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Here's another option:
Open both images in Photoshop and set them side-by-side. Hold down the CTRL key and click-and-hold on the image you want to "feather" and drag it over to the other image and realease. (Hold SHIFT when releasing to make it centered).
With both images in the same document, you can go ahead and close the other one. Make sure the top layer is active and click the Add Layer Mask button at the bottom of the layers palette (grey square with a white circle inside). You'll see a second box appear next to the image thumbnail in the layers palette - this is the mask.
When using masks, white makes this layer visible and black allows the bottom image to show through. Use black and a large, soft brush to paint away the areas you don't want to see.
You can also use a Gaussian Blur on the mask, later, to soften the transition even more.
The benefit of using a mask is that it's non-destructive. You can change the mask as much as you want without changing the original image. If you want to start over, simple fill the mask with white again and re-paint it with black to get it how you want it.
Hope that helps.
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