David in Dallas Loc: Dallas, Texas, USA

These are all from a rail trip across Canada, Vancouver, BC to Halifax, NS. They are not perfect (I am not) but I like them.

From the Gondola at Lake Louise, Alberta
Lake Louise Gondola pano.jpg by David Casteel, on Flickr

Lake Louise, Alberta
Lake Louise pano 1.jpg by David Casteel, on Flickr

Peyto Lake and Glacier, Alberta
Peyto Glacier pano 2.jpg by David Casteel, on Flickr

Maligne Lake, Alberta
Maligne Lake pano 1.jpg by David Casteel, on Flickr

Moraine Lake, Alberta
Moraine Lake pano 1.jpg by David Casteel, on Flickr

Niagara Falls, Ontario
Niagara Falls pano 4.jpg by David Casteel, on Flickr

Skyline at Niagara Falls, Ontario
Niagara Falls pano 5.jpg by David Casteel, on Flickr

From the CN Tower, Toronto, Ontario
pano.jpg by David Casteel, on Flickr

Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia
Peggy's Cove pano.jpg by David Casteel, on Flickr

Near Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia
Sidecar pano.jpg by David Casteel, on Flickr

Well, that’s another 10, so I’ll stop.

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Excellent panos are your trademark, David!

DeanS Loc: Capital City area of North Carolina

👍👍👍

juan_uy Loc: Uruguay

I don't know if they are perfect or not, it would be debatable who would have the authority to define that.
However, I can say they are outstanding, and most important they transmit the feeling of being there (which I consider is one of the main purposes of panos).

Excellent work, I admire and envy, hope I will be able to take this kind of panos some day

David in Dallas Loc: Dallas, Texas, USA

juan, taking panoramae is not difficult, and doesn't require a lot of gear, other than some application to do the photo merging. The basics are:
1. Pick a subject you think would benefit from the process (a wide landscape, for example).
2. Take a series of overlapping photographs covering the area. Try to keep the horizon level, and in about the same location in the frame. It helps to use manual control over exposure, too. Figure on at least a 1/4 frame overlap--more is better, especially if the horizon is skimpy.
3. Input the photos to the merge software. I use 2: Autostitch and Lightroom.
4. Post-process to crop out rough edges, make overall improvements, etc.

You'll find a lot of discussion about how to move the camera for the shots, but I just try to keep the front of the lens in the same position as I rotate it. If there is nothing in the immediate foreground, even that may not be necessary.

DeanS and UTMike, thanks for your nice comments.

BTW, I know there are some black corners in some of those, but Lightroom won't let me "clone" into places that are not in the original photos, so it was a choice of having black corners or cropping important details out of the picture--I chose the former. (JASC Paintshop Pro did allow for "filling in" previously blank areas, but I had to stop using that application--it was removing my GPS data.)

juan_uy Loc: Uruguay

Thanks a lot for taking the time to give such a detailed answer.
Regarding the black corners issue, you can try importing the exported JPG as a new image (or better export as TIFF and re-import it) and make just the cloning over this new one.

David in Dallas Loc: Dallas, Texas, USA

I hadn't thought of that. I'll try to remember it.

deanfl Loc: Georgia

Good captures of wonderful scenes!

nimbushopper Loc: Tampa, FL

Great set!

David in Dallas Loc: Dallas, Texas, USA

Thanks, folks!

David in Dallas Loc: Dallas, Texas, USA

Late addition: Lightroom now includes an option to generate a contextual fill along the edges when merging a panorama. It does a remarkable job.