Background was filled with a dark color. I added a new layer set to color dodge and filled with black, and then painted on top of that layer with low opacity brush. Then the Trees were made on a new layer and with the smudge tool to pull up the structures.
The face was made with the brake lights on the source image. To get the shape I wanted I had to use a duplicate of the same brake light at different sizes. I had to then smudge them together.