Where am I?!?!
Entry guide: step 1 of 9

The original
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I Selected the grave and the warped it down to make a shorter headstone.
Entry guide: step 3 of 9

At this point i added the cracked earth source over the arms and hands. i changed the blending mode to mutiply and the applied a layer mask and masked out the edges. Then I burned the edges the give depth. applied a gussian blur and erased the center to add more depth. i then cut it from the background. added it to the main pic...
Entry guide: step 4 of 9

I changed the blending mode of the background and added a bit of piled dirt around the base of the arms. then i erased a bit of the white sky with a very soft brush and a layer mask.
Entry guide: step 5 of 9

Here is the dirt pile, out of order.
Entry guide: step 6 of 9

I then selected parts of the skins and used the warp tool to "rip" the skin a bit exposing the bone underneath.
Entry guide: step 7 of 9

Here is the bone.
Entry guide: step 8 of 9

At this point i added the sky behind the background layer and blended it more evenly. then i added the engraving to the stone. I then added a few ajustment layers and darkened the whole image to set the mood and the added another to change the tone to Sepia using a Photo filter adjustment layer!
Entry guide: step 9 of 9

Upon suggestion i added better shadow and added a new adjustment layer to ad a slight blue tinge to everything and painted away to parts i didnt was to be blue. (As in parts the moonlight wouldnt hit)
final result

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