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Step 16
To Blend better the Lady we have to add some light behind her. Create a layer under the Lady layer and set it to Soft Light with Opacity 80%. Pick a soft round brush (Opacity > 30%; Size > 900px) and paint some light around her.

Step 17
Let's work now on the mood. Add a Selective Color Adjustment Layer above everything with these settings:
- Blues: Cyan 0; Magenta: +6; Yellow: +54; Black +3.
This is the result.

Step 18
Open the 'Rope' Stock. Create a layer below the one you made for the light behind the Lady and put there the rope. Resize and rotate it (CTRL+T) until it fits the prospective.

Step 19
Add a Hue/Saturation Layer Adjustment ONLY for the Rope.
- Master: Hue 180; Lightness -21.

Step 20
Create a new layer above evrything. We're going to add some shadow where the lady stands. Pick the color #04083b wirh a soft brush (30% Opacity) and paint some shadow on the rope and the girl's hands, then set the layer to Overlay.

Step 21
Let's go with some other lights! Pick the color #daffff. Chose a round hard brush and paint something like the image below.

Go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur and set 250 px.

Set the layer to Soft Light and we'll have this result.

Step 22
Add a Gradient Map Adjustment layer (Colors are shown below). Set the Layer to Soft Light with Opacity and Fill at 80%.

Step 23
Time to enhance our work. Create a new layer. Go to Edit > Fill > 50% Gray. Set the layer to Overlay. Use the Burn Tool to paint the shadows (Range: Midtones; Strength: 20), the Dodge Tool for lights (Range: Midtones; Strength 20) and highlights (Range: Highlights; Strength 15). Below you can see my dodge & burn.

And this is the result.

Step 24
Add a Brightness / Contrast Adjustments.
- Brightness 5
- Contrast 20
![final-results[1] final-results[1]](https://cdn.photoshoptutorials.ws/images/stories/54dc9418df76_96BF/final-results1.png?strip=all&lossy=1&quality=64&webp=65&avif=35&w=1920&ssl=1)
Final Results
![final-results[2] final-results[2]](https://cdn.photoshoptutorials.ws/images/stories/54dc9418df76_96BF/final-results2.png?strip=all&lossy=1&quality=64&webp=65&avif=35&w=1920&ssl=1)
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10 comments on “Create this Breathtaking Photo Manipulation of a Tightrope Dancer in Photoshop”
Nice technique. Really useful..........Thanks for sharing
Wow, these are really creative! They remind me of those Chip Fosse drawings from Overhauling’. Great work
amazing picture
Beautiful!! I like it
awesome tutorial, thanku so much
i have tried to make this one
http://souravlovesnature.deviantart.com/art/Dancer-In-The-Dark-356856418
Simple, and easy... And not a whole list of stocks to download
Hi, Nice work i love it,
i personally did this and it turned out looking absolutely amazing!!!!!!!
Beautiful tutorial! I think it would be helpful if you showed where the tools/layers can be found like the other tutorials.
It would be better if the explanation is done with video