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Replace sky or underexpose?


Cindy Young

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The mom in this photo asked if I could put a "good sky -- perhaps a sunset" behind them.  The sun was setting behind them, but there were no clouds in the sky.  I do have a sunset replacement sky I took a couple of days ago but also no clouds.  Would it be better/easier to replace the sky or underexpose and put that image on top of the exposed image and mask off of the people?

 

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Yes, I used that to replace the sky in another of the photos in this series.  Are you saying that that is my best choice? I'm not sure about using an all white fill layer if the sky isn't completely blown out.  Does this sky look blown-out enough?

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OK, thank you--will work on the fountain patiently. So I should not go higher than 70% opacity on the sky?   I do not have any sunset skies in my repertoire (is that the right word?).  Unfortunately, the clouds all dissipated before the sun set.

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