I followed my own suggestion in my previous post to Gary, and Googled "creating panoramic photos." I discovered a free pano software program developed in Canada called AutoStitch. I downloaded it and ran it to great satisfaction. Here is the link: "http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~mbrown/panorama/panorama.html"

Below is a pano of 4 images using AutoStitch. The blending mode is fantastic, and it is all automatic. The software is Windows based. The pano was created at 50% of the original images and then resized to 30%. Then it was compressed to be within the posting guidelines. The view is looking north from Petroleum Creek at Shi Shi Beach.