I did cheat… used the watermark module…should have noted that… the sky comes from ON1… if it is free I will add it… I will have to check. I have ON1 and some of the stuff is part of the software….
You can use any sky… I like to add them and drop the opacity if the sky is blown…
I could go back and target that part…. If you use filmic and hit it with a lot of bloom you can smooth it out…. Not sure if that is enough…. I also sort of took the blue out of it but you might want that…