Golden Gate Bridge at Sunrise

[tlpphoto]

It's been awhile since I've posted here -- day job had me pre-occupied. Here's an image I recently took of the Golden Gate Bridge just before sunrise. One of my friends said the image is unbalanced, but I can't see it. Suggestions for improvement to balance?
Thanks,


Canon 5D Mk 2
Canon EF 24-105 F/4L @F8
ISO 100
Stitch of 30 exposures, each 30 seconds long (camera in portrait orientation)

[EOBeav]

If that's a stitched piece, you did a nice job. My only thought compositionally is that you could chop off some of that right side and not lose anything.

[CLR Photography]

I love this. I was just there for Spring Break. I personally love it. I just noticed that on the right side you can see a stream of light. Airplane i'm guessing. great job

[tlpphoto]

Thanks. It is a stitch job, with a good bit of overlap. I agree cropping from the right to make it more square would help. CLR, it is an airplane. Guess that's how far an airplane moves in 30 seconds.

[sinque]

I don't see the need for any change.
Loved the cherry blossoms from acoss the water.

Karolyn

[Krusty79]

You came all the way out from Virginia? I like this shot and it does not feel unbalanced to me. You could crop a little off the right like EOBeav said, but I think that is a minor issue. Well done!

[DelCan]

The only thing I would do to it is frame it and hang it on my wall!
Looks fantastic!
Del

[timiroberts]

I think the only reason it might look a little unbalanced is that you've got so much info (city lights, tall bridge support, sunrise, etc) in the left 1/3rd of the photo and hardly anything in the right 1/3rd. Only think I might do, as others have suggested, is to crop out some of the dead space to the right of the bridge, but I'm not really sure it needs it.
The photo has great colors and exposure. Nice work!

[ChrisBrn]

I can't see the reason for any change. I like the photo as it is!
What I do not understand is, why 30 photos???

[SwissJon]

Originally Posted by CLR Photography

I love this. I was just there for Spring Break. I personally love it. I just noticed that on the right side you can see a stream of light. Airplane i'm guessing. great job

That's a missile.. I heard they were test firing nearby

I think that you could probably crop enough off the right hand side to make the gap between the right tower and the edge the same as the gap between the left edge of the left tower and the edge. That would even it out. Nobody would mind losing a little bit of San Francisco, I'm sure ( I'm assuming this was taken from the park on the Napa side of the bridge?)

Nice shot, worth getting up for