These were also part of an earlier post with. a bunch of images, but wanted to focus in on this question. These are two similar images (the first is a single frame, and the second is a pano cropped to 16x9). Just wondering which composition you prefer--I'm a bit split. I like the light and the added context of the mountains on the right in the second, but am worried that it unbalances the image, and I also like the emphasis on the double peak in the first. Which do you prefer? Or do you see another crop that you think works better? Also, curious whether you prefer the warmer tones of the second, or the cooler tones of the first--let me know!
Hey Josh.. i like the view but prefer the focused look of the top one but the view in the panorama..
heres the scene i see if you crop in the panorama..i see on the left the city & lake uncropped to the corner like the top one because the surrounding land space around it is relaxing
i don't like the mountains on the right, they're dark and heavy my eyes are just going away from them, i would still leave a hint of them in the background and upper right corner by the street on the right
try to split the tones abit, i like the warmer look overall, i feel the clouds should still be cooler and also maybe if you can take out the magenta cast
I think you've overthought this and combined two images that did not really belong together (artistically if not physically.) We can argue about the color (I mostly agree with Qais) but the panorama really feels unbalanced.