Original image
step 1 of 8
palace layer masked and added to the background..........it was duplicated twice.........the one shown here has a gaussian blur of 4.5 applied
step 2 of 8
sky layer masked from the original source and replaced with black fill............
step 3 of 8
clouds added with the render clouds effect............
step 4 of 8
reflection of the palace added with ripples effect...........
step 5 of 8
moon layer made with simple circle shape tool..........and a lens flare added to the layer underneath...........
step 6 of 8
curves and levels adjustment applied to the background and the clouds...........
step 7 of 8
the duplicate palace layer above the gaussian blurred palace layer is switched on and a 'color dodge' blending mode is applied to it to achieve the glow effect........same is done with the reflection........
step 8 of 8
the final image with little curve adjustments applied to the palace layer............
Final result
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