Here are a couple ways to add ' a little something" to an otherwise boring sky
1. make sure the foreground color is black, add an adjustment layer of gradient
2. reverse the layer so the top is black, click Ok and change the blend mode to soft light
3. to add some clouds, create a new blank layer
4. open another image with clouds so that both are open at the same time
5. use the clone stamp tool to select clouds for the second image, then click on your first image and clone in the clouds
6. when finished, close the cloud image
7. select the move tool, hold down the shift key and keep tapping + ( this cycles through the blend modes) lighten seemed to work on this image
8. if needed, use levels to brighten the clouds ( image After #1)
another method is to do the above up to step 6
then:
7. add a layer style and choose blending options
8. in the Blend if: area, select the top left slider and move it to right
9. to get rid of some of the harshness, hold down option and split that slider and move part of it back to the left ( image After #2)
before after #1
after #2
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