The making of The path upwards, step by step...
original image

step 1 of 7

step 2 of 7
Used the path itself to extend the path a little.

step 3 of 7
Used parts of the two mountain sources to contstruct the scene.

step 4 of 7
Decided to lift the Venice palace out of the water and put it on the top.

step 5 of 7
Did some work on the blending: cloning, hue/saturation adjustment layers. Changed the scattering and opacity-jitter and spacing of one of the standard brushed to create snow. Also some motion blur on the snow.

step 6 of 7
Added more snow and darkened parts of the mountaints.

step 7 of 7
To enhance the atmosphere, desaturated and darkened the sky. Also enhanced the highlights of the palace.
Only thing left is to crop the image.
Only thing left is to crop the image.

final result

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