I apologise for up loading this again. It just did'ent feel right. I really wanted the woman and child to be clearer and shaper. I wanted to show the pride in the womans face and fear in the childs eye's more.

A fantastic and powerful and manip in more ways than one. good work!

Haunting and very thought-provoking...great post and reminder of those less fortunate...well done and thanks for sharing.:Pat.

Ok ...we'll let you get away with it this time...one more and we will be at your door...it won't be pretty. Once again nice work and it shows how much we do take for granted.

Personally I prefered the previous image, but this one still conveys the power and level of thought provoking ideas. Very well done Clayton.

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actually, I prefer this one, it "speaks" more (to me anyway)

Very moving and beautifully blended images :-)

This came up in the voting booth just now. I found it very appealing. It held my gaze for quite a while. It got a high score which I rarely give out anymore. I really like this. The blending of the images is super. The color theme really portrays the message of the image. Great work.
Pat

Beautiful and very powerful work Clay, haunting:)

Jacky

Wow.

I too had this in the voting booth.

This ... this is exceptional.

And a wonderful sentiment. Thank you for sharing.

Very powerful image .. I wish I could blend imagery like this

Well done !!

This is truly scarey...do they not have...ahhh whats that plant again? But,anyway this is a very impactful message..thanks for that...

Outstanding photo manipulation, Clayton! Thanks for the stark reminder that the grass is hardly greener on the other side. Wen

FANTASTIC.. I love these manipulations that you do.. and this one is wonderful... the image carries a very powerful message I just wish more people in the world would take more notice... thankyou for sharing

This is a very interesting piece of art. It gave me chills when I first viewed. It is very powerful. Nice job.

Hey there. Good on you for reminding us, especially at this time of year. I saw a show the other night, about Papua New Guinea. It was so sad to see how these people were dying of Aids, the hospitals couldn't even give them food, let alone medicine. Then there was the chronic under education, and ignorance and fears. It was very sad, made me realise that paying a dollar more for petrol, or running out of milk or having more things just has no importance...really. Thanks for the thoughts.

Then we have to stop taking their natural resources and bombing their countries. All the money spent destroying Iraq and Afghanistan could have fed billions of the world's hungry. Silence is not enough, we should be screaming at our government (US) to stop the carnage not just in those countries, but in Somalia, Nigeria, etc.

exactly! That's the message.

Makes you want to reach out. The juxtaposition and blending are wonderful.

Fantastic composition... and really artistic...

Terrific work with an important message - a very well done combination. I like the way that your images do not force a message but invite viewers to see for themselves.

I guess the letters I'm being distracted by are some kind of watermark?

Anyway, this is very nice - in a chilling sort of way. I am not keen on the framing, but the main image still has impact and your blending is lovely. I don't know enough about manipulations to say anything intelligent really, but it seems to me that this is very well done indeed.

Why 'We are the people' rather than 'We the people'? Just curious...

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You got a wonderful artistic and touching image wieh your work, super!

Outstanding! 'Faved'