Wow - very high initial impact when I opened the pictures. great colours, lots of textures and an interesting pattern that leads me around the shot.
The processing you've done makes it look very computer generated/ solarised but the underlying picture is surreal anyway so suits the treatment I think.
As a photograph it feels generally a bit softer than it might be but is a very dramatic effect. Not surprised that it tanked here at dpc but that doesn't mean its a bad image.
Cool artsy, like digital art shot!! For this site, don't like it at all. For this challenge, like it even less. Sorry but there are some things that I think go over the line, regardless if they are legal or not. 2
This photo appears to have a lot of unallowed Photoshop work. I was under the impression that our Photoshop work was to be very minimal. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
To be honest, first thing I thought was: Ew. Then looking at it again I pondered what it has to do with inside looking out. One tip is to never go over the top in editing software with filters and such as they often become tacky. The eye at the bottom right of the image looked like it was squished in just so it would fit into the frame whereas the rest of the eyes were quite evenly spaced. I'm sorry, but this is a 1.
This isn't very appealing to me and I think that apeal is a large part of photography. It is an interesting way of approaching the challenge though. Good luck.