Three of my favorite panorama views are presented here, all done with stitch software.

4 image stitch, of 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, shortly after return from Iraq.  Battalion passed in review to honor relief of the Battalion Sergeant Major who had completed three combat tours in Iraq with 3/1

3 image stitch of the view around "Half Dome" in Yosemite National Park, May 2006

 2 image stitch of Air Force One from the Reagan years, now displayed at the Reagan Library, Simi Valley, CA.  Stitch is not perfect, but a dramatic scene even so.

This is the last installment of pictures from my photo outing two weeks ago. On my way home from Bulls Bridge I noticed this abondandoned old barn on the side of the road...

Broken Barn (1 of 2) | Broken Barn (2 of 2)

Cement Silo | Copula | Green Jug

I also put together my first ever free-stitch panoramic shot. This is compiled from 5 separate images... Broken Barn Panorama

[edit]: I removed the scrollbars from the pano shot. If you don't see the whole thing, either open it in a new window, or use your arrow keys to scroll...

Enjoi...

Being the novice I am please let me know if these pictures apply to the "Rule of Thirds":park1 park2 park3 and a bonus view of theLollie Bottoms

These were taken back in September when I made a road trip to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon with some friends.  I just recently put this panorama together because at first glance of the 10 or so photos I didn't think it would make an interesting enough photo for the effort.  This photo is one that stood out on its own as I was putting together the actual panorama.  They were taken at the Desert View lookout about as far east of the Grand Canyon as you can get.

I have two more to thank today; still not done....
Rockadee's love for nature and animals is very apparent in his photographs.  And, since I am a lover of both, taking pics of them is a great joy for me.  Thank you,  Rock, for your love of  nature, and I  strive to be half as good as you!
Something else I've not been comfortable with photographing has been cars/bikes.  ClassyShots has helped me a lot with pointers on what/how to shoot.  Thank you, Classy Shots for all your help!
Hope y'all enjoy!

Ok, I've tried to do this using the gallery feature, but, it's not working right now.  Bear with me....sorry for so many pics....
I've had so much help here and inspiration; it's hard to include everyone in one post.  Some of these people have "coached" me on what to do; others I have just admired your work and strive to take pics as well as you.
I'll start with the one who gently "nudged" me to look outside the box.  Here's to you, John 2 3 4 5
I admired these and longed to do one, but didn't know how.  dennisjb and Colbb are my inspiration and guide here.
To StevenWolf for inspiration on b/w and wood texture.
Y'all know I've been struggling with my moon shots; poor ol' Wilk has coached until he's probably thrown his hands up in defeat!  I AM still trying....
Lastly on this post, I want to acknowledge Jimmy Neutron, the macro king!
I thank everyone on this site for helping me to achieve what I have so far; I'm not where I wanna be, but I'm closer than I was.  THANK YOU, and I hope y'all enjoy!

What a beautiful morning!  This morning, when I got to work, I got to the top of the parking structure and looked out over the edge and saw the Fremont Bridge over in North Portland.  

I also saw some the buildings sticking out of the fog.  But all of the other panaramas I took this morning didn't turn out good enough to post.  Sorry.

I did, however, take a time-lapse of the fog dissipating.  I can't wait to put it together into a movie...

This morning, I made it downtown before the sun came up.  So I went across the bridge and got set up and took some pictures of downtown Portland as the sun was coming up.

This first pan was taken at 7:20am.  You can still see the lights on the Hawthorne bridge.  And the focus was fantastic.  13 shots at ISO100, f/10, 5 second exposures

This second pan was after the sun was more firmly in the sky.  See how the sky has turned?  7:42am.   12 shots at ISO100, f/5, 1/15 second exposures.

After I left there, I went to work.  Looking out the window towards the sunrise, I could see fog nestled in among the trees and hills in the east.  It was stunning.  8:19am.  18 shots at ISO 100, f/22, 1/15 second exposures.

All of the images were stitched together using Autostitch (http://www.autostitch.net/).  After stitching at 100% using linear blending, I loaded them into Photoshop, cropped them to where I wanted them, then applied an Auto Contrast.  Finally, a pass with CSpro (http://www.fredmiranda.com/).

Enjoy.  Or heck, maybe purchase?  :)

This morning, the sun comes and goes, there is fog on the hills, and the view is pretty nice to look at...

Downtown Portland

The series was shot using a Canon 20D with a 35-105 canon lens at maximum zoom, f5.6, 1/15th, no filters.  It was done with 36 shots, each shot approximately has 1/2 overlap with the previous shot.  The stitching was done with Autostitch, using linear blending.

It could probably stand to be cropped a bit.  But this shot is all about seeing EVERYTHING...

Enjoy.

Today, for lunch, I drove over to Pro Photo Supply and bought myself a level to attach to the hotshoe of my Canon 20D.  That way, I could take panoramas and have them turn out pretty level and good.

Afterwards, I went across the river and set up my camera and took some shots to take back and stitch together.

Here's the end result.  I think I need to use Manual exposure next time... :P

By the way, see that tall building on the right?  I work there!

Enjoy!

As I saw it this morning....not altered....nature's pan.  
Hope y'all enjoy!

.....and raise you two.....hummer pan.  And, yes, these were taken in succession.  I just wanted to see if I could do it; call it "inner motivation".  The sky was just beautiful last night, so I also did a  sunset pan.  I'm still struggling with  this, but I'll eventually get there.  Hope y'all enjoy!

I went out in search of something to put on here for the theme, and ended up getting a history lesson.  It was very informative, but since my brain is the size of a pea, I had to photograph the explanations, too.  So, sit back, get your "reading glasses" and enjoy.  My trip took me to the Missouri Mines. It opened in 1907 and since it's closing in 1972, it is in bad disrepair.  A closer look at  some of the outside gives you a better perspective.  I went inside and was totally amazed at the  equipment  used to do the mining.  Being illiterate in this field doesn't help.  This shovel was  made in the mine instead of being made by an outside source.  As was this speeder .  This  car had to be loaded by hand and if you couldn't do the job, you didn't HAVE a job.  This is a picture of the original workers at the mine.  This is galena, which is MO's state mineral.  On my way out, I stuck my head in one of the buildings with the broken window panes and found this.  I also saw this and thought I'd post it for all the firemen.  This concludes the travelouge for today, boys and girls.  I hope you have enjoyed yourselves!

This is my first serious attempt at a panorama. I still have issues to work out for the next on but I am learning.
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My first attempt at stitching a farm panorama.
And along came an Owl , too far and too dark for a good clear close up, though I tried.

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I don't have much free time, so even though I don't comment much, I look at most of them and they're all great. Here are a couple of pics I took this week: The Hampshire County Council Castle in Winchester, the capital of Old England, and The Thames at night in the capital of modern England.

Just moved in two months ago. This is the view from the stairwell on my floor.

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This past weekend we ventured up to Enger Tower - one of the highest points in Duluth, MN overlooking Duluth and the Harbor.

Tower 1
Tower 2
Tower 3
View of Duluth From Enger Tower
View of trees and tower shadow From Enger Tower
View of Duluth From Enger Tower

While this is a rerun - I felt it was in order

Golden Gate Park (small)

Of course, it's not nearly as well stitched together as this poster's