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the way to do it is forget what the picture looks like as a whole and process it twice, the first for the sky, obviously the lower half of that shot will be almost black but as long as the sky is right it wont matter. Then process the raw file again abut this time for the lower half, here the sky will look horrible and be totally blown out but you only need this file for the lower half.
Then open both of them into your post processing software and overlay them, using a mask you can just expose the darker sky onto the lower half of the correctly exposed picture.
Or you can combine them using the method Matt has shown in his tutorial if you are using PS or the one Silkstone has written if you are using PSP.
Take your time with it as the end result will be made or broken by the small details.
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