-coochie gal at the state fair back in 1952... how did she rotate one tassel clockwise and the other counterclockwise? They were propeller-like pendulums. Although there is a "How-to" however, she does not explain the physics and math of the phenomenon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_iZ3d_AMh4