Panaromic

My first attempt at photo stitch.. pls C and C

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At that size its hard to see any detail. I like the composition, but it seems to me to be overexposed or washed out in post.

Overexposed and tilted (unless my eyes are deceiving me). Suggestion for panos: shoot with the camera in the vertical (portrait) orientation. This will require a few extra frames to cover the scene, but you'll have more wiggle room at the top and bottom when cropping so as not to end up with a long, skinny image (unless that's what you're after).

Panos are tricky, I agree with shooting in portrait also increase your overlap to reduce stitching errors. I shoot for 20-30% overlap depending on the lens. Also check out PTGui. This software blows photoshop away. I have stitches full 360x180 degree panos with this software 200 images in all and it worked very well. My normal panos are 10 to 12 frames which this software knocks out no problem. Also, look into a leveling base or at least a hotshoe bulb to help level your shots. Good luck and have fun. And if you get real serious about it, check out the Nodel Ninja tripod mounts for panos. I have the Nodal Ninja 5 and it is absolutely necessary for large panos.

If you shot in raw, underexpose the shots and restitch it. Straighten the horizon and then should be looking pretty good! Other than the stuff mentioned above I have nothing really to add... but if you shot it in raw you should be able to fix it easily.

Thanx all..
@Dlitton.. unforunately.. i had just got my dslr and just learning the basics even when i took this pic.. so no Raw..
@theeGreatPumkin.. 200 images??? u must have a LOT of Patience
@argyle.. Vertical shot.. that never occurred to me.. great tip.. thanx
@gonzogolf.. the pic looked proper on the Dslr's lcd.. but at home on my screen.. seemed real dark.. this was the best i could do with playing around with controls that i had no clue what they meant on photoshop..

I think the picture is way to bright

A lot of patience and a desire to get the image the first time lol. I haven't done another one after that. It took nearly two hours to process on my i7 Mac.