Welcome to the poll for our May "Ultra-wide Perspective" photo contest! Select the photo you think is the best from among our finalists below:

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[E.G.]

It is a tough call, my vote goes to number three!

[MrB1]

#8? - How can the Moon appear so large in an ultra-wide image?

[louparker]

#8? - How can the Moon appear so large in an ultra-wide image?

Obviously, it couldn't -- must have added the moon post-processing so IMHO it really shouldn't be considered as a legitimate representation of the context theme.

[gkey]

Dramatic image!

[micaz49]

Many excellent photos ! My favorite is #9

[rgiw]

Vote for #9

[aheritage]

My vote is for #1.. great subject interest, focal point and exposure.

[abbotsway]

How can No.8 be ultra-wide perspective? The moon is only a half-degree across, which, by my quick calculation, makes the whole image only 9 degrees across! That's a fist width at arm's length. Telephoto anyone?

[Astropaps]

Tough decision: 1, 9 or 13 for me. I chose 9. A bunch of great shots.

[rvandenbrink]

#3 for me

[bofh]

How can No.8 be ultra-wide perspective? The moon is only a half-degree across

This was my first reflection too.
The sunlight as light source and the illumination of the Moon don't match as well - from my perspective.
Then I had a look in the EXIF data that show the date of the image as "2021-11-13 20:13:26 -0400". According to the rendering of the moon in the Stellarium software: at that date there was no (nearly) full moon.

Edit: According to Google Streetview the Moon would be in roughly North North West direction which isn't plausible to me...

Perhaps the author of No. 8 could explain that. It could be that I'm wrong or misinterpreting the data.

Edit 2: For the record - the contest rules explicitely allow composite images.

E.

Vote for 1.
Why? Perhaps the frame expresses too slim objects, perhaps the picture is too much at the bottom and the top (just a wee bit too much), perhaps it looks like a stitched panorama, but it is much more natural and with natural colors - colors of desert.
Firstly I've looked into #2 and #10, but I withheld my attention (just that!) soon. I deeply don't like tattered pictures postprocessed on steroids. The world went nuts with those pricking eyes colors, HDRs and false colors. No arts and thoughts in them - just fad garbage.

[gerardbaron]

Vote for #8

[Tracar]

Vote for #7, because I'm addicted to architectural symmetries!

[maw]

Hi, the perspective from below is more difficult to make believable as unnatural, the achievement is very good,
probably you could have corrected the shadows and lights better. But this judgment is only theoretical,

which lens did you used?

My vote #7