First of all let me say that is one fantastic image!! I can tell it came from a photograph...the difference with the other is I can't see the skull as a photo...it looks like a 3D model to me. I think I prefer your name for it..."Digital Photo Art". That seems to be a much more acceptable term for it, than trying to say it is photography, because it isn't at all that simple. For me it seems that the deeper I delve into photography the more I have come to look for the pure forms of it. I have nothing against filter use, but for me I limit my Photoshopping to those things that could be replicated in a traditional dark room. I have no desire to turn my photograph into an oil painting or that sort of thing. I'll be honest and say that I'm on the fence on this one...I can see it started life as a photo, but this has been seriously manipulated, and I don't know how you would recreate something like this in a darkroom. It's Digital Photo Art! That's what it is! :~)

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