Create a Vivid Winter Aurora Landscape

Use Cmd/Ctrl+T to rotate and enlarge this part:

Step 8

Use layer mask to blur some parts on the top of this effect:

Change the mode to Hard Light 100% and name this layer “sky light” or whatever you want:

Step 9

Extract left mountain and place it at the left of our picture (you can use your own photo).

Step 10

I use some adjustment layers (Clipping Mask) to darken and change color of this mountain:

On second Curves layer I use soft black brush to erase the left side as I want it to be darker than the rest:

Step 11

I want the contour of this mountain a bit brighter (near the sky) so I make a new layer (Clipping Mask) and use soft brush with color #acbbc5, opacity and flow about 50-55% to paint along the contour:

Step 12

Cut out the right mountain and position it at the right:

Step 13

I use Curves and Color Balance to change color and darken it:

On the second Curves layer mask use soft brush to reduce lightness on the right side of this mountain:

Step 14

In this step we’ll be brightening the right mountain more. Make a new layer (Clipping Mask), change the mode to Overlay 100% and fill with 50% gray:

Use Dodge Tool with Midtones Range and Exposure about 20% to brighten the edge of the mountain. You can see how I applied this tool with Normal mode and result with Overlay mode:

Step 15

Isolate the trees from its background and place it at the left side of our picture, remember to convert it to Smart Object before resizing:

Step 16

Duplicate this layer and flip it horizontally. Move it to the right side and enlarge it .

Use layer mask to remove some hard edges and blend it with background:

Step 17

Make group for the trees layer as done with aurora ones but change the mode to Normal 100%. I name these layer “1” and “2”. Create some adjustment layers within this group to change color and darken them:

On Curves layer mask I use black brush with opacity about 20% to erase the top of the trees as they should be brighter than the rest:

On Color Balance layer mask I erase the bottom right of the trees:

On Levels layer mask I erase the top of the trees and the bottom right of them:

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