The Arc

I use a little wood from the house and begin with the distort and warp tool

i build the left side of the arc using the same technique

i make the 80% of the arc

after 215 layers the arc is complete

in this step, added the water from a storm day

i added a wave from another image, after use de extract filter i use a color balance

whit the source of the top, a make the texture of the arc to obtain a not so plastic effect, whit the another image born the background

the elphant is from another image

another animal, an putting the shadows

in the last step added the dolphins an cloning the water, all sources are taken from stock exchange

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all images are taken from stock,xchng.com

reference image, a draw