Original image
step 1 of 10
Firstly I cut out the spire so I just had the building and no background.
step 2 of 10
After finding a good photo of some clouds, I selected the section I wanted to work with. I then used the cloning tool to remove top section of clouds as I did not like the way they looked.
Next I selected the eraser tool with a soft round brush and started to remove the base of the tower, using different % of opacity to I was able to give the effect of the clouds being around the tower and slightly transparent.
Next I selected the eraser tool with a soft round brush and started to remove the base of the tower, using different % of opacity to I was able to give the effect of the clouds being around the tower and slightly transparent.
sources used for this step:- : source
step 3 of 10
I then added a new layer and used a soft round brush to paint red parts onto the tower. I changed the layer blending mode to overlay to give it the effect I wanted.
step 4 of 10
step 5 of 10
I then added a new layer and used a soft round brush to fill the layer with a greyish deep blue colour.
I changed the layer blending mode to Vivid Light.
I changed the layer blending mode to Vivid Light.
step 6 of 10
step 7 of 10
Finally I changed the hue/saturation of the whole image until I was happy.
step 8 of 10
After some useful comments, I noticed the bottom of the image looked a little odd due to there not being enough clouds. So I used the cloud brushes as well as the soft round brush to fill in the bottom area.
step 9 of 10
I decided to attempt to add a light to the lighthouse, seeing as it wasn't really a lighthouse without one lol.
I found a good looking image and erased the areas I did not need.
I then duplicated the layer, changed the bottom one's blending mode to darken, added another layer with a soft light blending mode used the brush tool to paint the light a deep blue. This helped me to colour the light to match the rest of the tower.
I found a good looking image and erased the areas I did not need.
I then duplicated the layer, changed the bottom one's blending mode to darken, added another layer with a soft light blending mode used the brush tool to paint the light a deep blue. This helped me to colour the light to match the rest of the tower.
sources used for this step:- 5: source 5
step 10 of 10
Finally after taking some advice from my comments, I decided to remove most of the top clouds.
This was to help give the effect that the lighthouse was above the clouds.
I then added a gradient layer to clear the sky up slightly.
This was to help give the effect that the lighthouse was above the clouds.
I then added a gradient layer to clear the sky up slightly.
Final result
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