The right side of this photo of mine was used for the foliage right of the stairs, and 75% of it was clipped off.
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My photo used for the foliage left of the stairs.
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Left foliage initial cropping from previous photo
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Trimming right tree tops(look for man with chainsaw)
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I incorrectly said the second forest picture was being used in a previous step. It is not added until now for the left side.
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Left trees trimmed
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Setting alignment for original rear-mounted flag poles. I later decided they looked better front mounted so I moved them.
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Flags drawn with the pen tool, filled, then ripples air brushed for light/shadow.
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OOPs, forgot about the sky! The next picture was used for the distant hills. The one after it was used for the upper sky, without the rocks & people of course.