I am going to zoom in on the area and I'm going to choose the "Clone Stamp" tool to fix up the rest of the problems. The "Clone Stamp" tool can be accessed by clicking on the Stamp icon on the toolbar to the left or hitting the "S" key.



I am going to sample a good area of the sky with the "Clone Stamp" tool and clone it on to the bad part. I sample the "good part", by holding down the "Alt" key while clicking on the good part with the "Clone Stamp" tool. Then I release the "Alt" key and click on the "bad part" to clone the good part on to it.

I repeat the cloning process, replacing the bad parts, until I'm happy.



I will use the same technique I used at the top on the middle and bottom of the dark section.



I'm finished retouching, so I think I'll sharpen the image up a little more adding 50% Amount with the "Unsharp Mask" tool.



I'm happy with the state of the image now, though some more work could be done. What a nice panoramic!

Article by Jeremy Baker