1. A method for eliminating unwanted portions of an image, the method comprising the steps of: generating a panoramic image including a plurality of image pixels; identifying a first set of the image pixels that correspond to the unwanted portions of the image; determining particular characteristics of the image pixels positioned adjacent to the image pixels in the first set of image pixels; and replacing the first set of image pixels with replacement pixel data generated by using the particular characteristics of the image pixels adjacent to the first set of image pixels.