Infrared photography to me is just more interesting than standard photography. It stands out, the color differences (when shooting color IR) and the bold white of trees and grass (when shooting black and white IR). It forces you to look at things in a different way. IR photography is like a breath of fresh air.
The camera I use for IR photography is a self modified HP 945 with Hoya 72 filter. When shooting panoramics I use the Nodal Ninja rotating panoramic tripod head.
Each Bellagio pano has between fifty and sixty photos stitched together utilizing the Photomerge feature in Photoshop, and was manually edited for alignment and blending. In order to manage the rather large size of these panos, I composed them in a left and right half, then manually edited the halves together. These photos were taken in June of 2007 in Las Vegas, NV.
The flooded street pano is only 8 photos, also stitched using Photoshop’s photomerge feature, plus manual editing. This street is one of many in St. Louis, MO affected during the recent flooding in the Midwest. These photos were taken on March 21, 2008.