Originally posted by suraswami Weather was perfect and was lucky enough to take this picture.
I am just a casual photographer, wanted to learn if I could have done better. My friend was commenting the photo is good but technically not correct.
So wanted feedback, may be next time I can try it out.
I would say from a technical perspective you did almost everything right -> it's sharp maybe a tad underexposed (but even that is up for discussion) white balance is fine too. The only problem seems to be the framing and that is more of a personal taste thing and not so much a technical issue in my opinion.
Yes it's called the "rule" of thirds and then there is the golden ratio and I don't know how many rules more, but those are just tools you can use to your liking you don't have to (not that they aren't usefull for certain situations but they shouldn't restrict you)
Now let me stop rambling and cut to the chase:
I don't have a problem with your choice placing the WTC somewhat in the center of the frame but I think there is a little too much water in the image (crop away from the bottom and if you wanna keep your aspect ratio maybe from the left)
Your panorama could use more space on top in my opinion (the tip of the WTC is somewhat too close to the edge)
Your last picture (or your first attempt) should for my taste either show more foreground and less sky or no foreground at all. If you wan't to show the foreground a slightly lower vantage point might be interesting too, so the space between foreground and background shrinks somewhat.
That said I still like all the images