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David,

Panoramas are tough, even on the best of days. I think you did a good job on this one.  It doesn't look as if you used a polarizer, would have darkened your sky a bit & made the distant peaks stand out more. Very minor point.  Keep shooting.

Rick

dave, this is a nice shot of what looks like a gorgeous spot.  I found myself wanting something in the photo that would command my attention or direct my eye (a tree, a rock, a stream, a bed of flowers -- something).  As it is, it's a nice shot that leaves me wanting more.  Agree with the prior comment on a polarizing filter.  Keep at it...

I agree with Mitchel, it's a beautiful spot. But the image would be a lot better if it had something to catch your attention.

I have to disagree about using a polarizing filer. It's effect changes with the angle of you camera to the sun which changes with each subsequent image you take for your panorama. So you end up with a strong color gradient across the sky that tends to look kind of strange.

To get an image with better exposure for the sky I would suggest taking two sets of panoramas. One exposed for a dramatic sky, and one exposed for a detail rich landscape, maybe even another for the shadowed faces of the cliffs. And combine them post capture. Many may tell you to do this HDR, but I've found sometimes the end result is more natural looking if you stack them as aligned layers and reveal the portions that are correctly exposed for each layer. The result is more like what a gradND filter can produce on a landscape.

On a different note. What's your expected viewing format for this image. If you plan on getting a large print, this really long image aspect ratio can be good. But if you expect it only to be viewed on screens then I would suggest you go into your cameras menu and change you panorama direction to up or down. This will result in images that are taller and still plenty wide. Viewing them on a screen will be far better.