An interesting sky is almost as important to a landscape photo as the land beneath it. If the sky lacks interest or is improperly exposed, it can take away from the overall quality of the image. So what’s the secret to capturing those stunning and eye catching skies we see in the work of our favorite landscape photographers? While there’s really no secret formula, there are a handful of things we can do. Let’s take a look at some of those techniques.

Timing Is everything but unfortunately, there’s only so much we can do to control what kind of skies we have to work with. Many top landscape photographers consider a circular polarizing filter and a graduated neutral density filter essential items in their gear bag.

In this tutorial we have three simple segments where you can improve sky in photoshop:

• More Dramatic Sky
• Blending Sky Using Gradient Tool
• Replacing Sky With Another More Dramatic Sky

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