I also added a blue color by clicking the color box down at the bottom of the Graduated Filter panel. I decreased the Highlights to -8 and increased the Saturation to +13.
This is a Custom Graduated Filter, with the Exposure reduced to -1.88 to darken the sky quite a bit, with the Contrast upped to 22. You can drag in any direction including diagonally, horizontally or vertically, depending on where the sky is in your image. To apply the Graduated Filter on this image, we are starting at the top, and drag the filter down towards the horizon. Plus, blown out skies can be distracting when viewed on a computer monitor. In the image below, we have a typical snow sky – completely white, and, when printed, will have no ink on that section of the print for that very reason: completely white = no ink will be put down by the printer. One of the most popular ways of editing skies in Lightroom is using the Graduated Filter tool. Don’t worry, though – there are a few ways to give your skies some zing and add the blue back in, without having to open Photoshop and do a full-on sky replacement. Sometimes, you just are not going to have perfectly blue skies and big, billowy clouds in your photos.
How to Enhance & Make a Sky Blue in Lightroom How to Sync Lightroom Presets from CC to Mobile How to Install Presets in the Free Lightroom Mobile App How to Sync Lightroom Presets from CC to Mobile.How to Install Presets in the Free Lightroom Mobile App.
