Golden Gate Bridge Panoramic (view larger)

Comments and criticisms appreciated.

I like the angle and perspective in this shot Andrew,

Clever perspective, quite unique. Thank you for sharing.

 

-Dave

When I saw the thumbnail my first instinct was that the crop was far too tight, but on looking at the larger version it really works quite well.

Indeed very impressive perspective and great composition, wishing you all of the best my friend.

It's only because I'm such a huge fan of your work that I can say that this crop doesn't do much for me. I think the thing that is most offensive to me is where the road runs off the bottom of the frame. Maybe if it had a little more 'running room'.....in other words.....show more of the road and have it extend a little bit further to the left. Having said that, I absolutely love your other image on a rainy night. I'll go and comment on that one now.

Thanks all for the comments and constructive criticism. Christal, I do appreciate your kind and encouraging words of support. I sure didn't mean to offend anyone by my cropping. What little self esteem I had was just similarly cropped. :)

This is an odd looking photo and not at all what I had in mind when I took it. I'm trying to learn how to use an 85mm tilt/shift lens on a DSLR. I wanted to just throw together a few images and voila- Golden Gate pano. It was a very hasty affair. I stitched together several shots for this and used Photomerge to put them together. I had hoped to keep more of the bridge and foreground tower but this was the best I could come up with after everything merged. I don't quite understand that. Now the point of view has grown on me like a fungus. I sort of like the enormity of the tower in the foreground center. It may even look OK without the right third at all. The road is very abruptly cut off. While distracting perhaps, I think the bridge road and then the cables in the upper left help frame the main tower, in a parallelogram sort of way. Fortunately, it gives me more than enough reason to go back again and try for better. For those of you who haven't been to the Marin Headlands, if you are ever in SF area, check it out. It does not disappoint.