Thanks to darkmaiden at www.deviantart.com/deviation/18292194/ for the moth; the original cheetah photo is from www.sxc.hu. Concept, background and photomanipulation my own.
Thanks hagzag for your nice input regarding my cheetah image.To answer your question, I used two separate images of a cheetah and a moth, separated them from their backgrounds and placed them on a background I created from several brushes and a photo of a tree which I placed on different layers and combined with various layer blending modes. Just played with it until I got the effect I wanted.
I love how you combine images into a beatuiful work of art, I never thought of trying that. You have inspired me to give it a try. Very VERY nice work.