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In all my years I've never taken landscapes (intentionally) but I'm now becoming interested. This is my first landscape taken a couple of weeks ago; it's also the first time I've stitched photographs. It's a 3 photo stitch done in Image Composite Editor.
The final product isn't what I imagined, it seems to lack a bit of punch or something. I'd appreciate all critique and especially how I can improve landscapes.

Sorry, it says EXIF not available, I don't know why, maybe because it's a stitch?
I've taken the following details from one of the original images.
Camera: Nikon D5300
Lens: Nikon DX 18mm - 55mm @22mm
Manual mode
Shutter: 1/320s
aperture: f5.6
Raw file

Well I'm no expert when it comes to landscape photography but IMO what's lacking here is a strong, central subject. It's a pretty scene but I don't see anything "anchoring" the shot and, for me, that's what makes for a powerful landscape. This is one reason I don't shoot with a wide angle lens when I do shoot landscapes, generally speaking; it helps me better isolate, and hence better communicate clearly, a strong subject.
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Did you edit the images before stitching? Granted, it's not the most captivating scene, but you need to edit your initial images for contrast, saturation, etc. before stitching.

Nice!, A little more of the sky and the bottom of the hill would improve the image IMO.

HTH

ryan20fun said:

Nice!, A little more of the sky and the bottom of the hill would improve the image IMO.

HTH

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How does 'more of the same' magically improve things?

No, I stitched then edited. I'll try editing first, thanks

480sparky said:

How does 'more of the same' magically improve things?

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While it does not have a eye grabing "element" to it, I find it aesthetically pleasing.
I think that using a "golden ratio" would improve it a bit by showing more sky and the tree line.

But yes, It lakes a big "wow".

Again lacking a central subject leaves it as just a nice scene but not exciting.

One thing I have learned when shooting for a panorama is to not shoot in landscape mode. Always shoot in Portrait mode and shoot a few more shots to get the aea you want. You almost always have to crop a little off the top and bottom when doing a panorama so portrait mode gives you more room to not lose sheep.

5 shots in Portrait mode

I think it's height mine is lacking which should be sorted by using the camera in portrait position.
Thanks all for the feedback.