You may not use ANY editing tool to create new image area, objects or features (such as lens flare or motion) that didn't already exist in your original capture. In this specific instance, you did a flip 'n blend style of processing, and that's only allowed in Expert Editing.
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You achieved a beautiful result. Sorry about the DQ though I understand it and I'm sure you do, too. I can only hope Tiny's comment was supposed to be in jest as I find it tasteless and not funny.
this strikes me as some sort of optical effect, which is of course abstract, since it completely destroys the "reality" behind it. a lovely swirl of color and lines. I like spirals and cousins of spirals... they suggest a cycle but also change.