Wikipedia:Picture peer review/arlingtonmemorialbridge

Arlington Memorial Bridge[edit]

A panorama of Arlington Memorial Bridge on Memorial Day

I am not sure this deserves to be a FP but it is my first panorama and I just wanted some feedback.

Creator: Remember (talk) 18:40, 17 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Nominated by: Remember (talk) 18:40, 17 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

I Like Not bad for your first try. I found some stitching errors (SE) and distortion errors (DE) in the image, but it brought back fond memories of my college days (GWU '08 baby!). If you want to reach FP, I think the 1000px requirement is still in place (in this case, in the tall direction), even for panoramas (which I believe is different from Commons FPC). Used well in the article though. Due to the errors in stitching, not sure it would pass for VP either. What stitching software do you use? Your other photos on your userpage are great though. Here are the stitching and distortion errors I found:

North Side of Bridge:

SE: Just left of the WJLA building in Rosslyn (see the top banister of the bridge railing below it)
SE: Between the National Cathedral and the Kennedy Center (closer to the Cathedral) along the top banister as well
DE: To the right of the Kennedy Center (at about the location of the black lamp post), there is an obvious distortion that causes the railing in the shape of a sine curve
SE: Along the curb just under the State Department (and the guy sitting on the railing)

South Side of Bridge:

SE: Just left of the guy sitting with the Yankees cap on
DE: More sinusoidal distortion right of the Yankees guy
SE: Between the Airforce Memorial and the next lamp post on the right. This is a major one. They should have overlapped better (note many people are shown twice). Because the one couple is sitting in one pic and in the process of sitting in the other, it looks like your stitcher screwed up.

~ ωαdεstεr16_«talk^stalk» 00:40, 18 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the comments. I used the free software that came with my HP printer so I am sure it is not the most up to date stiching software (but it is all I got). Remember (talk) 15:02, 18 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I used the same software before I bought PTGui. ~ ωαdεstεr16_«talk^stalk» 17:31, 18 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Try using Autostitch which is a great free stitching software. --Muhammad(talk) 16:55, 19 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
It probably wouldn't pass at 400 pixels high. Also, there is no need to go around more than once. 360 degrees is the widest needed to cover the whole thing. Thirdly the view from on the bridge mightn't be so popular due to the distortion of straight lines etc mandated by the projection. Noodle snacks (talk) 04:58, 25 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]