Turn floral imagery into an enchanted garden state. The photo I used is one I took of some flowers in my back yard.

Download original image here.

Scaled version is below.

Garden State

First, duplicate the original ‘Gardenstate’ layer, by ‘Right + Click’ (Mac: Control + Click) & from the list choose ‘Duplicate Layer’.

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With the ‘Gardenstate copy’ layer active, go to ‘Edit/Transform/Flip Horizontal’ to reverse the directional flow of this layer.

Next, still on the ‘Gardenstate copy’ layer, change its Blend Mode from Normal to Multiply.

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The final result is below. Simply a few steps but the results are enchanting.

Garden State

In Summary:

1. Duplicate Image to a new layer above the original.
2. Edit/Transform/Horizontal Flip the duplicate layer
3. Change Blend Mode from Normal to Multiply

A variation.

Garden State