Here are 2 panos from Spider Rock Overlook at Canyon de Chelly NM. Trying to decide which I like best - wide or tight? So I thought I would throw both out there and see where the opinions go.
Hope you enjoy!
Dave
Thanks for the comments and inputs. Very informative and interesting. I believe I like the tight comp a little better as well but on location I was more drawn to the beauty of the wider expanse. However, as I think about it I think the two canyons intersecting at Spider Rock is a stronger composition.
eriet30 - NM, in this case, stands for National Monument. Since New Mexico is next door, I can see how NM could be misleading.
Dave
harshaj1 wrote:
Both are very good and it is hard to decide but if I had to pick one it would be the second.
Harsha
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JimKied wrote:
What Harsha said. I like the second better as well, but both are good.
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Gary Clennan wrote:
What a grand view! #2 is my favourite.... Wow.
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lostinjapan wrote:
The second one is my favorite. The tighter crop just works better.
Ryan
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fingerda wrote:
I too vote for the 2nd, but both are great,
DaveF
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kwilliam8 wrote:
Dave, these are both really great! If I was forced to make a choice, I would pick the second.
Keith W.
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eriet30 wrote:
I like the subject in number one but number two pops better for some reason.... also its still in AZ not NM
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Aztatlan wrote:
The 2nd for me, also. The light on the rocks is nicer and I prefer it without the little grey bush in the corner, although the sky is better in #1.
With that sweet light it's hard to go wrong with either shot. If I was to add my 2 cents, I would actually prefer an in between shot. Basically #2 but with a bit more on the left to really let the canyon on the left breathe a little more. Also, I wish there was a little more head space at the top.
But with that said, I would be happy to have either of these shots as my own.
I'm also in the #2 camp - with a slight edge to see a (slightly) more expanded view - if possible. I do like #1 - but the white-ish bush keeps yanking my eye.
I like number two much better. Either it's processed better, or it has nicer light. In any event, there seems to be more detail. I would possibly have turned the camera to the left just a bit until more of the spire on the far left showed (like in #1), but no further than that. Actually, the more I go back and forth, I think #1 just needs to be brightened a bit, then I would like it best.
Hi Dave,
Very nice images you captured. Both are great in colors and details. Would it be possible to combine both images into one? Some how I feel that these were the shots you had a panorama in mind. If I choose one, then the second image would be the one with better composition. But both are nice, again.
Kee
With that sweet light it's hard to go wrong with either shot. If I was to add my 2 cents, I would actually prefer an in between shot. Basically #2 but with a bit more on the left to really let the canyon on the left breathe a little more. Also, I wish there was a little more head space at the top.
But with that said, I would be happy to have either of these shots as my own.
Jim
Jim - maybe that's my quandary. #1 is too wide and #2 is too tight. Sooo - what I did was crop #1 (its a 4 shot pano so I have pixels to spare) to give more openness to the upper canyon and it also allows a little more sky into the pic. I posted above. thanks!
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Scott Kroeker wrote:
#2's light with #1's composition.
Thanks Scott. It may be time for a luminosity mask!
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Claude wrote:
Really nice shots! I would print both!
Claude
Thanks Claude! It's almost time to fire up the printer!
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Brian Woolf wrote:
Beautiful photos, both of them and such nice light! I do like the expanse of #1.
Brian
Thanks Brian - I agree. This is one of those vistas where you want to capture it all.
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tmiller9 wrote:
Dave;
I'm also in the #2 camp - with a slight edge to see a (slightly) more expanded view - if possible. I do like #1 - but the white-ish bush keeps yanking my eye.
Todd - if yanking your eye is a bad thing then I took out the white-ish bush! :-)
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Rajan Parrikar wrote:
The second image is marvelous. Beautiful light, excellent composition.
Thanks Rajan! Glad you like it.
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ckcarr wrote:
I like number two much better. Either it's processed better, or it has nicer light. In any event, there seems to be more detail. I would possibly have turned the camera to the left just a bit until more of the spire on the far left showed (like in #1), but no further than that. Actually, the more I go back and forth, I think #1 just needs to be brightened a bit, then I would like it best.
Craig - thanks! I like the towering spire in the left of #1 as well. I wish #2 had more to the left (actually I do have it captured) but then to add to the left requires taking from the right in order to keep a 16:9 projection. That's my quandary. In any case I cropped #1.
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Kee Woo Rhee wrote:
Hi Dave,
Very nice images you captured. Both are great in colors and details. Would it be possible to combine both images into one? Some how I feel that these were the shots you had a panorama in mind. If I choose one, then the second image would be the one with better composition. But both are nice, again.
Kee
Kee - I do not think I can combine because they were shot with 2 different lens at 2 different focal lengths. However, a new crop of #1 I think captures some of your suggestion.
