Need help with this one.

[cgesteland]

I like the subject and think the framing is OK. Have already gone through sharpening and saturation adjustments, but I hate that white sky.

Any ideas on how I can save this?

http://www.vanert.net/gallery/album82/aaj?full=1

[gucio321]

I don't know how much artistic freedom you are willing to use :), but you can do one of to things that are very quick and fairly easy fixes. The easies and least "intrusive" would be to clone the blue from the blue part of the sky into the white sky. The other a litle bit more work intensive and more manipulative, would be to cut out the sky all together and replace it with another sky. Both ao those can be done very easily in PS. If you want I can post a few quick pics to show you what it may look like. If you need help on how to do those things try this site (http://www.bbdigital.co.uk/tutorials/ps5/photoshop_page_1.htm). If I am just stating the obvious forgive me, I just trying to help :)


p.s. By the way I forgot to say I realy like the picture

[eland]

Hi Clio

A lovely shot. As you say, it needs some help.

Aside from the sky the rock colors are not as rich as they
could be. Maybe try Mitch's haze remover.
(Or my way by increasing contrast which doesn't add noise. )

Paul has about summed up the sky problem.
As the sky area where it meets land is not too cluttered
you can do this as a quick fix.

(I don't think you need clouds in the new sky)

Select the foreground with the magic wand tool.
When you have it all selected, invert the selection
so only the sky is selected.
Clear the sky area to very pale gray.

Choose a pale blue and use the graduated paint bucket
going from pale blue at the top to very very pale blue
or your very pale gray near the horizon.
Use the blue not at full opacity.

the main thing with the sky in this fine photo is to have
it so no one looks at the sky ! All you need is an
unobtrusive pale graduated sky.

the PS Tutorials that Paul supplied will give you this
technic in greater detail, using layer masks.

Kind regards
eland

[eland]

Clio

You pic is done but it has failed to send 3 times.
I'll keep trying. Maybe later when the lines might be
less busy.

It's a great photograph.
Upping the Contrast made a big difference to the color
of the rocks and the sharpness.
The sky is fine now. Sky in a picture like this should
be unobtrusive. All the interest is in the rock formations
and on the guy on top.

Will try again later.

Regards
eland

[henkbos]

Had a few similar pictures to fix the other day, although not of such spectacular scenery. What I would do:
- create a new layer, extract the mountains on the right, darken these a little
- create another layer, extract the sky, fill it with blue and brush a few clouds in there. You can download cloud brushes from the internet
- flatten the image
- grab a beer and enjoy the view

Henk

[cgesteland]

Thanks everyone for your help.

eland was sweet enough to show me the end result of his suggested corrections. You can find it here (http://www.vanert.net/gallery/album82/aaz) posted right next to the original one.

The colors are certainly brighter and the sky is no longer an eyesore.

Thanks again everyone!!

[henkbos]

Thought I might have a go at this one. Unfortunately only the one on the web available that was framed, but it's the idea that counts....
The 2 different colors in the sky are still bothering me and I would have taken them out in the original.

http://www.henkbos.com/Various/aaj.jpg

[Sheila]

This would have been a great image if it wasn't so overexposed so I can see why you want to save it. But IMHO, I don't think you can. Overexposure is much harder to "fix" in PS than underexposure. I agree with Paul that a good fix would be to layer another sky into the image (which I guess is easier said than done!). After reading a magazine article on a pro photographer, I am just starting to photograph interesting skies and putting them into a folder marked that way. You never know .....

Cheers
Sheila