Nature Photo Manipulation part-4

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10. Create the shadow for the tree
Duplicate the tree layer, on the new tree layer go to Edit > Transform > Flip Vertical and place it on the bottom of the tree. Erase the rocks so only the tree is shown.
Next go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur and put in 2.0.




Next go to Image >Adjustments > Hue/Saturation and put in the settings seen above. Lastly set the Blending Mode to Soft Light to finish off the tree shadow.
11. Now develop the sky
Copy & Paste the sky image onto the canvas and shrink down,
go to Image > Adjustments > Brightness/Contrast
and put in the settings below.




 

12. Clean up
Using the Zoom Tool zoom up to the tree, go to the Mask Layer on the Tree, and erase any parts you don't want.
Zooming close enough, you can use the wand to select the lighter spots from the old sky, then delete. Keeping the selection on Anti-Alias, you can further the deletion, to get all of the lighter color, by simply hitting the delete key again while the selection is still selected. At extreem zoom this would seem to be destructive, but in normal view the anti-aliased edges should blend well with the new sky.
Finally: introduce stars into the sky, and you're done

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