Local Hill Panorama

I took a detour on my way to work the other day and wanted to scout out a location for photographing our local hill.....after stopping a few times to get some shots I found a decent spot that would allow me to get a full panorama of all the tops.

I stitched together 7 images rather than taking a wide angle shot hoping that I could capture more detail.
It was taken about an hour after sunrise, with the sun rising back and left of me.

I am not entirely happy with the image for some reason but I can't quite put my finger on it. It may be the haze around the hill, or that it feels unbalanced. I am hoping some other folks can provide C&C on how I can improve this as I am planning to revisit here and take a few more shots in winter. In midwinter the sun will be setting to the east and west of the shot so it should provide some interesting light.

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/z35C​fM

I have no qualms about your technique as I communally use the same.
But, I use the technique knowing that I will crop it to an, hopefully, interesting image, however...
this image lacks any sort of focal point.

Having said that, it is, technically, well done...maybe you can do some cropping and find a suitable image.

chauncey is right here... without a place for eye to go to and identify as a subject we wander around in the image looking for it and never settle on anything. Technically is well done. Composition is good. It just need even a subtle subject... if there was a little traditional rural church building or something like that in there placed in a decent place in frame it would help a lot. Are there any buildings or more prominent features here that you could shoot at a different angle to include in the foreground (but not too close)? Another thought is to maybe shoot it a little earlier... right at sunrise instead of an hour after it might add more drama to the landscape.

Go west, young man, go west! Plenty here to rest the eye on. Seriously, I agree with the others, sunrise or sunset would do it.

chauncey wrote in post #17721170
I have no qualms about your technique as I communally use the same.
But, I use the technique knowing that I will crop it to an, hopefully, interesting image, however...
this image lacks any sort of focal point.

Having said that, it is, technically, well done...maybe you can do some cropping and find a suitable image.

Dermit wrote in post #17721321
chauncey is right here... without a place for eye to go to and identify as a subject we wander around in the image looking for it and never settle on anything. Technically is well done. Composition is good. It just need even a subtle subject... if there was a little traditional rural church building or something like that in there placed in a decent place in frame it would help a lot. Are there any buildings or more prominent features here that you could shoot at a different angle to include in the foreground (but not too close)? Another thought is to maybe shoot it a little earlier... right at sunrise instead of an hour after it might add more drama to the landscape.

I think that is it, now that I look at it again after a few days my eyes do wander around the image. It also seems like the left hand side is cut off, I think it would have helped to have had that in now that I think about it.

As for putting something in the foreground there isn't much options at this location. I will have a proper scout around next time I am passing. Hopefully there will be some hay bales ready by then. When the sunrise/sunset times are right and I get some time I will give it ago.

AnnieMacD wrote in post #17721346
Go west, young man, go west! Plenty here to rest the eye on. Seriously, I agree with the others, sunrise or sunset would do it.

I will be AnnieMacD.....heading to Skye in a couple of weeks. So I will see what I get then.

I'm of the opinion that a photo as a whole my be the 'subject', and that it is not a terrible thing to let the eyes wander around looking for details. I feel that a photo like that, printed reasonably large and displayed in a suitable space (such as a large otherwise unbroken wall in a tight space), could work very well.

Personally I would spend a little more time working on it. Clearing up the background hills a little more, adding a little more contrast into the clouds to bring them out and define them a little more, and maybe play with some of the contrast in the foreground.

Personally, I think it's a great shot. Technically well done, composition is good. There is a lack of a distinct subject, but I don't think it's strictly necessary for landscapes like this. The landscape IS the subject.

One thing to consider - extremely wide photographs like this are not conducive to viewing through digital means. Computer monitors are mostly 16:9 or 4:3 W/H ratio, while phones are 9:16 or thereabouts. Makes viewing very wide photos like this difficult.

I think panoramas by their nature don't usually have a specific subject, so I think that is ok. Seems to be on the bright side, I wonder if you darkened it just a smidgen if it wouldn't be a little better. Also crop a small amount off the right side, to just a little past where that upper hill ends.