I think one towards the dome would have been better overall, or if I would have had more of the church in there. You can't bring a tripod up there so you kinda just have to do your best to keep em level, first time ever attempting one.

C/C welcome

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btw...you don't need to keep it level if you're using autostitch

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I dont know why but I assumed you had it already, cause it gets brought up so often.

I love Europe.

I think you got the composition just fine - ~half in the shade and the rest in the sun. The only other vertical comp. I can think of would be all of the buildings in the sun.

and for the panos w/o a tripod, just fire away alot of shots not only on the horizontal plane, but also the vertical plane - Autostitch will take care of the rest and you crop accordingly =-)