I took a shot and tried to photoshop a new sky in..help needed plz

[RL.]

I fairly new to photography/photoshop..the method I used to photoshop the sky in was to open both pics in photoshop cs3, and clicked and dragged the sky layer onto the lake layer. Then I double licked the new layer and moved the slider but the transition between the sky and buildings looks unnatural, how can I make it look nice!? Help would be very appreciated.

here is the original:

after:

 

[pmsnel]

I can't help you with any photoshop tips, but I think it will never look truly natural. The shadows and reflections do not agree with each other. The light and shadows on the buildings have a whole different direction then you would expect with this sky.

Why would you want to redo the sky? Was the original so bad??

 

[DaevidClarke]

I can't help you with any photoshop tips, but I think it will never look truly natural. The shadows and reflections do not agree with each other. The light and shadows on the buildings have a whole different direction then you would expect with this sky.

Why would you want to redo the sky? Was the original so bad??

getting these elements to match up in a believable photo is not easy to do.

 

[Canosonic]

Just show the original and the people will tell you what to do.

 

[RL.]

original post is updated with original image..

 

[Stormchase]

lol I think it looks pretty cool but who am I? I do see a lot of "artifacting" around the buildings but...

 

[sovietdoc]

Isn't this kind of thing what HDR is for? Merging multiple exposures so that you get the sky and the ground? Photoshop can do it automatically too..