The Problems

• The Digital Editing Fix

• Washed out sky fix
  Create a new layer and then select the sky. Feather the selection edges using refine edge. Now use the bucket fill tool with opacity around 65% and fill in the sky with very pale blue. Next change the opacity of the entire layer to about 50%. Merge the layers to complete the edit.

• Distracting tree fix
  Select as much of the red tree as you can and then invert the selection. This will prevent you from accidentally cloning over the tree you want to keep. Use the clone tool at 40% opacity and carefully remove as much of the problem tree as you can. Then change the opacity to 95% and change the origin point of the clone brush to some sharper leaves. Now clone over parts of your new section lite you were dabbing paint on a canvas to break up the large cloned area. Deselect the selected areas of the image to prepare for the next edit.
• Tilted statue fix
  The statue in the foreground of the image has a tilted top half. Because it is at the edge of the frame this feeling of tilt is intensified. To help counteract this we need to actually tilt the straight part of the image a little bit. Use the straighten horizon tool and tilt the image slightly to the right. Then recrop the image to remove any blank areas.
• Busy background fix
  Because this scene is so busy it really can't easily be fixed in edit. This type of issue is best fixed before the shot.

• The Before the Shot Fix

• Washed out sky fix
  Expose the scene for the sky. This will underexpose the foreground so you will need to add light to the scene with either fill flash or a reflector.
• Distracting tree fix
  A slight shift in shooting position to the left would hide the tree behind the statue.
• Tilted statue fix
  The tilted statue was easy to miss at the time of shooting in this case because only part of the statue is bent. Once you spot the problem, it can easily be fixed by tilting the camera slightly when shooting.
• Busy background fix
  Depth of field is the best way to control this type of busy background. A large aperture (small F-Stop) will help blur objects further away from the camera.