Brooklyn Bridge Pano

kirbinster

Took this yesterday on the Kelby photowalk in NYC. I shot it full manual, but am not very pleased with it. Any comments on how it could be improved would be appreciated:


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JimKarczewski

My question would be what lens you shot this with? I normally, well, 95% of the time will use my 50 or 85 depending on the distance of the subject. I've found if I used my 16-35 or any other wide I get weird perspective and distortions, much like the "hump" in the bridge, which you are going to get, but you really got something pronounced there. Searching around online, even commercially available images you'll find them with less curve in the center of the image. Hell, it could be the stitching too, depending on what you use, but I'm betting by the way the Verizon building and the earth curve, you were using a wide angle which I personally as mentioned, don't find good for panoramas.

Also, you need to work on a little more head room for the image. The bridge is too close to the top of the frame, IMHO.
Just a random pic I found online which shows much less "curve"

kirbinster

I think the problem, as you surmise, is the wide angle lens. I was using my Sigma 10-20 (at 20mm) as it was what was on the body at the time. Further, I was standing at the building at the far left corner in the shot you posted, so I rotated about 290 degrees through the image and was very close to the bridge at the start and then almost straight away at the end of the bridge - I think this may be what messed up the shot.

r3t1awr3yd

IMHO, I don't mind the wide grossly barreled shot but definitely less water and more sky might improve the shot. .

digger2

A bit less water
Would not hurt, along with a bit more sky.
Lr3 can remove the distortion easily