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This is just a quick photo I took to practice sky replacement. What do you think? Does the sky look real. Or can you tell I replaced it?

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Old 03-06-2009, 03:34 AM
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Moved to processed photo critique.
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Old 03-06-2009, 04:43 AM
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The sky totally looks real! Nice job.
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Old 03-06-2009, 03:03 PM
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[I]t does look great. Can only slighlty tell if you zoom in real close by the edges that dont quite match up.. That can easily be fixed by using the smudge tool.
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Old 03-06-2009, 03:55 PM
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The sky itself is fine, but it doesnt match the scene in the least. The lighting, shadows, colour, etc are all wrong.
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Old 03-06-2009, 05:48 PM
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Lighting, contour, color. What's wrong with them? How do if fix it?
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Old 03-06-2009, 07:53 PM
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I worked on a few more skies. Any of these look any better?

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Old 03-06-2009, 08:23 PM
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#4 is defnitely the best shot. I wouldn't have guessed you had photo$hopped it unless you had said!

But I think what OS meant was that you have to look at where the light was coming from in your original shot and find a sky where the light is coming from the same direction.
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