removing distortion from panorama

[schmintan]

Hi.

First time poster, so apologies if i break any rules/conventions.

Ive taken a pano ( made from 4 images). The image is very warpped where photos join. Ive tried clone tool to move sections of the image up or down but it doesnt really work too well. Any tips on how to remove teh distortion from this image, its very clear on the horizon.



Image is no way near finished but gives you an idea of my problem. Really appreciate any help/tips to fix this myself, and avoid the issue in future.

Thanks!

 

[chrisix]

well, i think this already looks amazing
but what you can try to do is warp the horizon a bit, because you wont realy notice warped clouds.
you can do it with filter>liquify
or edit>transform>warp

 

[Fatboy73]

With the little bit of distortion you have, I would just go in with the liquify tool and adjust things.

 

[schmintan]

Thanks for that, I tried liquify and a few other things, but the results were not satisfactory to my eye.

In the end i started from scratch, avoided the panorama auto create functionality in PSE, and just merged the photos manually. Wasnt that difficult actually, and the main difficulty was due to my own mistake when taking the photos, as i took one at a slightly different shutter value.

Anyway, an hour tinkering and here is close to the final result.
Thanks for the help guys! Il be visiting this forum much more in future!