Looks like a real photo to me.
There's a horizontal line at the bottom of the eye (focus blur that ended up colorized) that you might want to clone out, but otherwise, I think this came out well!

Thanks for the kind comment and suggestion Mossy, I will work on it today.

If the eye is colored, I don't get why the face is grayscale...?

I don't understand what it is that you don't get ?

Cool! I would believe that the starting point for this image was an actual photo, so this seems to be right on theme to me.

Wonderful image to start with, then by reducing the colour around the eye and the work done on the iris itself the image really pops. I would try to get rid of the line at the bottom of the iris though, it is a bit distracting and takes away from the overall enhancement (I know it is in the original but that is what enhancing is all about )

MUCH BETTER!!!

Cheers guys, I have made some adjustments!

nice work gl author..!!

really nice author like it

Thanks for the favs!

Needs an SBS. Without seeing the original, it looks like the large rock has been way over textured - It doesn't match any of the surrounding rock at all...Too much contrast.

Nice work on this.

Great cleaning work.. damn tourist LOL.. always sneaking into pictures

What a cool little garden you have! Nice change in color intensity and texture here.

Lovely work on this! Very believable and on theme and certainly better than either original!

What a big sausage potato head (adorable) Good luck author

He's a sweetie. A pink tongue would have been cool, too, but nice job on his eyes.