A Work in Progress: Secret of the forest



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Secret of the forest
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globe


Original image


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My photo.

Creation of Secret of the forest: Step 1

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Cut out globe.

Creation of Secret of the forest: Step 2

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Duplicated layer and applied inner glow.

Creation of Secret of the forest: Step 3

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Resized layer with inner glow, made it smaller. Duplicated layer with globe and placed it under inner glow layer. Original globe layer on top of inner glow layer with overlay properties. Used brush to make a slight blue haze around it.

Creation of Secret of the forest: Step 4

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Painted the cracks. Duplicated image and flip vertical.

Creation of Secret of the forest: Step 5

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Background. Cut pasted the upper part of the image, and then flipped vertical to create the reflection.

Creation of Secret of the forest: Step 6

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Used a gradient mask on the reflection layer, and then under it created new layer painted blue.

Creation of Secret of the forest: Step 7

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Merged globe and background reflections.

Creation of Secret of the forest: Step 8

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Motion blur.

Creation of Secret of the forest: Step 9

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Created waves that I used as a dislocation map for the reflection.

Creation of Secret of the forest: Step 10

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On final image I applied gradient colours with properties set to hard light. Dodge and burn.

Creation of Secret of the forest: Step 11

Final result

Creation of Secret of the forest: Final Result

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