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smooth skies
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for e.g. the above pic has a 'rough' looking sky, how do I 'smooth' it out and change the colour?
for e.g. the above pic has a 'rough' looking sky, how do I 'smooth' it out and change the colour?
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The problem there Karen is that the highlights are really blown in parts of your sky and there's no way you can recover detail when they're that blown.
The pixelly look you're referring to is image noise which you can do something about - I just used a selective mask for the sky and used a soften filter.
The pixelly look you're referring to is image noise which you can do something about - I just used a selective mask for the sky and used a soften filter.
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Well they dont need to get better than that 
That is a lovely pic.
CT is right, the pixelly effect is noise, and easily sorted.
One of the most popular approaches is via a plugin for Photoshop.
Personally I use Noiseware by Imagenomic, some other people use, for example "Noise Ninja". Or you can do it yourself by methods such as the one CT describes above...it's all down to personal ability, preference and taste really...I prefer the easy route sometimes
That is a lovely pic.CT is right, the pixelly effect is noise, and easily sorted.
One of the most popular approaches is via a plugin for Photoshop.
Personally I use Noiseware by Imagenomic, some other people use, for example "Noise Ninja". Or you can do it yourself by methods such as the one CT describes above...it's all down to personal ability, preference and taste really...I prefer the easy route sometimes
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The difference between your photo and my lighthouse one is, you have clouds in the sky.
The lighthouse shot was taken on a very clear evenning, with the use of a polariser and a 3 stop ND grad.
The ND filter has helped balance the exposure, by darkening the sky to match the detail in the shadow areas.
The polariser helps bring the colours out.
Using both allows for use of longer shutter speeds, which can smooth out any movement in the shot.
Did you use any filters in your shot?
The use of a ND Grad could have helped balance the sky, stopping the blown out highlights.
It could have also softened it slightly by using a longer shutter speed.
HTH
The lighthouse shot was taken on a very clear evenning, with the use of a polariser and a 3 stop ND grad.
The ND filter has helped balance the exposure, by darkening the sky to match the detail in the shadow areas.
The polariser helps bring the colours out.
Using both allows for use of longer shutter speeds, which can smooth out any movement in the shot.
Did you use any filters in your shot?
The use of a ND Grad could have helped balance the sky, stopping the blown out highlights.
It could have also softened it slightly by using a longer shutter speed.
HTH
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The quick fix is to do a "select by colour" to grab the sky. Plonk the dropper on a bit that looks fairly average for the sky and slide the "fuzziness" slider until you have sky and not foreground. If some has been grabbed - go to Quick Mask and using white remove these areas. Back to dancing ants and then a very little bit of Gaussian Blur - have a look at "Walking with Grandma" in Critique Forum and this has been done between first and last image along with the cropping and cloning! Who says we don't cheat!