Let’s take a look at the first photograph and figure out what needs to be done: Note the darker sky on the left side of the imageĪs you can see, the left side of the image appears noticeably darker when compared to the right side. Whenever the sky has a gradual transition that makes only one part of it look darker than the other one, you should be able to easily take care of the problem without resorting to any other software. The first step in fixing an uneven sky is to check and see if it can be easily fixed in Lightroom by using the Graduated Filter. If you would like to get the latest version of Nik Collection that is fully compatible with all Lightroom and Photoshop versions, you can get it from DxO. Please note that while Nik Software can still be downloaded and used for free (you can find the previous free distribution by Google on the Internet), DxO bought the software from Google and now actively maintains it. For the second case scenario, I will use Nik Software Viveza as a plugin to Photoshop (but you can launch the tool via Lightroom as a plugin, or you can also run it directly without any other software). For the first case scenario, I will use Lightroom’s built-in Graduated Filter tool to take care of the problem. We will go through two case scenarios – one that has a relatively easy sky to fix, and one that is very difficult to fix due to the use of a polarizer. Today, we will take a look at how you can use Lightroom and Nik Software’s Viveza (now part of DxO) to quickly fix uneven skies in your images. Thankfully, there are some great post-processing tools available that can help. The latter cases can be quite difficult to deal with in post-processing, often resulting in failed attempts to save those images. It can happen when photographing landscapes with wide-angle lenses, and it can be particularly visible when using a polarizing filter. If you have previously photographed outdoor scenes, you have probably come across images that have an uneven sky.
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