Hey Mike,

I have auto-stitch but I find it somestimes introduces unwanted artifacts into the image. The manual process allows me to make a seemless merge by working the pieces together in layers. Also the LPI has a nasty habit of being really noisy along one of it's edges. PS allows me to remove this from any of the leading edges in the mosiac. And although I didn't need to with this image, sometimes you need to individually adjust the brightness and contrast.

Actually you can get around having to do that by starting off with the brightest area first and keep shooting with those settings.

Regards, CS

PS: Thats about the only thing I miss out here "Cable"