Can anybody tell me how this was done? Special tools or PS?
It's cool to have the technique added to your portfolio.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/davidus428/Portfolio/NOT%20my%20Shots%20ALbum/miniplanets_016.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/davidus428/Portfolio/NOT%20my%20Shots%20ALbum/miniplanets_004.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/davidus428/Portfolio/NOT%20my%20Shots%20ALbum/miniplanets_032.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/davidus428/Portfolio/NOT%20my%20Shots%20ALbum/miniplanets_008.jpg

2 WA shots Dave merged in Photoshop. :)

Here's the link for the tutorial:

http://www.photojojo.com/content/tutorials/create-your-own-panorama-planets/

Thanks for the link Nono. :)

@fidel: no problem, enjoy!

Cool....Thanks Nono for the Link, I will try it sometimes...:)

Here's the link for the tutorial:

http://www.photojojo.com/content/tutorials/create-your-own-panorama-planets/


thanks for the link Nono. I'm enlightened but not sure if I can do it. hehe

NP. Haven't tried it myself but looks doable.

i'm getting dizzy just looking at the images....

Here's my try

http://www.filphoto.com/displayimage.php?album=509&pos=4

Here's my try

http://www.filphoto.com/displayimage.php?album=509&pos=4

Nice shots Mitz! Your shots inspired me to give this a try! What camera did you use? Did you stitch them together?

This is so cool! :D

@Mitz: Nicely done! :)

Thanks Edu and Louie.

The original image was stitched from 6 shot in portrait mode. Camera used: Sony R1 (my fave cam for landscape photography).

ei tnx for the link i can see something like this that is in the wall of an office,, framed etc

Thanks for this tute. I wish I could find time to do this, but this is very doable. Indeed an eyecatcher for a portfolio :)

what's this?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/davidus428/Portfolio/Img22300-planet-mosque2.jpg

Yeah Dave what's that?
Did you shoot that indoor (no roof?) ? Is the cloud real?

i think its a mosque... :Thinking:

another one from Timog.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/davidus428/Portfolio/DSC_8993-dreamworld-planet.jpg

Dave, this is sooo kewl! how many wide angle shots are needed to create this 360 degree look?

@chewy, same here im dizzzy now!

Dave, this is sooo kewl! how many wide angle shots are needed to create this 360 degree look?

@chewy, same here im dizzzy now!

the last 2 photos i posted are actually just single photographs. The mosque is a perfect symmetry. The Dream World shot, i just aligned the sides (left and right) before cropping, then polarized.

Kakahilo ba? hehe (even my explanation?)

more dizzying shots:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/davidus428/Portfolio/Planet-ALumni-Inverted-800x.jpg
UP, Bahay ng Alumin

took about 15 shots (360deg) to make a pano and then polarized.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/davidus428/Portfolio/Planet-ALumni-Normal-800x80.jpg
this one, NOT inverted before polarizing. same photo.

this thread should change title. its not fisheye after all. its polarizing a panoramic shot. thanks for sharing the link Nono.

http://www.photojojo.com/content/tutorials/create-your-own-panorama-planets/

they are planets!!

ooops..everyone knows na pala.

Ptr. Dave, It seems you enjoy making little planets. I started a thread "Little Planets" a few weeks ago. Maybe you can post your little planets there.

BTW, what lens / focal length do you use for the 360 shot? Do you shoot them handheld? in tripod? with pano head?

http://static.flickr.com/122/314571142_c925b87f95.jpg?v=0

tried it cool!

http://static.flickr.com/122/314571142_c925b87f95.jpg?v=0

http://static.flickr.com/122/314571142_c925b87f95.jpg?v=0

Ptr. Dave, It seems you enjoy making little planets. I started a thread "Little Planets" a few weeks ago. Maybe you can post your little planets there.

BTW, what lens / focal length do you use for the 360 shot? Do you shoot them handheld? in tripod? with pano head?

Hi Mitz. After having seen Mini-Planet Samples and studied the links. I set forth to discover how it is done. This is what I've learned so far.

I tried both 10-20mm Sigma and 17-35mm Nikon. Both horizontal and vertical framing. My observations:

1. The more shots, the slower the process (using pano software) will be. The overlaps will be more obvious and moving objects like people will be more pronounced or blurred. Recommendation: Use as few frames as possible, just be sure you have overlapping shots.
2. The wider the lens (like a 10mm) the more distortion. So I prefer the 17mm of the Nikon.
3. If you are nearer your subject, like the one I took of Planet Quiapo (in another thread) use the vertical orientation. SO you'll get taller images. More shots though.
4. You can also try using two layers of 360 shots. One layer shooting the subject and the skies and another layer shooting the subjects and the foreground. Just be sure your foreground is more or less UNIFORM (cause that will constitute the CENTER of your planet). Or else you will have a harder time cloning.
5. I use APERTURE Priority setting and bracket EVERY shot for exposure (2 or 3 shots each frame). To make sure Depth of Field is consistent (f/8 is safe). If you use Shutter priority or Program, you may have different shades/exposure of skies and even varied sharpness of your subject. Manual Setting is an added tweaking (you might forget where your "overlap" is, so I seldom use this now.)

Btw, I shoot my pano hand held.

This one, I shot in Parks and Wildlife. That's my family there. I will have to re-PP this bcause it was done haphazardly. The cloning of the trees are obvious. Another run around is just to crop it tighter to remove the treetops.

Shot with a 17-35 mm. about 12-15 shots. Vertical orientation. f/8 Aperture Priority. Only one set taken that day. I hope this helps.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/davidus428/Portfolio/Planet-Parks-Wildlife-2.jpg

Thanks for sharing your process Dave.

I also do little planes but with a different method. I just dont have a wide lens yet so i cant shot 360 that easily and try more of my method.

I like to try my method on your Parks and wildlife shot if you dont care.

this effect continues to amaze me. :) it seems to look better if you invert before polarizing. but i guess different photos can have different effects. i can't wait to try it out. i love your photo dave.

thanks maris. try it na and post it here. :)