How can I integrate Harry into the background?

 
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Edited April 20, 201411 yr by Adept

Selective color

 

Part of my tutorial here + Radial blur on Lighten with lowered opacity, some brushes for the effects (just dots yo), A cooling filter, and a lens blur on lighten with lowered opacity.

 

Edited April 20, 201411 yr by zaros784

Selective color

 

Sweet! Looks better; thanks for the contribution.

 

Part of my tutorial here + Radial blur on Lighten with lowered opacity, some brushes for the effects (just dots yo), A cooling filter, and a lens blur on lighten with lowered opacity.

 

Hmm, I would lower down the brightness, though. Sick effect which will definitely come in handy. Thanks for replying.

I'd say manipulate Harry less and his surroundings more. You have a definitive foreground and background, which means you can fill up everything in between (and probably should). Watch the light on his face and work with your canvas to mimic lights that would create that effect. With that you can have some diversity in hue/sat/lightness between bg and fg so you don't end up making it monotonous. However, it would probably serve well to clip some adjustments to Harry and the castle. You can do anything with curves layers