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  • Open new document with water image.
  • Select > Select all
  • Edit > Copy
  • Return to Sky. Paste water image into a new layer.
  • Adjust colors for water layer. Choose Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation

Go to Image > Adjustments > Photo Filter

  • Repeat these actions for building and rocks.
    • Open originals images, select building or rocks using Quick Mask just like in the example.
    • Copy and paste them into new layers. Merge them (right click on layers, choose Merge Layers). Name layer "building".
  • Adjust colors for this Layer.
  • Do of the following:
    1. Erase underwater part of rocks using a translucent Eraser Tool.
    2. Fill a part of a building with rocks texture using Clone Stamp.
    3. Add Vector mask. To create a mask that reveals the entire layer, click the New Layer Mask  button in the Layers palette, or choose Layer > Layer Mask > Reveal All. Fill the top part of Mask with linear gradient (black/transparent).

  • Brighten some areas of the building and darken other, using Dodge Tool and Burn Tool.

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