One final attempt to see what I see and applying your input.

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I have been trying all the suggestions above and I just don't like it. Something about the blue is just not working for me. I did 5 sets this was the second set my 4th set I did at 110mm, 12 photo's and was better placement but I just can't get rid of the blue tint with out it being way to grainy. ISO got bumped to 400-450 as well.

So I'm gonna re-shoot it and see if I can get a better overall exposure and better placement of Mt. Shasta. We have some storm clouds moving in this week and freeze warnings so maybe the weather will help a little, hoping for just enough snow to make it all white.

I'll try sunrise/morning but this is tricky to since there is a shadow until the sun gets over the mountains behind me but Mount Shasta is very lit up and stands out. Plus I can go to the back of the property with less trees in the way and 1000ft closer.

I do like this photo and after everyone's feed back I do agree it could be way better. I see this everyday when I open my blinds so it's just a matter of me finding the right balance. You all also gave me some ideas I want to try with the foreground. The posted photo is from the top of the hill behind the house with a very steep decline.The ridge you see in the foreground is basically the edge of my property about 1 frame to the right.

Eventually I'll work on getting rid of those power lines and houses but baby steps.

Anyway
Thank you all for the input. It is very very much appreciated and I am very grateful you took the time to give feed back.

Have a wonderful Blessed day
Ronnie

I see exactly what you are saying. I was looking at some zoomed in ones and same thing. I didn't even realize it till now. This helped a whole bunch

Thank you very much

I will give all this a try. DXO is a little more limited than Light Room IMO. When I had both they worked very well together. Anyway I think I can do most of what you said. DXO has clear view/dehaze and also a gradient tool which helps to isolate the sky. Clear view, exposure and WB is usually where I start. I will try this out shortly and see what happens.
Thank you very much

Thank you I really do appreciate it. Good to know I am heading in the right direction.

By too much sky does it need more land/higher horizon? Maybe the bottom of the top 1/3
I did up the micro contrast to give the clouds some life and bring out the little bit of sun setting. In RL the storm clouds look cool at sunset but I seem to have a hard time making them look like I see them in camera. It just shoots boring flat grey lines with no kind of texture.

Is the image to dark as a whole or something else?

Thank you for the help.

I have never done a panorama before and I am sure there are some/many mistakes.

Mt. Shasta is roughly 35 miles away from my ridge where I took this photo. I used a D7000 with Nikkor 55-200, F8, shutter 1/50, ISO varied 200-280.
I used DXO photolab to process all 5 images with the same correction settings then send to Image Composite Editor to stitch.

For some reason after it gets stitched they seem to get really noisy so did one final edit before posting it here. It also seems to lose sharpness for some reason.

So I need to know whats wrong with the image. Any feed back is welcome good or bad.

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I think you should do this first unless you are set on buying a new one. Computers have thermal protection built in and if they reach their max operating temp will throttle back their speed to keep from over heating. Keep it clean and it will always perform it's best.

Catahoula Leopard Dog. I picked my Simon up at the shelter. They are scent dogs, very smart and not afraid of anything. I live in the mountains so I needed one that could handle Mountain lions and bears. He has tree'd momma bear and cub and raccoons. We have not met the lion yet nor do I wish to.
Loves the snow and water.
He is hyper and needs lots of attention but he does mind very well and will not chase unless I allow him to.
They are bred to run through the swamps of Louisiana.
I have had labs and retrievers in the past and he will go where they won't.
At 60 pounds he's small enough to ride with me and my wife in the truck, sleep in our bed and sit on the couch. Big enough not to be considered a snack.
His hearing is awesome as well. Listens for gophers and attempts to dig them up.
As far as speed. He caught 3 blue bellied lizards last summer and I seen many more around the house with with short tails, caught mice and can pace a jack rabbit but not catch it. When he is chasing rabbits it's like watching the road runner cartoon.
He only barks when he has something cornered like a chipmunk, someone shows up or the bear is sitting in my truck. Mostly he is quit.
He also gets along with other dogs somewhat. Mostly it's his style of play the gets on others nervs.
Check them out and see if they fit what you are looking for.

Curious about this anti-flicker mode. I am not even a canon owner but from what I was reading on this, if the anti-flicker mode was activated and the camera overrides the shutter speed would they not have the same problem with shutter speed as the OP described. Is it possible the anti flicker mode added to the shutter problem to begin with? How would you deal with this problem?
Page 179 & 418 in the owners manual mentions this.

I read through the manual since I know nothing about Canon features. Page 418 at the very bottom states that if the use of anti-flicker is used it will ignore your shutter settings. If I am reading this correctly the Image priority settings are causing this issue.

Hope that helps a bit
Have a great day