Create a Mysterious Fashion Photo Manipulation in Photoshop

Create a Mysterious Fashion Photo Manipulation in Photoshop
Create a Mysterious Fashion Photo Manipulation in Photoshop

Add new adjustment layer Levels and set the Input Levels on 37; 0,66; 255.

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You want to the adjustment affects only MOUNTAINS and not the whole picture. To arrange that right click on the Levels layer and choose the option Create Clipping Mask.

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To desaturate the mountains add new adjustment layer Hue/Saturation on the top of all layers and set the value Saturation on -100. This way mountains get the same color as the sky.

Create clipping mask from this layer as well.

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After this step your image should be similar to the following one.

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Step 5 - Adding Clouds

As I mentioned before the sky looks quite boring because of very few details. Let's add some drama!

Download the picture of clouds into your manipulation. Press Ctrl + T, resize it on proper size and press Enter. Name the layer CLOUDS 1. To blend the layer change its Blending Mode of Soft Light and place it on the left side of the picture.

On the following image you can see where to place the clouds.

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You don't want to have clouds on the girl and snow in the foreground and you also surely want to have nice soft transition between clouds and the rest of the picture.

To fix all this add new adjustment layer to clouds. Grab the Brush Tool (B) and pick black color. Now paint over the areas you want to hide. You can get the inspiration where to paint on the picture below. Parts which could be hidden are red.

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Right click on the layer CLOUDS 1 and select the option Duplicate Layer... . Place this new layer on the right side of the picture and name it e.g. CLOUDS 2. Change its Blending Mode on Soft Light and remove the current layer mask. Then add a new one.

To blend the layer CLOUDS 2 properly paint with black on the layer mask over the red parts from the following picture.

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After this step your image should look like the picture below.

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Step 6 - Removing Sun

Sun doesn't fit to the atmosphere you want to create so you'll cover it with clouds in this step.

Duplicate one of the clouds layers from the previous step and name the new layer e.g. COVER SUN. Since the sun is basically white spot in this picture Soft Light Blending Mode won't work (it would leave the area white). Because of that you need to change its Blending Mode on Multiply. You'll get the result as on the following picture.

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10 comments on “Create a Mysterious Fashion Photo Manipulation in Photoshop”

  1. Thanks for stopping by!I use Lightroom and Photoshop for my pp'ing. I'm rlleay just learning still have found some actions that I like that I have actually rlleay learned a lot from using.

  2. struck in first step...plz tell me how u remove cloth and retain the straw..plz mail me the solution so that i can go for second step

  3. This is really amazing.. its great. but given model image resoulution is not enough for this type of design. Thanks..

    1. Those were very educational Terence! It was like you took us into atenhor world that we would never see & into the eyes of those that work up in the sky. The shot behind the crane operator was awesome and I loved the candid shots that you took. Amazing work my friend! Must have been quite the experience.

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