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El Paso Panorama from Ranger Peak

This panorama was stitched from 9 photos of about 180 degrees.  You can take an aerial tram from a parking lot to the peak for $7 and hike back down (or up if you’re nuts) in about 2 hours.  It’s not the longest tram (that’s actually in Albuquerque), but it is a pleasant view.  Off in the [...]

PTGui panorama photostitcher

Most  cameras come with a free photostitcher, but I use a commercial one called PTGui.  Originally built around “panorama tools” (a free suite of programs and libraries), but has since relied on it’s own engines.  It can stitch photo’s  taken in a typical horizontal fashion, but also in a matrix (both horizontal and vertical).  It [...]

Corrales, New Mexico

Corrales is a village about 10 miles northwest of Albuquerque.  The main street area is basically small art shops and restaurants.  As you go west from the main street you get up into the west mesa.   That’s were this panorama is from, specifically  from my niece-in-laws house.  Again This panorama is produced with PTGui.
The [...]

Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge Pictures

The Sevilleta National Wild Refuge is about 50 miles south of Albuquerque.  The river you see is the Rio Grande.  You can’t see them, but there are some ducks along the bank.
both pictures are panoramas stitched with PTGui