then selected half the layer and render>diff clouds
step 2 of 9
Elliptical marque > fill with green
step 3 of 9
added some noise :P
step 4 of 9
Burned the edges of the circle and made another half black layer above all the work... then changed the layer's blend to soft light....
step 5 of 9
drew a few blades of grass with the pen tool and then added the gradient overlay to them.
step 6 of 9
Duplicated the layer>fliped it> then merged it... repeated the process till i had enough grass
step 7 of 9
Wrapped it up to form a semicircle...
step 8 of 9
Did the same for both sides of grass.... burned the darker side....
step 9 of 9
Ultimately drew the girl and birds with the pen... hair was made by strokin a few strands again with the pen....... also the draker area near the girl was dodged... :P