The Art of Seeing

Is this still a photograph? Or has it been manipulated so much its soul has been history brushed away? Well, such questions are not that important if the sole purpose is to produce something that is artistic. This was salvaged from a photograph which would never have stood on its own merits, but now has some value only because of the manipulation. I think this would make a good topic for an article.

Canon 20D, Canon 18-55mm.