Yep exactly like that and it doesnt loose any detail ? I have a fairly basic lens at the moment.

I imagine it gains detail as its 3 or 4 full resolution shots cobbled together, rather than trying to fit everything onto one frame.

The full size of the picture in my signature prints out 12" x 36" at 236 pixels per inch.

It consists of six images stitched together.

I metered the scene first in aperture priority mode, setting the ISO and lens opening and took note of the resulting shutter speed, then put the camera into manual mode and used those settings. That enables a consistent exposure in all of the shots. The camera was then turned into portrait mode and the pictures taken. As I turned a little for each shot I tried to make sure that there was an overlap of at least one quarter from image to image.

Once I got home I used a free program I downloaded from the internet called Autostitch it puts together the images into the rough panorama then I used Photoshop to crop and make any other adjustments.

This is a web sized (2210 x 600 pixels) copy of the same image but still not full sized the full sized one is approximately 8500 x 2850 pixels.
http://www.pbase.com/hangman/image/83796508

Cheers
Steve

Yes - don't bother with a polarizing lens for protection, for saturating colours and cutting glare only. I use UV filters on my lenses for protection.

AmyDavid - just ask the shop assistant in a camera shop for a filter to protect the lens and they will know what one to give you.

IMO, aside from protective filters, the ONLY filter you need in digital photography is a polarizer as this effect is nigh on impossible to effectively replicate in post processing.

Cheers,

Graham