Creating Clouds Shadows

I am looking for some advice/help in creating cloud shadows in landscape shots. I currently just use the burn tool to randomly put in darker areas to simulate cloud shadows on the ground. I've become pretty good at it.
BUT ... I am wondering if there is a better way of creating these shadows perhaps with a brush of some sort (I am not really that familiar with the brush feature) - so please take that into consideration when responding).

I currently just use the burn tool
I dis-encourage that destructive technique.
Masked Adjustment Layers may provide a better solution.
Could you post a (lores) unedited and edited image to give a better idea as to the effect you are after?

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Hi,
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think something is wrong about the permission settings of the folder C:\Windows\System32\Tasks.Storage device is a SAN,we use RAID6 and provide the LUNs to the NAS engine, and the make the volume on these LUNs, Is Angthing wrong? Hope for you
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yesdream wrote:
> Hey - can anyone help me out in my attempt to create
clouds similar to the ones
> shown here -
http://www.yeswade.com/clouds.html
>
> I have fireworks 8, with numerous alien skin filters,
and also Photoshop CS2
> if that is needed.
>
> Thanks for your suggestions.
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import java.awt.font.*;
import java.awt.geom.*;
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