# non-auto but one shot i took of the 518 **URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/non-auto-but-one-shot-i-took-of-the-518/248923 **Category:** Shift518 Automotive **Created:** [December 8, 2009, 7:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/non-auto-but-one-shot-i-took-of-the-518/248923 "2009-12-08T19:29:56Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 12
### Author: ![CFD\_Productions](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cfd_productions/32/6519_2.png) [@CFD\_Productions](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/CFD_Productions) #### Post date: [December 9, 2009, 4:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/non-auto-but-one-shot-i-took-of-the-518/248923/12 "2009-12-09T16:36:27Z")
> [@Can I find a car with only it's VIN?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-i-find-a-car-with-only-its-vin/27044/8): > > out of curiosity, if you take a picture of a building etc on a cloudy day and all you get is basically a white background behind what you are taking a picture of, do you edit it to make it look more blue or just leave it? I only have PS elements, and I’ve been using the “auto blue skies” tool which sometimes comes out great, but it can also make things look almost fake so Im really undecided which I would rather have… a plain grayish white background or a colorful background that looks fake. this is something i am learning too … i wouldnt use any AUTO functions in PS … they cant distinguish what looks good or not … one thing you can do is layer mask or you can paste in a different sky as long as it isnt over the top so to speak … i used to paste in crazy skys to everything when i was learning but now im trying to use the original sky using layer masks with multiple exposures … thats how i got the sky to work in this one … and honestly i used PS elements about 9 months ago before i stepped up to cs3 in the summer … great program to learn on and it can do most of the things that you want it to do … oh and by the way that white sky that you get when you properly expose a subject in a scene is called a Washed out sky FYI … any questions i will try to explain in detail for you --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/non-auto-but-one-shot-i-took-of-the-518/248923)._