Here are two more from London, taken around St. Paul’s Cathedral. These required fairly sizeable stitch/panoramas since I got "caught" with a 50mm lens in fairly tight quarters and had to make a virtual wide angle. The second one is a 14 frame (4 + 5 + 5) broom-sweep pattern composite.

St. Paul’s alley

St. Paul’s Cathedral

Over at Flickr they’re telling me the 2nd shot I posted yesterday is fantastic.

Since I had just done a quick 6 frame stitch to achieve it and knew the result wasn’t optimum, I reworked the post-processing: corrected White balance; applied different tone curve (D2XMODE1); adjusted levels to improve contrast; corrected perspective (so that Big Ben isn’t the tower of Pisa); and cloned to eliminate reflections from the Eye’s pod.

While I was at it, I worked on another stitched image (this one only 2 frames) of the London Eye:

Some of you may have known I was going to be "on location." During past travel, I’ve been very tempted to turn the trip into a photoshoot, hunting down as many "fine art" candidates for my portfolio as I can find. I don’t know what it was this time, whether the bad weather that ranged from bleak to blah, or the lack of inspiration I’ve had lately for this type of photography, or my emphasis on enjoying the company of my travel companion, but I don’t feel like I came away with many "winners." Nonetheless, in the spirit of sharing a fun time, here are some from a subject most of you should recognize.

Big Ben, taken from Westminster Abbey

London Aerial, Thames river, Big Ben and Parliament, taken as a 6 frame panorama
from the London Eye

Holding Ben, just a fun snap taken from Westminster bridge

And that last shot, believe it or not, is my favorite of the set. Go figure.