Composites and digital manipulation

Above, is a piece of art that was used as an inspiration to create a digital composite art piece for my client.

Digital manipulation, digital composite, are a few terms applied to this type of photographic art work.
I used Photoshop Elements 10, it has all the tools I need. Everything was photographed with my own gear, including the moon. The sunflowers were photographed in my backyard, the butterfly somewhere in Galveston, the sunset was from San Diego. I photographed Diane in a forest. To allow for the sunset,  the trees had to be removed (in Photoshop, of course). I then applied a final layer of soft wispy reeds to break up the horizon a bit.

From Vision to Fruition.