Hey Tim,
I love the colors of the OP and am OK with the comp and the darker area on the bottom....but I really like this with a god portion of the bottom off.....more to a pano....cutting from the bottom to where the longest light reflections start almost fade off (about 1/2 inch below sand on left).....this emphasizes the pier for me more and gives it it's rightful attention. In either case though.....handled very well and it's a nice luxury to have options on the crop!
Hi Tim, Beautiful image! The color,tone and soft lighting make this for me. The composition as posted or cropped to a pano is beautiful both ways. This was skillfully handled!!
I like it better than the OP.....but still would think I would like the pano also. Nice luxury to have 2 strong presentations!!!! Remember....some people don't like pano's!!!....so personal choice there!
I like the second post you did. Even though a tight pano would make the pier rock, so do it, I like the deeper FG in the second post and the graduation of color from FG to BG.