Photos by StephenGB : on the map, in Google Earth (KML)

Merry Christmas to you too, sir! Maybe I'll have to go back and take a winter shot here- we are buried in about 2' of snow now. .

Jesus, you are so kind....... David

Emiliano Homrich, thank you so much! I really appreciate your super kind comments. Regards, David

Thanks Antonina!

"I can't believe that this has only been viewed 19 times in 6 weeks :("

Im not surprised. My photos taken en masse are too variable and idiosyncratic, and to other people, nodoubt boring, to be popular. Not that I'm bothered. Photography is mainly something I do for myself for a variety of different reasons (as is all this posting of images at Panoramio) not for other people.

The technical discussions appeal to the nerd in me, though.

Thanks Ramre. Duly tagged!

Thanks for your visit! This could only be Europe, you're right there!

Many thanks David - yes this was one of those cold, clear winter evenings, and I think anyone could have taken a beautiful shot in those conditions!

StephenGB, thanks. I am new to close-up photography (about 2 months now). That's why you see quite a few close-ups in the first 2 pages of my gallery. After that, it's most all scenery and larger wild animals. Best regards, David

Shot with a Canon A650is at full wide angle, 7.44mm (approx equivalent to a 35mm lens on a 35mm film camera), handheld in 'Stitch Assist' mode, 10 frames at 4000x3000px, 80ISO, Daylight white balance, -0.3EV. Stitched in Photoshop CS3 using the Photomerge command set to 'Auto'. (go and make a cup of tea while PShop is chugging thru this!) Brightness/Contrast adjustment top layer added to adjust entire image. Saved. Full res composite then flattened and scaled down using normal bicubic interpolation and saved as a JPEG for upload.