Adding colour to the sky without altering the clouds?

[Smeghead]

I took this image but unfortunately didn't shoot RAW, and didn't bracket either, so I've tried my best to bring out the sky a bit and add a bit of colour, but I don't think I've done a very good job.

In Photoshop, I duplicated the image layer, masked out the sky, colorized it blue and played around with the blending modes. But you can see that the clouds have also been colorized blue, and it makes it look fake in my opinion. But given that I have no idea where the clouds actually begin and end, I'm having trouble figuring out how I would make them white again, and mask them from the colorize layer in a way that makes it look realistic.

Any ideas?

 

[arad85]

In Photoshop, I duplicated the image layer, masked out the sky, colorized it blue and played around with the blending modes. But you can see that the clouds have also been colorized blue, and it makes it look fake in my opinion. But given that I have no idea where the clouds actually begin and end, I'm having trouble figuring out how I would make them white again, and mask them from the colorize layer in a way that makes it look realistic.

Any ideas?

Duplicate image->mask so only the sky is selected and then play with the blue saturation and possibly luminance. It shouldn't affect the clouds then.

 

[Kerioak]

I don't think this image as it is will look right with a blue sky - blue skies are usual on sunny days and you would need to brighten the whole picture if you wanted a blue sky.

I would go back to the original image and duplicated it then dodge and burn the clouds to bring them out more, or, if you really want it blue either use selective colour or a gradient and then erase the parts of the gradient that cover the white clouds

 

[scottthehat]

just replace theblue in the sky and up the saturation, i think the pic lacks pop, would post my version but i see your not ok with editing your images.

 

[swanseamale47]

You could select the sky, add a bit of feather and copy paste to a new layer (ctrl+j) then change the blend mode to multiply.