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Have a photo or two with an almost pure white sky. Nice sunny day, everything else is perfectly exposed, but I really want to put in a nice blue sky. Suggestions? Just paint it in?
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If you shot in RAW, the info might still be there. Maybe. Possibly. 
When you open the file in whatever RAW converter you use, drop the exposure way down to see if you get the detail that you need.
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Expose and process once for everything but the sky. Save the file.
Expose and process once for the sky - lowering the exposure a lot to see if the detail in the sky comes back.
Overlay the two images. Place the dark image on bottom, and the blown out sky image on top. Erase the blown out sky hopefully letting the better looking sky come through.
Does that make any kind of sense?
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Yea, didn't think of playing with the RAW file. I'll try that when I get some time tonight. Thanks.
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Yea, didn't think of playing with the RAW file. I'll try that when I get some time tonight. Thanks.
Show us the before and after.
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Open the raw file, edit the way you want it. Save as psd
Open the raw file, edit so that the sky looks good. Save as psd
Open the first psd
Open the second psd
Copy the first psd into the second (so the correctly exposed sky is on top
Use the eraser untill you're happy.
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I was beginning to wonder if I should keep shooting JPEG+RAW or just switch to JPEG. I think I'm going to stick with it after seeing it salvage this picture.
Final Product:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/deadcactus/3502711170/
Original:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v642/deadcactus/IMG_0645.jpg
Reduced Exposure to Bring out Sky:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v642/deadcactus/IMG_0645-2.jpg
Some Pseudo-HDR:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v642/deadcactus/cryingAngel-hdr1.jpg
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Good move as I always tell people to use raw for everything. Not enough room? Buy a bigger memory card as they are dirt cheap nowadays.
Good work DC.
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Very nice. I really like the final result. Well done.
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Straighten or no? (Accidentally killed the link above, I think.)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/deadcactus/3503566000/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/deadcactus/3503567338/
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Straighten yes.
Nice work though, I like the result.
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Stunning photo and I love the PP done on it, it looks like a real owrk of art!
As for a and b, normally I would say yay to the straightened one, but right now, I like the slightly squint one, it adds to the artistry of the over all image for me (or it could be just that wine makes my head squint  )
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I think I'm going to go with the straightened one. I like the angle of the angel on the original, but once you notice the horizon is angled it seems distracting. Plus I get the feeling that the preference for the original is smaller in magnitude to the preference for the straightened on. (eg I get the impression people either really dislike the original angle or slightly preffer it.)
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Very nice DC, Very Artsy, I like it! Yes straighten it. Not sure if the red flowers add or detract from the shot, but either way I really like it.
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The Red flowers remind me of the scene of the "Girl in the red Coat" from Schindler's List.
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