- level & tone curve adjustments
- shadow/highlight
- brightness & contrast
- exposure adjustment: played around with exposure, offset, and gamma. I find this one quite effective for this image.
- noise reduction
- sharpened
Some burned out areas look a bit dirty ... probably due to no pixel informations there to be retrieved.
1. Select the sky
2. Expand the selection by 1 pixel
3. Delect the selection
4. Open the dramatic sky picture
5. Superimpose the photo over the original photo
6. Adjust the highlights/shadow a little
7. Adjust the level a little