View from the top of the Big Southern Butte in Idaho on a fall morning. Image was created from a mosaic of 15 exposures. Click to see a larger version.
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Tau Zero 
Wowza!
Looks like you’re shooting from a plane! 15 exposures, eh? Your panos are pretty remarkable. I think I’ve asked before, but can you remind me how you put them together?
Most important thing is to plan out the panorama image set. I start with a few reference shots to guide me as I assemble the panorama. Then I step through the shooting sequence using the viewfinder, and then I shoot the image set. To build the final image I use Microsoft ICE (Image Composite Editor) as my first choice. It’s freeware from Microsoft Research. If ICE doesn’t give me good results I use Photoshop Elements in interactive mode – it attempts an initial stitch of the images and then I manually adjust. Once it’s put together I tweak the final image with the Nik tools, mainly Color Efex Pro 4.
Amazing pano shot Mike. You can curve of the Earth.
Oops, I meant to say… “You can see the curve of the Earth.”
I wasn’t quite high enough to see that much of a curve – it’s mostly an artifact of the process of building the mosaic image.
It looks like you can see to the edge of the world…
Takes my breath away. –John
Utterly amazing, Mike. I’ve taken a note of your explanation on how you achieved this mosaic panorama – whether I ever try it out is a different matter!