Make some shapes with the pen tool, copy paste and transform to build the stairs.
Make some wood texture using Filters > Render > Fibers.
Use the shapes as clipping masks and fill them with the texture.
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Continue making stairs
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And more
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Duplicate some shapes of the stairs and set the mode fro this layers to multiply to begin with the shadows.
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Copy and paste the tree to move it to a new position, clone the sky to hide the original
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With a new layer in multiply mode finish the shadows
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own photo
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Paste and mask, use a thin brush to mask the bottom part and blur a bit to make it blend better with the grass.
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Add the shadow for the hand too
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Make a Black & White adjustment layer to make the image black and white, customize the lightness of the colors and select a warm gray checking the tint box.
Increase the contrast to finish.
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Make a Black & White adjustment layer to make the image black and white, customize the lightness of the colors and select a warm gray checking the tint box.
Increase the contrast to finish.