Photographer fired for altering color

From Newsdesigner:

A Charlotte Observer photographer, Patrick Schneider, was fired Thursday for altering the color in the lead photo of the Local section. In the original photo, the sky in the photo was brownish-gray. Enhanced with photo-editing software, the sky became a deep red and the sun took on a more distinct halo.
The Observer’s photo policy states: “No colors will be altered from the original scene photographed.”
Schneider said he did not intend to mislead readers, only to restore the actual color of the sky. He said the color was lost when he underexposed the photo to offset the glare of the sun.