"This is a blend from one RAW file. Sky at the same exposure of the land is just more than the DR of the camera will allow.....actually not beyond the DR...but as you know...under and over exposure ...you loose the POP of the colors.....so the sky needed a diffrent exposure than the ground to get both properly showing their colors."

Wonderful. I am very impressed. How many blends did you do in PS before finishing the file?

-JM