Content aware fill issues?

I am trying to use content aware fill but every time I do the area filled in is always slightly darker? There is only one layer and no adjustment layres. I ahve tried make slightly different selections and it always is slightly darker. I can use the same selection with the patch tool and it works as expected. I can also use the spot healing brush with content aware and that works fine. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Steve

I get the same results I thin the content aware feature is good as a strating point but n some cases like a background like the one you have the patch tool might rove better.
this is the patch too or a combination of the content aware feature and the patch tool.
this is with the patch tool.
I don't make feature suggestions anymore for photoshop but i will here.
Te content aware feature requires that one deliberately tell the feature what the content that it should be aware of actually is, I know this feature was thought to be complete, but it is a good start only. It has little practical use in its current state as far as I can tell if it is going to be a serious retouching tool were the result is critical.
the way the feature should work is that the user defines the areas that are be the content it should be aware of it should then have areas that are transitional and there should be safe areas as well which have to be protected and all of these features should have settings as to color transition and darkness and lightness control as well as degrees of content substitution.
The feature has an excellent concept but is weak in execution and little thought was given to the practical side of the feature.

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