This photo was done in the same manner as the previous photo I uploaded to this blog. The beam of light was made with a custom white brush to give it a light ray effect. The birds were inserted into this photo to give the background more detail as it is a very plain background. I tried lightening the top half of the body to match the fake light ray to make it look more realistic. I didn't shoot the subject photo with a high enough shutter speed as there is a small amount of motion blur on his feet.

These photos illustrate how I developed and manipulated a combination of photos to create my final outcome.
1. untouched background image
2. crop to this size,photo filter and colour balance
3. add light rays
4. add birds
5. add drop shadow matching light direction