One area of photography that camera phones have made easy are panoramic images. Creating one using a traditional camera yields much higher quality images, but takes considerable more effort. You have to use a tripod to steady the camera, take multiple images, then stitch them together using computer software.

As part of the Houston Museum of Natural Science’s Pixel Party, I was able to shoot a panorama in the Morian Hall of Paleontology. It’s a great place take in the large exhibits of dinosaurs many of us dreamed of as kids.

This is a partial of the original image. I had to crop out a portion on the left, only because the head of the brontosaurus was backlit by a large ceiling light and couldn’t be seen. When shooting, it was dark and hard to see fine details on the camera’s small viewfinder, but next time, I’ll have to pay closer attention.

Though it may not appear that large on this blog, be assured that panos have more detail than a single prints. In this case, the original file is over 18,700 pixels wide, meaning it would make a great large wall print.