After getting down there and setting up I quickly began to realise the number of problems with this idea.
Firstly, the sun was directly behind me at a low angle meaning I had no way of getting my own shadow out of the shot. Another problem was that it was much busier than I expected which meant I wasn't able to compose the shots how I wanted them. An unexpected problem was that the bridge actually moves a fair amount when several people walk across it, which of course creates problems when it comes to stitching the photos.
I think that these attempts show this idea had potential but there were simply too many issues.
It wasn't long before I knew this idea wasn't going to work out. Determined to make the most of such brilliant lighting, I packed up and started walking. I decided I'd try out some angle from the road bridge facing the cathedral. It was a fairly nice scene but it was very busy on the pavement and it was very difficult to make use of a panorama when either side your scene are unwanted things such as Premier Inns!
Here's what I managed to get from this location:
This one actually came out quite nicely but I wish I'd shot it the camera mounted vertically so that I could have kept the bottom of this Panorama in showing the curved ledge.
In this one I tried to include the street lamp but this kind of throws off the balance of the image because I couldn't go too far to the left because of my shadow.
I just wasn't satisfied with this scene, the composition was too difficult to balance due to the unevenness of the bridge and the water wasn't reflecting the sky as well as I'd wanted.
I moved on after this one.
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