How Do You Make Skies Beautiful With GIMP?
• Shot at 100 ISO on a Canon D30. The area below the horizon is underexposed, but the highlights in the sky have been preserved. Shoot at a slow ISO speed, if your camera supports changing this. For point and shoot cameras, this should always be the slowest speed you have. If you have a digital SLR, this is less important, but you should still err towards using slower speeds. Our example used 100 ISO on an ancient Canon D30; more recent digital SLRs will be fine at much faster speeds. We’ll get to the reason for this in a bit. • Use a graduated neutral density filter when taking your photos. Consider getting one if you don’t have one. A graduated neutral density filter blocks out light in part of your photo; since skies are typically much brighter than whatever is below them, this allows you to get a more consistent exposure across your photo. But, if you don’t have one, or you have no way of fitting filters to your camera or lens, don’t worry about it; see the next step. Underexpose i
