"Celcius" wrote in message
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Hi everyone!

Why is the sky washed out

Because it is over-exposed . . .
Because the tree in the middle is mostly shaded . . .
Because you shot the photo during the middle of the day.

You'd have achieved the same results with almost any camera, film or digital
at that moment on automatic settings shooting the same scene.

Next time, take the photo when the sun is at a low angle and shining on the
front of the house and you will get a blue sky because the tree and front of
the house will be much brighter in relation to the blue sky than in your
image.

But that's just the easy way. Of course, it won't work completely unless the
front of the house is pointed generally to the east or west.

You can also try polarizers, photoshop, combining multiple exposures and a
bunch of other stuff.

Eric Miller