opinion (and hi to the photography forum): my last quick & dirty scanner-works are heavily photoshopped but i take them as photomanip and think they fit into the photography range. but as slynky said: u are the judge. i for myself can easily decide wether the photo (object[s]) or the manipulation (design) has most weight. and often one would never realize what/how much photos went into a piece. { want to be helpful but never try to answer the perrenial question, lol } ur work: i agree to slynky on the 'flat' term, maybe it's tha fence in the foreground that takes depth away - cos it looks very flat itself... in complete (except that) it looks moody and telling.