Many thanks Keith and Jürgen!
Thanks for your input about the ropes - yes, I included them intentionally when I took the shot. As a kind of frame and context - and left them there. It is also my own favorite - including the bridge and more of the river works better. In general I've taken the shots with the final pano image in mind - whole frame and no horizontal crop in post.
Keith, good point about the balance across. I know what you mean about the centering of the house. It's the church in the small town and to me it has a significance in the image, but that's just a slightly sentimental attachment.
Jürgen - not at all. I only find it interesting and inspiring how people react to my images - to reflect on and learn. I "stamped" it away as suggested for comparison with a minor crop due to a part of the thick branch having thin branches in the background. The second was as a reaction to Andrews comment - a slightly cropped 16:9 that is still a wide ratio for comparison.
Can I ask you both a question? Does the images look a bit dark and lacking tonal contrast to you? In such images, I always process with a natural look in mind.
Reason I ask is that I replaced my old monitor with a factory calibrated sRGB (Dell 27" 4K) and since then I've had some challenges with colors, tonal contrast and brightness in post processing in Capture One - the output sometimes has an odd color shift and appears darker. Probably differences in the ICC profiles used in Capture one and the monitor. I've adjusted monitor brightness and contrast.
