A Work in Progress: dragonfly



This guide was made for entry:
dragonfly
In Contest:
glass sphere


Original image


step 1 of 5

I made all parts from this part of source image. I used path tool to make different parts of dragonfly.

Creation of dragonfly: Step 1

step 2 of 5

when I picked up all parts together I used dodge and burn tools for each layer to add lights and shadows

Creation of dragonfly: Step 2

step 3 of 5

I fill new layer with light blue color and used flood filter to make water

Creation of dragonfly: Step 3

step 4 of 5

I add adjustment layers - curves for sky and water

Creation of dragonfly: Step 4

step 5 of 5

I used filter-distort-ripple to make reflection on water. Than I add curves and levels adjustment layers to whole image.

Creation of dragonfly: Step 5

Final result

Creation of dragonfly: Final Result

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