Source was duplicated , then top layer widened by cloning sky to extend behind cottage.
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Scarecrow source photo
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Cottage garden source
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Cottage source photo
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Cottage is added here and being chopped.
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Garden brought in and duplicated. Duplicated garden is reversed and joined onto 1st one.
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Two gardens are merged, then sunflowers are duplicated several times using the clone tool.
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Here the scarecrow has been chopped and added into garden.
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Blue-gray filter is now added over all (after merging all layers) and opacity reduced to 33%.
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With soft brush set at 10%, mist of light gray is sprayed in streaks, like the morning mist hangs. Also, a gray-brown filter is placed over the work after merging all the layers and lowered in opacity to 30%.