You don't lose anything by shooting panoramas manually.
If you can shoot 1 row, you can shoot more.
Like this three row panorama shot manually.
Stitched ...
Wow. Nice shot! Love the composition.
Yes I agree 100%. I generally shoot this same format: 5 wide by 3 tall. In ptGui you can drag the image up or down in the panorama edit window to fix the horizon. The biggest problem I have is that clouds move, water moves and the drone can drift a bit, and that can make stitching a challenge for some shots.
