Can anyone help me fix this blown sky?

[brandywine9699]

I have worked through several tutorials that I found, but I still can't fix this sky. There are others issues with the photo, I know, but if someone can help me fix the sky I can fix the others. Thanks in advance!
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[edbayani]

dragged an image of sunset sky and positioned it on top of the blown out sky. using levels adjusted the density of the sunset. used color range to select the blown out sky and inversed the selection and went to the sunset layer and deleted the excess sky. with curves, adjusted the photo of girl to lighten it and flattened.

[brandywine9699]

thank you so much! Sorry to post such a large image. Both of my toddlers woke up last night right as I hit enter and realized that it was too large. I have a hard time moving images and blending them together. Thanks again so much!

[edbayani]

you're welcome!
hope the process i used can be of help.

[Indigo November]

I like it just as it is. I think the blown sky adds to the image, not detracts. I really like everything about this photo, very moody. I love it! JMO.

[OsmosisStudios]

Originally Posted by artofindigo

I like it just as it is. I think the blown sky adds to the image, not detracts. I really like everything about this photo, very moody. I love it! JMO.

Same: I'd have left it as is, simply lightening the lower (her dress is very dark)

[harrypalmer044]

Hi there,
I hope you don't mind me having a 5 minute play with your interesting image, rather than try to fix the sky I just replaced it. I hope that's ok? I also adjusted the colours, contrast and sharpness a little.

"Adjusted Sky"

[RLucas]

Originally Posted by OsmosisStudios

Same: I'd have left it as is, simply lightening the lower (her dress is very dark)

+1 on that.

[brandywine9699]

harrypalmer044, no I don't mind. I appreciate your time and effort. I really like what both of you did for my photo. Blown skies are really hard for me to learn how to fix. I am going to go back and study this image to see if I can learn something because I didn't think you should ever leave a a blown sky, but I see where artofindigo liked it.

[brandywine9699]

one more question..edbayani...

I know how to move one image over to another, but I can't figure out how to tell photoshop to only replace the sky, etc. Can you tell me what is the best way to do that? Thank you!