1. | Open Adobe Bridge. |
2. | Navigate to San Galgano photo and highlight it. |
3. | Select Open, Open in Camera Raw to launch the Camera Raw dialog box. |
4. | On the Adjust tab in the Settings section, move the Exposure slider control to +2.30. |
5. | Set the Shadows slider to +6 to deepen the shadows to a pure black. |
6. | Set the Brightness slider to 94, the Contrast slider to +36, and the Saturation slider to -100 to desaturate the image completely. |
7. | Click the Detail tab in the Camera Raw dialog box. |
8. | Increase the Sharpness slider to 59, set Luminance Smoothing to 12, and click the Open button to open the adjusted photo in Photoshop. |
9. | Select the Crop tool and draw a square crop from the upper-left corner, holding down the Shift key to constrain the crop proportion to a square. |
10. | Double-click the crop to apply it. |
11. | Double-click the word Background in the Background layer to highlight it; rename the layer Cathedral 30%. |
12. | Set the Opacity slider in the Layers palette to 30%. |
13. | Click the Create New Layer icon at the bottom of the Layers palette and drag the new layer to the bottom of the layers stack. |
14. | Fill the new layer with white by selecting the Paintbucket tool, setting the foreground color to white, and clicking in the image window. |
15. | Double-click the new layer's title to highlight it and rename the layer White. |
16. | Choose Image, Canvas Size to launch the Canvas Size dialog box. |
17. | Set the Width value to 2,967 pixels (200%), click the right-top anchor square, and click OK. |
18. | Drag the Cathedral 30% layer to the Create New Layer icon in the Layers palette to create a duplicate layer. |
19. | Set the duplicate layer's Opacity slider to 24%. Then click the Cathedral 30% Copy text to highlight it and rename the layer Cathedral 24%. |
20. | Click the Add Layer Mask icon to add a mask to the Cathedral 24% layer. |
21. | Select the Brush tool with a 200-pixel brush, make black the foreground color, and set Opacity to 19%. Brush in the layer mask in the lower-right corner to lighten and blend the layers. |
22. | Drag the Cathedral 30% layer to the Create New Layer icon in the layers palette, creating another duplicate layer. |
23. | Set the layer's blending mode to Soft Light. Then double-click the layer's title and rename the layer Cathedral Soft Lt. |
24. | Choose Edit, Transform, Flip Horizontal to flip the Cathedral Soft Lt layer; use the Move tool to drag the layer to align with the cathedral images beneath it. |
25. | Click the Add Layer Mask icon to add a mask to the Cathedral Soft Lt layer. |
26. | Select the Brush tool with a 200-pixel brush, make black the foreground color, and set Opacity to 19%. Brush in the layer mask on the right side of the layer to lighten and blend the layers. |
27. | Select Curves from the Adjustment Layer pull-down menu in the Layers palette. |
28. | In the Curves dialog box that appears, add three data points to the curve: Input: 33, Output: 35; Input: 110, Output: 136; and Input: 202, Output: 241. |
29. | Select the Polygonal Lasso tool and click at the point where the ledge shape juts into the white sky. Continue clicking to outline the ledge shape as a selection. |
30. | Click the Add New Layer button at the bottom of the Layers palette to add a new layer. Name the layer Ledge Mask in the dialog box that appears and click OK. |
31. | Set the foreground color to white and select the Paintbucket tool. |
32. | Click in the active selection to fill it with white, masking the ledge in the layers beneath it. |
33. | Open the Campo Clouds file. |
34. | Select the Crop tool and Shift-drag to draw a square crop selection that selects only the clouds in the photo. Double-click to crop the image. |
35. | Copy the cropped photo and paste it into the composite. Highlight the new layer and rename it Clouds. |
36. | Select the Move tool and drag the Clouds layer into position on the left side of the composition. |
37. | Set the foreground and background colors to black and white. |
38. | Select the Gradient Map option from the Adjustment Layer menu at the bottom of the Layers palette; click OK in the Gradient Map dialog box. |
39. | Double-click the text Gradient Map in the Layers palette to select it and rename the layer B&W Gradient Map. |
40. | Position the mouse pointer on the line between the Clouds layer and the B&W Gradient Map layer. Option-click (Alt-click in Windows) to create a clipping mask. |
41. | Open the Drips file. |
42. | Copy the Drips file and paste into the composite. Highlight the new layer and rename it Drips. |
43. | Choose Image, Adjustments, Invert to reverse the Drips layer. |
44. | Set the Drips layer blending mode to Difference. |
45. | With the Drips layer active, click the Add Layer Mask icon at the bottom of the Layers palette to create a mask. |
46. | Select the Brush tool with black as the foreground color and the Opacity slider in the Options bar set to 24%. |
47. | Paint the mask in the clouds area in the lower-left corner to fade out the gritty texture from the Drips layer and complete the image. |