The AI is your brain... skillful use of tools.

I had to look this one up: The Despeckle filter smoothes areas in which noise is noticeable while leaving complex areas untouched. The effect is that grain or other noise is reduced ...

My favorite genre of film. all three of your images are flawless...

#1.. the vulture at the water tank. i recall a murder movie ... the body was hidden in the apartment building water tank... investigating complaints of odd taste revealed... yuck... a rotted body. What movie???

#2.. A ripoff of Hitchcock's Rear-Window... but the murderer digging holes in the garden, being watched by James Stewart, is Stella.

#3.. ONE WAY is a strong message with which to begin the photo story. The array of lines going at many angles is quite effective... the only true horizontal is the vague line under well-fed Stella.

"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
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