I spent a good hour or two trying to clone this wall over the window in the background. I ended up having to crop it because it didn't look believable. I used the multiply blending mode (as a copy of the background), a curves layer, a color balance layer to reduce the redness, and sponged the jacket and feathers to make them stick out a little more. I also used burn a little on the left side so the wall looked like it was further back.
I used two curves layers- one to lighten the whole photo and one to fix the contrast afterwards. I had to use the dodge tool to lighten up her whole body and face especially... not sure how I feel about that. I made two gradient layers (one pink-to-transparent and one orange-to-transparent) and set their blending mode to screen. I also used the sponge tool to increase the saturation on the sunset and scarf.
I had to crop this one too, which sucks. I used a curves layer to fix contrast and a color balance layer to make the color a little more orangey-golden. I used an orange-to-transparent gradient and set the blending mode to screen. Finally, I saturated the sunset with the sponge tool.
I really liked how this turned out. I used crop, obviously, then a curves layer, a color balance layer, and a multiply blend layer (on a background copy). I also used the sponge tool to saturate the feathers better, and used dodge to whiten the whites of her eyes.
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