Since I tried it for the first time, I simply fell in love with creating panorama pictures.
Gloriously, this is possible with the Free Software Hugin.
The new (2011-09-30) version 2011.02 features a greatly improved interface making work really easy.
Here is the result of stitching together 4 pics taken by mobile phone (Sony Ericsson Cybershot C905):
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Norwegian Constitution Day, Free Software panoramas and software patents
Today is Norwegian Constitution Day.
In 2007, I spent my honeymoon in Norway. That was a fantastic journey!
As a reminiscence, I wanted to finally create some panoramas I photographed then. Thanks to Hugin this really is fun:
Tromsø panoramic view, taken with 11 separate shots from the plateau before the arctic cathedral on 2007-05-18
There is one downer, though:
You need to connect the pictures somehow. You can either do this manually (tedious) or you can use autopano-sift-c. This gives you an ugly warning, though:
=============================================================================== The use of this software is restricted by certain conditions. See the "LICENSE" file distributed with the program for details. The University of British Columbia has applied for a patent on the SIFT algorithm in the United States. Commercial applications of this software may require a license from the University of British Columbia. =============================================================================== Another story how software patents harm innovation!