1. A method of displaying a panoramic image in an electronic device having a display, comprising: receiving, at the electronic device, a plurality of images that form a panoramic composite image and wherein adjacent ones of the plurality of images border each other; displaying on the electronic device a field of view that shows a portion of the panoramic composite image that does not include at least one border between two of the plurality of images; the electronic device avoiding merging the two images having the at least one border that is not included in the field of view; wherein the field of view includes a border of two image of the plurality of image of the panoramic composite image, determining whether to merge the two images having the border in the field of view; and the electronic device inserting a gradient between the two images as the border between the two images is panned across the field of view of the electronic device in response to a determination to not merge the two images in the determining step.