The making of Ornate Tail, step by step...

original image

step 1 of 13

Selected tail and copied it.

step 2 of 13

Copied tail and flipped it vertical.

step 3 of 13

Multiply mode.

step 4 of 13

Color overlay soft light mode.

step 5 of 13

Sky zoom blur of fan layer.

step 6 of 13

Screen mode for brightness.

step 7 of 13

Perspective transform to adjust rays.

step 8 of 13

Drag out control handles.

step 9 of 13

Mask bottom rays.

step 10 of 13

Guassian blur rays.

step 11 of 13

Flip rays vertical.

step 12 of 13

Original photo.

step 13 of 13

Completed photoshop image.

final result