Maison Dieu Bedehouses,, a photo from Leicestershire, England

Photographer's Note

I put this photo on looking for some advices. The sky on the right looks a bit messy. I have to admit that I wasn't very careful when I took the photo, I thought that the light was strong, bracketing three images, it would be fine. When I looked at them on the computer, for whatever the reason, HDR didn't look right,so I tried single photo.This is the -2 stop one, I brightened up the house a bit, leave the sky as it is. Could anybody tell me why the sky looks like this? I tried several PS tools to get rid of the burnt clouds but it didn't look right. And strangely, I had a look on RAW's histogram, there was no highlight burning sign. But the clouds looked like burnt out..I couldn't understand it. Or they suppose to look like this under this circumstance. If not, any suggestions to fix it,please? Thanks.
The house is located in Melton Mowbray, for more detailed information, please go to the link. Thanks for looking.

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maria-v1981 (10409) 2012-10-26 9:50

Hello Jasmine,
Lovely composition and excellent light and sharpness. The sky add very natural look and match nicely the stone walls. The sky doesn't have something wrong.
Have a nice weekend,
Regards,
Maria

Noel_Byrne (8073) 2012-10-26 10:10

Hi Jasmine,
I agree with maria, I think the sky looks good, and perfectly natural. It suits the image very well. Those houses are beautiful, the colour of the stonework against the blue is excellent. I know this town for their very famous Pork Pies which we buy in Ireland quite often :)
All the best
Noel

holmertz (27216) 2012-10-26 10:12

Hello Jasmine,
I just see a nice photo where nothing is wrong. The sky looks perfectly all right, and so do the prety houses, which are well exposed all over. The elderly couple add the human presence that could lift any composition any time.
Kind regards,
Gert

danos (74518) 2012-10-26 10:15

Hello Jasmine,
spectacular the view as the presentation of the Maison Dieu Bedehouses
with the sky as Maria wrote to be well captured.
I did a WS using for you using 'the smart object' of photoshop.
It exist only in the ROW format.I hope you like it and to be that you want to capture using the bracketing.

Have a good weekend,Danos

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carlo62 (13544) 2012-10-28 3:45

Ciao Jasmine
queste architetture mi piacciono molto, mi piace anche l'atmosfera che hai creato con il taglio della foto e la luce.
Buona domenica
Carlo