Commons:Photography critiques/February 2013

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Panorama Composition

I took this panorama from the top of a hill. It took a lot of technical effort to process (it is tone mapped from an HDR image in addition to being a panorama). But for some reason the picture still looks... mediocre. It doesn't have anything special about it. Should I use a longer focal length next time and only photograph the mountains/farmland without all the residential houses in the foreground? Also I would like some feedback on the technical aspects of this picture. Are the stitching seams visible? Are colours even across the image? Did the HDR tone mapping cause any apparent artifacts or cause it to look fake? (without the HDR, much of the sky on the top right corner would be blown out and some details in the houses would not be visible). Purpy Pupple (talk) 22:49, 22 February 2013 (UTC)