I've been to Burano Island near Venice many, many times, and I've neve seen a pretty sky there. I'm sure they happen, but I've never seen one. On Tuesday when my photo group and I went there, the sky was solid white, and in most (but not all) situations, white skies are distracting. They seriously detract from the picture. That's why you need a file of many kinds of skies so you can replace them when necessary. It's important to match the lighting, of course, because to put a sunset sky with a picture taken in diffused light from overcast conditions wouldn't make sense. In this case, I used a sky showing defined clouds with a range of interesting tones -- the kind of sky that would produce this kind of soft light. I used a 24mm focal length here, and my settings were 1/250, f/14, and 640 ISO.
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