Wikipedia:Picture peer review/Menai Suspension Bridge

Menai Suspension Bridge[edit]

I'm quite pleased with the juxtaposition of the bridge against the snow on the mountains, but would welcome comments as I'm no image guru. I took some other shots that day, and tried for a panoramic shot of the Strait / mountains, but don't have decent stitching software - any suggestions / volunteers?

Articles this image appears in: Menai Suspension Bridge, List of longest suspension bridge spans, Menai Strait

Creator: Bencherlite

Suggested by: Bencherlite ^Talk 13:20, 19 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

The picture looks quite nice (haven't viewed it fullsize so won't comment any further), but for free stitching software you could try hugin (software). It's a bit of a learning curve, but it's open source and can be quite powerful. --jjron (talk) 11:46, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Looking at it fullsize, it wouldn't have sufficient quality for FPC. A shame because it is quite nicely taken. There's just too much image noise (try to keep your ISO right down to no more than 100) and IMO there would not be sufficient sharpness, even allowing for a 'downsize factor'. It's still a good addition. --jjron (talk) 11:57, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks. In fact, the ISO is said to have been 125, so I'm not sure how much better it would have been at 100. Bencherlite^Talk 12:05, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  - Yes, I saw that. It's hard to know for sure, but on some compacts noise just increases inexplicably as soon as you go past the lowest settings. Another issue is that some cameras (even DSLRs) handle intermediate ISO values like 125 more poorly than standard ones (i.e., 100, 200, 400, 800...). --jjron (talk) 13:16, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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