First time with Gimp

[Achaicus]

I have a photo that has a good subject and decent composition, but the point and pray that took the photo skews color regularly. I also did not have a polarizing filter so the sky was very washed out. I only took the one shot of this so it is all I have.

It took me probably an hour to figure out how to use layers, masks, and select tool together in the attempt to fix colors and increase saturation in the sky.

Original

"Fixed" I say that because I gave up due to my own technical limitations. Three layers, one for sky, and two that combined the two best of my color adjustments. I wanted adjust the masks to use more of one in one area but gave up before I got that.

CC and beginner tips for PP please.

 

[KmH]

Looks pretty good. Figure out how to dodge and burn, that will help too.

Buy [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-GIMP-Novice-Professional-Second/dp/1430210702/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243384031&sr=8-1"]this book[/ame].