In The Sky Photo Effect

We have to change also the hair's color, using the Brush Tool. Paint the hair with the necessary color on a new layer. Change after that the layer's Blending Mode on Soft light and blur out a little the layer, using Filter - Blur - Gaussian Blur.



Merge down this layer with the girl's layer (ctrl+e), making several of her hair locks lighter. It's possible to do this operation with the Dodge Tool.



Correct now the color of the girl's layer (ctrl+m).



Insert after that the picture of a flying bird on a new layer.

 

Mark out the black background the bird is situated on and apply this command: Select - Modify - Expand, just not to remain the black contours around the bird.



Erase the background and place the bird on the corresponding place. Make a copy of the bird's layer and place the copy under the basic bird's layer Blur it out, selecting Filter - Blur - Motion Blur.



Make the corrections on the blurring zone's placement, choosing Edit - Transform - Distort.



Get back to the basic bird's layer and select the Smudge Tool to smudge a little the tail's contours and the wing's ones in the motion's zone.



Combine these layers (ctrl+e) and correct their colors. First apply Curves option.



Then, Selective Color:

 

Take now an already prepared brush, picturing the sky, and the white color.
The brush may be downloaded on this address:
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/34277964/?
&q=boost%3Apopular+in%3Aresources%2Fapplications%2Fpsbrushes+cloud
and insert more cloudiness on all the layers:



If that is necessary, we may change the layers' colors, using this command: Image - Adjustments - Hue/Saturation (ctrl+u).



Take now the Gradient Tool and paint the clouds on their lateral sides on a new layer. After that we should change the layer's Blending Mode on Soft Light and minimize the Opacity till 80%.



Give a certain nuance to the tree also:



Combine all the layers: Layer - Merge Visible (shift+ctrl+e) and insert several scratches on the entire picture's surface. Select for this operation the Dodge Tool of 1 px.

 

Now create a frame, using the Crop Tool and the Gradient Tool.



The picture is finished!

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