Started with a plain jane photo of a Roping event that had a very distracting back ground. eliminated the background in PhotoShop, added some clouds using colors in the forground. I used the same colors as a way to isolate the subject. I then wanted it to look as though the cowboy was breaking out of the cloud, So I added the highlights behind him. Not much of a writer, Sorry if I am vague.
Great job on the PS effects. A shame that the main subject's image quality itself is so poor. The capture and action is super and your end result is great.