Help with over exposed sky

[Karl]

what white ballance are u having your camra set on?

That day it was set for 'Cloudy'. These shots were done as JPEGs.

Karl

[Owl]

Arthurking83, thanks for a very informative post.

[Kat]

yes, so, how would I get the sky blue ?

This is the question

Grad ND is one answer
HDR is another
Fill flash is another

As said, with a large dynamic range as illlustrated in my photo, and yours where the majority of the centre part of the image is probably a good two stops less than the sky, the sky is blown

I would try Kiwi's ideas, I use these and they all work

[ving]

havent read all the replies but i am sure the question has been answerd...

my take tho, there isnt much you can do if you meter for the very brights then the whole picture will look too dark, if you meter for the darks the highlights are blown. you could try a hdr (?) and thats about it.

i usually want to make sure the subject of my shot is exposed properly, and some times it means sky is blown but atleast what i am trying to show isnt.

[ameerat42]

That day it was set for 'Cloudy'. These shots were done as JPEGs.

Karl

Woops! Next time save as raw and conserve all the info the jaypegging discarded. I worked on your 1st image. Here's what I got. Some shadow-highlight in PS after cutting off sky. Then some Selective colour in the remaining sky. You can see the driver somewhat.

It's not brilliant, but if the sky offends, then cut it off. (Hmm, some foreground could also go.) Am.