COLOR BLENDING IS NOT SMOOTH (pic included)

I'm having problems with camera raw. The colors aren't blending smoothly. I can't even describe what the problem is very well, it's best to look at the picture. PLEASE HELP! :D
http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/Liz217_/?action=view&current=HELP.jpg

It's likely that the LUT for your video board has a bend in it. If you are
able, start by changing your monitor profile to a generic profile from the
monitor, or if one is not available, sRGB. If that improves the
appearance, you probably need to use a different profile.
In the interests of speeding things along, I'll guess that you are
calibrating your monitor with a device like the Spyder or i1.
One likely cause for banding would calibrating the monitor to a non-native
white point. Do another calibration, specifying native white point.
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