Layers with thanks to Steve

This follows on from the BPS Sunday morning Photoshop lesson on layers led by Steve. Very helpful, thanks very much.
I'd got a nice pic of my brother with his little lad Harry

and another which was great for Jack as well but had John's eyes closed.

I wondered if I could transplant the eyes without the help of Photoshop rather than Christian Barnard.

So I managed to open both and put them each into a layer, I then used the free transform tool to align the heads with the top layer on 80% transparency.

Then I made a mask on the top layer and painted in black to reveal the open eyes underneath.

I did a little cloning to reduce reflections in the glasses.

Obviously its much better to get it right in camera to start with, but this was just a moment when Jack touched his little brother and John. All the different hand sizes are special to me.