Cross is chopped, split in half, duplicated, flipped horizontallly, then will be merged.
step 6 of 10
This step shows where cross was found in the blue glass window source.
step 7 of 10
Source of light rays is added and will be erased except for the rays using soft eraser tool.
step 8 of 10
Here figure is added. It will be scaled much smaller later on, and color, which is toward lavendars, will be changed. I leave it here to show changes that go along with getting an image where it will satisfy me.
step 9 of 10
From source photo, doves are changed to several different positions using the smudge tool. Dodge and burn tools are used on them next.
step 10 of 10
Color changes have been made to go back to blues, and figure and cross have been scaled smaller here. Cross is changed slightly in perspective using distort and perspective tools. Render/lighting effects/spotlight is used behind cross. More soft light is brushed in at base of cross and figure. Next, the birds are added, scaling them larger toward front, then smaller toward cross.