If you shot this in RAW there is still a lot you can do even though the *ist DS2 image quality is not quite as good compared to more recent models. In the RAW converter all you have to do is move the Highlight slider to the left and watch the sky recover.
The tip to use a polarizing filter is valid but most of the time, if you are like me, you don't have it with you.
What I would suggest is this:
Take a shot like this one, where the sky is always going to be an important part of the image, and expose to the left. This simply means you underexpose by, say, one or two stops. In other words you would expose correctly (or as nearly as possible correctly) for the sky. Now the rest of the picture will be underexposed. But if you take this picture in RAW format there will be enough dynamic range available to lift this part to a correct level of exposure, but leave the sky alone as it is. Don't use the Highlight slider but lift the shadow by working the Shadow slider. Or as it may be play around with the two sliders until you are happy. Even an old cam like the *ist DS2 should be suitable to do this.
Have a look at my post processed image, if I can achieve this with a low res 8bit JPG just imagine what you could do with a RAW image.
I also think the whole image is just too yellow and the colours are a wee bit oversaturated. Mother nature is putting on quite a spectacular as it is so I think it is really not necessary to overdo it to make a point.
Hope this helps.
Last edited by Schraubstock; 11-15-2016 at 03:09 AM.