Which Do You Prefer? by onewing

Which Do You Prefer?

On Wednesday we went for a walk at Soldiers Point and I took the top panorama photo with my phone. The phone does all the work and stitches the picture together in the phone camera.

Yesterday I went back to Soldiers Point and took six individual photos of the same beach and then stitched them together myself in Photoshop when I got home. (bottom picture)

Can you let me know which of the two photos above you prefer please.
Oh Babs this is a tricky one! Both are wonderful for different reasons. I love the colours and details of the top one, just find it a bit narrow. Obviously the weather was different hence the clouds on the bottom one. Although much closer, it somehow looks flat. I prefer the top one ;-)
October 8th, 2021  
I prefer the bottom one..
October 8th, 2021  
Love the colours and shadows in the top one Babs.
October 8th, 2021  
I like the colours in the top one
October 8th, 2021  
I like the top one
October 8th, 2021  
the colour in the top one is most attractive, but I think the bottom pic is better - perhaps if you upped the colour it would look good?
October 8th, 2021  
I love the colour in the top image but the composition in the bottom is more appealing :)
October 8th, 2021  
I love the top one
October 8th, 2021  
Well Babs quite a conundrum you have set us here, I prefer the perspective of the top one with more shore line but prefer the detail and sky in the bottom one, so the bottom one for me:)
October 8th, 2021  
top for me
October 8th, 2021  
That is a hard one! I like them both very much! The top one has more color, but that might have to do with the fact that there are clouds in the bottom one.
Looking at them closely I think I prefer the bottom one as there is more detail, especially when looking at the harbor on the right
October 8th, 2021  
I like them both.
I am not good at making decisions like this, and often find myself agonising over which shot of my own is the better one & which I'd prefer. Sorry, I'm not much help!
October 8th, 2021  
Because of the colour I like the top one.
Both are great though.
October 8th, 2021  
I prefer the top one.
October 8th, 2021  
This got me thinking. I like the colour and brightness of the top and the rule of thirds works. Whereas the bottom one looks more of a half and half. If the height were the same in both then they would be equal.
I am now laughing at myself that I can have such an opinion. Pre 365 I would have sat on the fence and said they are both nice without any justification!
October 8th, 2021  
They are both beautiful but I think I prefer the top one a little better because of the colors.
October 8th, 2021  
The bottom one looks more realistic to me. Nice comparison. FAV
October 8th, 2021  
I prefer the top one because the colour is more vibrant
October 8th, 2021  
Bep
I prefer the bottom one because of its softness and the 'half-and-half'composition.
October 8th, 2021  
I think I prefer the top one, lovely colours
October 8th, 2021  
So much peace and tranquility in the bottom - love the gentle colour-tones and textured sky with its gentle clouds !
October 8th, 2021  
I havenā€™t read any of the above answers on purpose until Iā€™ve written my reply but I prefer the bottom one!
Shall check now. Well pretty evenly matched I seeā€¦.interesting!
October 8th, 2021  
Sorry like them both for different reasons. The top for the colours and the bottom one for the boats and that sky.
October 8th, 2021  
I like them both for different reasons too. I think the bottom one just because of the clouds
October 8th, 2021  
They are different but both are niceā€¦ I like the color saturation of the top one and the blue sky.
October 8th, 2021  
I like the bottom one with the colour from the top one. Confused?
October 8th, 2021  
@ludwigsdiana @julzmaioro @flowerfairyann @kjarn @bkbinthecity @pusspup @annied @joansmor @joansmor @pcoulson @koalagardens @ingrid01 @leggzy @happysnaps @merrelyn @wakelys @mittens @ladymagpie @busylady @gijsje @carolmw @beryl @happypat @craftymeg @samae @kvphoto Thanks so much for your input. It seems to be mixed I had the same thoughts. Top one seems to be the winner though because of the colours. I agree with that but I prefer the height of the bottom one because I can determine that in Photoshop by doing it manually. Terry (Poppo) summed it up perfectly for me. ha ha. He said he likes the bottom one with the colour from the top one.
As I said to Terry I should have taken the two photos on the same day. It was still interesting to see the difference between the phone camera and my proper camera. I must try it again sometime and take the two versions on the same day and see the difference.

@terryliv Ha ha not confused at all that is exactly what I thought. I should have taken the two versions on the same day and then checked the differences between the two. I also prefer the height of the second one. It was an interesting exercise though.

Thanks you all for your input.

October 8th, 2021  
I like the composition of the top one best
October 9th, 2021  
I think they are both lovely and I like them as panoramas. I think my favorite is the top because of the deep blue water.
October 9th, 2021  
I think I prefer the top but only because of the color of the water. I believe I like everything else better about the bottom.
October 9th, 2021  
The one that you stitched is my favorite, I like how the boats are more recognizable.
October 9th, 2021  
@jgpittenger @shutterbug49 @cwbill I like the colour of the water on the top one too but the height of the bottom one I stitched together isn't as narrow. @joysabin I like that the boats are more noticeable in the bottom one too. Both have their advantages don't they.
October 9th, 2021  
IMHO I think the phone outdid PS. The color is much better and the view is a little wider. I don't think making the boats recognizable is an advantage- one naturally assumes objects in a bay are boats, so that doesn't make much of a difference to me. It's the color that puts the top one "on the top". Both are good shots though- and if you never saw the top pano, you'd think the bottom one was just fine.
October 10th, 2021  
What a fun read! I like the top one best!
October 10th, 2021  
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