horshoe bend

Took this a little while back... Not too sure about it yet..
Composite of 6 shots

Thoughts??

The midday light is kinda harsh, and the sky color is quite uneven.
Also, the bend in the river that really gives this scene its impact, as well as the far side of the river's edge has been cut off.

I agree with the sky being uneven, not sure how to correct that. But in all honesty, on the web it looks nothing like it does in bridge or photoshop... so im not sure why it looks so harsh here.

I find that it is because the image is probably not sRGB so when it gets displayed on the web it looks far worse than it does anywhere else. I do it regularly still.

It may be the monitor I'm using (laptop) but the left side looks quite dark lacking detail.

Did you use a polarizer in any of the individual images?

I'll second John's comment in regard to the river. To me it is the most important part of this scene and it is cut off.

I was going to say - that's a heck of a wide-angle lens!

I agree with the comments above. This is a nice first try. Horseshoe Bend is typically an early morning shot - or at the very least, best taken with some cloud cover. It appears you used a polarizing filter and/or auto-exposure, which can be problematic during panoramas. The dark area to the left detracts from the main subject. I do like the colors in the rocks, though.

Ken