One of my attempts at panorama: I am more interested in panoramas and landscapes than anything else. I have a couple that I'd like to put on here for people to tell me what is good and...

hogesinwa Loc: Dalyellup Western Australia

I am more interested in panoramas and landscapes than anything else. I have a couple that I'd like to put on here for people to tell me what is good and bad about them.

However, when I click on the saved files I have, they don't load here. Just wait and wait and wait and nothing happens. They are almost all .psd files. The one above is a .jpg but I have no earthly idea how it got that extension when I put it together in Adobe Elements same as the others.

Do I have to make the shots .jpg's to post them and if yet, how do I do this?
thanks in advance.

Above shot is Marina Rubicon on Lanzarote where I was for a couple of weeks before my last Atlantic crossing.

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Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

"Save As" JPEG should work?

Rich1939 Loc: Pike County Penna.

hogesinwa wrote:

I am more interested in panoramas and landscapes t... (show quote)

Your second image is a .psd file which is a photoshop file. Open it again in PSE and re save as a .jpg. BY going to "File" , then "Save as". This should give you a drop down list, click on .JPG.

hogesinwa Loc: Dalyellup Western Australia

OK, I understand now. Thank you. The first two are on the south coast of Western Australia at Point Ann and overlooking the Wellstead Estuary. Most obvious problem is that I left my ND grad. filter on. I've been having lots of these memory lapse episodes recently where I do dumb things that I know are dumb but don't see them at the time.

The third one is in Vinales, Cuba, up in the tobacco fields

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Rich1939 Loc: Pike County Penna.

hogesinwa wrote:

OK, I understand now. Thank you. The first two are on the south coast of Western Australia at Point Ann and overlooking the Wellstead Estuary. Most obvious problem is that I left my ND grad. filter on. I've been having lots of these memory lapse episodes recently where I do dumb things that I know are dumb but don't see them at the time.

The third one is in Vinales, Cuba, up in the tobacco fields

These images show me that you need to use your camera more, practice technique and get more comfortable with your camera. However they are a good start. The 2nd and 3rd images demonstrate what the nodal discussion was referring to. The close in railing and the over hanging branches didn't line up well when the images were stitched. Unless you really want those type of objects in your picture try to compose your shots so they are not in the scene. If you find after you're more familiar with panos that you do want to learn about nodal points there are several good web sites that can help you out.
This one is a good place to start; https://photographylife.com/landscapes/panorama-photography-tips

BboH Loc: s of 2/21, Ellicott City, MD

Don't know what f stop you used but take a look at using F8. Considering that you are capturing a wide rang front to back F8 will likely give you better focus.
Rich mentioned the mis-alignment of several objects after stitching - this is caused by your camera not rotating around the non-parallax point -= this can be done hand-held. Haven't looked at the link he gave you but hopefully it will address the issue. If not look here - http://www.johnhpanos.com/epcalib.htm.

John_F Loc: Minneapolis, MN

Did the following on iPad. Downloaded to get image, held finger on image to get "save image", went into Photos icon to find image. Is what I found what you shot.

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thephotoman Loc: Rochester, NY

Your photos are very good. One suggestion I have would be to crop out the railing in the second image. Otherwise this is a very good series.

abc1234 Loc: Elk Grove Village, Illinois

Your panoramas could be nice with the proper processing. Yes, I know they have a nodal problem but aside from that, they are good. The problem for me is pictures are not sharp, optically or visually. The optical sharpness is easy to deal with. Ignore the advice about shooting at f/8. Without knowing what lens you are using, it is meaningless. I would stick to the old saw that the sharpest aperture is two stops down from wide open. Unless you have something very near to you, focus anywhere beyond 30 feet and everything will probably be in focus. Depth of field does not mean a lot for landscapes. The other factors affecting sharpness are camera movement and shutter speed. When shooting distances, small movements and slower shutter speeds should not affect sharpness. If you want to be safe, use a tripod.

As for the visual sharpness, these pictures need better color rendition and contrast. Since you are shooting what seems to be well-lit subjects, I can only surmise the pictures are underexposed and jpg's. As a result, you cannot proper colors. You might want to provide more technical details so we can help you more.

John_F Loc: Minneapolis, MN

I was hoping my procedure would convert the .psd to .jpeg, but no. So ignore my first and this replies.

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Did the following on iPad. Downloaded to get image, held finger on image to get "save image", went into Photos icon to find image. Is what I found what you shot.