Sylvia, my comment about the gray areas in the panorama was not intended as a negative remark--I only wanted to indicate that they were not an artifact of the merge process. I liked both the photos, but noticed that they appeared to have been taken from the same spot and had some overlap, so it seemed as if they could be merged into a panorama. I note that apparently the 2 photos had not been taken with exactly the same magnification, but Autostitch is able to handle minor differences. I hope you are not upset that I made the effort.