How does one go about fixing this?

[mleone]

It was taken from 4 shots and I used photo stitch but they sky looks like crap. How could I fix it? If I could fix.

Thanks in advance!

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3247/3027973125_812097e9d3_b.jpg

[bunyarra]

I know this is not what ou need to hear but the Photoshop CS3 and 4 photomerge function automatically adjusts for this type of effect. Very effective indeed.

For instance :

http://av.adobe.com/russellbrown/BlendingSM.mov

[Steelcityslicker]

Looks as if the shots were bracketed...........Or the camera metered off of something different each time........

Not quite sure how you would go about fixing this. If you have the RAW files you may be able to make adjustments to help even things out a bit.

[D4VE]

I would use the clone stamp tool set to 50% opacity to even out the colour of the sky

[CloudINC00]

Clone and healing tools... Fixing the shot on-camera would be best - like shooting in full manual.

[mleone]

Well to answer a few things here.

I was using AV mode with eval meter, sun was to the right maybe that had something todo with it. I tried CS3 last night after I posed this but did not have any better luck, the first frame has a much darker blue then the rest. Maybe I should go back to raw files and fix the skies first? Or As D4VE said try to stamp it out.

This is shot is no big deal, I know it sucks, I just wanted to learn how to do parno's.

[adam8080]

Looks like light fall off. What aperture did you shoot all of these at? Stopping down will help next time as will putting the camera in manual so you get the exact same exposure for all the images. Shouldn't be hard to fix in Photoshop though. If you still have the original files try fixing the fall off in the corners before you merge them together.

[lkb-28]

I was using AV mode... ...I just wanted to learn how to do parno's.

Hello mleone;

Best thing is to shoot FULLY manual. Use M on your camera and MF on the lens. Meter off a number of points and choose an average setting to suit required Aperture and then set the Shutter speed accordingly...

What's happened here is that the camera has metered off a number of different points as you've panned, so, although your aperture has remained constant, the speed has varied giving the differing results...

Use MF on the lens, so the camera does not change focus!

Can't give you any tips on fixing the image over what's already been said...

Cheers;

Lee

[adam8080]

Forget the sky on this one. Look at anything else in the picture from the right and compare it to the left. It looks to be the same exposure all the way across. Take the grass for example. The only dark spots are on the edges of the frame where the light falls off. The exposure is the same in every picture. The camera probably metered off the grass.

[hawkeye60]

If you are interested in fixing the picture you posted. All you need to do is to select the sky (magic wand will work) and cut it out. Then add a blank layer beneath. Use the gradient tool with the sky colors you want on the new layer.

[ChrisGorabPhotography]

Looks like a shot from the Circus Maximus. Great place. Was just there and am still sorting through 1000 shots that I have to process. Long and arduous, but what fun!