Believe it or not, I somehow let Ole Yeller's registration expire at the end of March.  I finally got the inspection done ... only to learn that the bike didn't even need one this year.    On the day after the bike was "legal" again (29 April) I went on a ~250-mile ride.

I thought you might enjoy the half-dozen "panoramas" I took during the day.  They're in the "Scenic Views" album of the Photo Gallery.  You can't miss 'em -- most of them are much wider than they are tall. 

Direct links, in chronological order (for captions, see the Gallery):

    Sundance Ski Resort

    Deer Creek Reservoir

    Wallsburg Area

    Heber Creeper station

    Near Daniels Summit

    Near Red Narrows on US 6

Wow. Absolutely gorgeous photographs. What did you use to splice them together?

Good to see you back, as well.

wow. . . .those shots are HOT!!!!! those roads look like they are so nice to ride on, i hate living in the UK, we have the worst roads ever!!!!  

Andy

Magnificent scenery, roads and pics. I can see that those roads will not suffer fools gladly! Not much room to correct mistakes . When I was last in  Colorado, I was amazed and struck by the lack of runoffs, shoulders and guardrails that were NOT part of the highway system on the secondary roads through the high mountain passes. Darwinism at work there in the high country Freaked wifey out, though

Thanks for sharing, and good to see you post again

Utah is better looking than I thought. 

Cool pics! 

Quote from: AlphaFire X5 on May 23, 2006, 10:41:33 AMWhat did you use to splice them together?

I spliced the images with Autostitch, which I first learned about from JetSwing - a fellow GStwinner.  It is a free download from
    http://www.autostitch.net

The program is super easy to use.  From File -> Open, just select all of the images that go together.  They can be "out of order" or whatever; Autostitch magically figures it all out somehow.

The only settings you might want to "tweak" (under Edit -> Options) are:

• Output Size (default is 10%, I use 50% unless I want a FULL sized original)


• JPEG Quality (default is 75, I always set it to 100)


• System Memory (you might want to allow Autostitch more than the default .25 GB of working memory if you're doing something BIG)

For cropping and reducing (necessary for web-sized images) and sharpening I use IrfanView, freely available at
    http://www.irfanview.com

Very nice Kerry...

I was so excited to see a post by you!! Welcome back. 

Nice pics Kerry, thought about you and the Utah landscape the other day when I travelled to St Louis for the SME tradeshow... I'll be in Denver next year and back in Salt Lake in '08.  Hope all is well.

Quote from: RVertigo on May 23, 2006, 11:00:35 AM
Utah is better looking than I thought. 

+1  I did not realize it was so pictureesque, but then again, I never gave it much thought either. But either way, those are magnificant photos. Simply beautiful 

I could just imagine riding my bike through such beautiful country.  Thanks for posting!


Chris

Gorgeous! Sundance Ski Resort!  Ride to the snow, and then ski..perfect!

stray needs to post up a few shots from the ride we did here in texas was fun ... i need a tank cam so i can show you guys how i ride on some of these roads here in texas there not allll flat !

kerry!!! we've missed u!

WOW that looks great I wish there were areas here that looked like that.... all I have to ride that are considered twisties is a place called scenic drive, McKilligan canyon and this  http://www.texasfreeway.com/ElPaso/photos/lp375/375_transmountain.shtml Its called Trans Mountain and many many riders have gone down here     

what stictching program do u use?

Quote from: Kerry on May 23, 2006, 11:15:40 AM

Quote from: AlphaFire X5 on May 23, 2006, 10:41:33 AMWhat did you use to splice them together?

I spliced the images with Autostitch, which I first learned about from JetSwing - a fellow GStwinner.  It is a free download from
    http://www.autostitch.net

The program is super easy to use.  From File -> Open, just select all of the images that go together.  They can be "out of order" or whatever; Autostitch magically figures it all out somehow.

The only settings you might want to "tweak" (under Edit -> Options) are:

• Output Size (default is 10%, I use 50% unless I want a FULL sized original)


• JPEG Quality (default is 75, I always set it to 100)


• System Memory (you might want to allow Autostitch more than the default .25 GB of working memory if you're doing something BIG)

For cropping and reducing (necessary for web-sized images) and sharpening I use IrfanView, freely available at
    http://www.irfanview.com

Autostitch

utah is under-rated. I have a friend that lives in utah, and he's constantly reminding me of their nice landscapes

Great pics! What camera do you have??

I like how you have the bike somewhere in the picture. Adds a nice touch to the landscape 

Quote from: weaselnoze on May 24, 2006, 06:33:43 AM
what stictching program do u use?

Quote from: Kerry on May 23, 2006, 11:15:40 AM

Quote from: AlphaFire X5 on May 23, 2006, 10:41:33 AMWhat did you use to splice them together?

I spliced the images with Autostitch, which I first learned about from JetSwing - a fellow GStwinner.  It is a free download from
    http://www.autostitch.net

The program is super easy to use.  From File -> Open, just select all of the images that go together.  They can be "out of order" or whatever; Autostitch magically figures it all out somehow.

The only settings you might want to "tweak" (under Edit -> Options) are:

• Output Size (default is 10%, I use 50% unless I want a FULL sized original)


• JPEG Quality (default is 75, I always set it to 100)


• System Memory (you might want to allow Autostitch more than the default .25 GB of working memory if you're doing something BIG)

For cropping and reducing (necessary for web-sized images) and sharpening I use IrfanView, freely available at
    http://www.irfanview.com

Quote from: dawei213 on May 24, 2006, 09:35:33 AMGreat pics! What camera do you have??

Those pictures were taken with a Kodak EasyShare CX7530, an inexpensive 5MP / 3x optical zoom unit.  If you look closely at some of the panoramas, you can tell that AutoStitch had a hard time making smooth transitions between images - especially where the sky goes from light blue to darker, etc.  This camera has no manual controls (shutter speed priority, aperture priority, nothing) and no built-in panorama mode.  As a result, when you swing the camera to a lighter/darker part of the landscape it automatically adjusts the exposure ... which may not match the exposure for the other picture(s) in the set.

On last weekend's trip I experimented with a Canon PowerShot A520 (similarly inexpensive, 4MP / 4x optical zoom), which has ALL of those manual & panorama modes.  Once I create the panoramas that I shot, you (and I) can compare how well each camera handles the task.