I started playing with this when you posted it. My first thought was croping to remove the emphasis on the sky to the cow. I am at work now and the only program I had to play with was DPP. Having owned a few cows when I was younger I know how deep the red can go on a cow like this, however some are lighter and have more of an orange tint. I tried to change the colors a bit to pull a bit more of the deep red out of the cow. I took the blue down, to pull the green and red out. I also sharpened and adjusted the contrast only slightly.

I think your picture is a good example, of why to save your RAW files. I can tell by looking at your picture if you had the RAW file you could have easily pulled more of the sky out by playing with the highlights, exposure and contrast. I am sure some of the photoshop Guru's on here will be able to reclaim some of the sky.


Cow 4 by hdnitehawk01, on Flickr