Original image
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1. I started by enlarging the canvas
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2. I selected part of the left opening, and made 3 copies of that, Moved them into place.
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3. With cloning and coping I repaired the joins and missing bits.
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4. Used own image of Cow
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5. Masked the cow from the background
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6. Added the cow to the original
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7. With a mask I removed some of the foreground to make the cow fit behind the gate.
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8. Own photograph of calf
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9. I mask the calf and copy to main image, with the mask, so It can be fine tuned later.
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10. Continued to clean up around the calf. Some There was still some green tinges around the edge, I got rid of that with the color replacement brush, with repeated colour sampling.
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11. Used curves to darken the calf. Masked some of it so the back half would be darker.
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12. Flower pot, own photograph.
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13. Duplicated the layer, and started with the Magic eraser around the flowers, set to a tolerance of 15, change it to 32 for the red wall. The colour of the floor was too close to the pot, so I used an ordinary eraser.
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14. When I had deleted the background, I Cntr clicked on the thumb to make a selection, I then changed to the original layer and created a mask. I now have a non destructive mask, and can clean up anything I missed or bring back things I should have removed. An easy way to find mistake is to place a layer below the image, and fill with a colour. The top layer can now be deleted.
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15. Clean up all the missed bits, which is easy to see against the coloured background.
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16. then use Refine edges to soften the edges.
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17. Put the flower in the image.
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18. Fix the edges around the cows ear.
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19. Check and add shadows where needed.
Final result
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