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Have not posted in a while. I really think this is a differnt way of looking at gravity.

This is a 360 degree panorama of my Cul-de-sac at sunset, my house is on top. The snow is what remains of the big NorEaster we just got in Delaware on the 11th of this month.

Much more photoshop than normal, but I love the effect, hope you do too.

Any and all comments, criticisms welcomed as I really want to know what people think of this effect..



To save everyone the time of trying to figure it out, here is step by step how I created this image. (I am sure there are other ways of getting this image as well.)

1) Take a 360 degree panoramic image. Make sure your tripod is level. I did my image with my camera in Portrait position on the tripod. I took a total of about 35 images. If you have a panhead tripod that is ideal setup. (I did not have one.) Make sure you have a clear cloudless day and make sure the top of each image has all blue sky and the base is all the same color. Makes cleanup and perspective a lot easier to maintain. This is where the street came in handy...

2) Stitch them together.

3) Cleanup any issues with the stitch (this is very time consuming) especially if you did not use a pan head.

4) Adjust the image so that the start and end are exactly 360 degrees (no overlap)

5) Make sure the ends meet up in the correct place. I used guides to make sure the sidewalk met at the same place. (I had to tilt the image a little.)

6) If you tilted the image, crop the image to a rectangle again.

7) Now you have a image that is a lot longer than wide. Adjust this so the image is taller than it currently is, I just doubled the height.

8) Flip the image on the Vertical so it is upside down.

9) Select the image and apply a Distort - Polar Coordinates (use the default Rectangular to Polar)

*If you did this right, you should have a Oval not a square.

10) Resize the image so that it is a circle.

11) flip the image on the Horizontal as it should be a mirror image.

You should now have the basic sphere image. At this point you will want to make adjustments as you feel necessary.

Would love to see other peoples work on this. It is a lot of fun to do and has actually become an obsession in my photography, this is just a fun image.


Edited by jefflund on Feb 21, 2006 at 11:52 AM GMT







Feb 19, 2006 at 09:39 PM
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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · #31: Gravity makes the world smaller



That's a pretty cool panorama projection for this theme. Nice effect.

Ken



Feb 20, 2006 at 08:46 AM
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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · #31: Gravity makes the world smaller


Excellent idea and execution. But what's with the bright red smear toward the bottom?


Feb 20, 2006 at 10:17 AM
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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · #31: Gravity makes the world smaller


Jeff.... Super Cool Image! Very nice work.


Feb 20, 2006 at 12:29 PM
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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · #31: Gravity makes the world smaller


Too cool, Jeff!
I love it!!! I love PS stuff . How did you turn it into a ball?
All the best,
Endre



Feb 20, 2006 at 02:06 PM
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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · #31: Gravity makes the world smaller


Like the others, that is a really cool image.


Feb 20, 2006 at 02:24 PM
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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · #31: Gravity makes the world smaller


Thanks everyone for the complements. I would love to say this was an original idea but it is not. I saw an image like this a while back and decided it was perfect for this Month's theme. So, I spent all weekend playing with PS trying to figure out how to do it. If you decide to do this on your own, I would love to see other peoples work on this. It is a lot of fun to do and has actually become an obsession in my photography, this is just a fun image.


Edited by jefflund on Feb 21, 2006 at 11:54 AM GMT



Feb 20, 2006 at 02:58 PM
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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · #31: Gravity makes the world smaller


Great photo. Thanks for the step by step lesson. I have never tried anything like that so it will be fun to try.

Tynorth



Feb 20, 2006 at 07:41 PM
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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · #31: Gravity makes the world smaller


Great shot(s). That techinique works great with the cul-de-sac!


Feb 20, 2006 at 08:41 PM
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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · #31: Gravity makes the world smaller


Very cool! It is hard to stop looking at it.


Feb 20, 2006 at 10:51 PM
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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · #31: Gravity makes the world smaller


Amazing stuff.


Feb 21, 2006 at 05:10 PM
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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · #31: Gravity makes the world smaller


29290 wrote:
Excellent idea and execution. But what's with the bright red smear toward the bottom?



it's the sun!



Feb 22, 2006 at 01:41 AM
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p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · #31: Gravity makes the world smaller


Very good job.
fer.



Feb 22, 2006 at 07:47 AM
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p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · #31: Gravity makes the world smaller


ccuttriss wrote:
it's the sun!


Actually, there was a sun flare in the image when I first posted it, I have since cleaned that off. Pretty funny though now to read this comment without that bit of detail...



Feb 22, 2006 at 07:59 AM
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p.1 #15 · p.1 #15 · #31: Gravity makes the world smaller


ahh ok :-) nevermind then! I see this is just a vast conspiracy to make a fool out of me, well touche OP! heheh jk.


Feb 22, 2006 at 09:53 AM
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p.1 #16 · p.1 #16 · #31: Gravity makes the world smaller


Fantastic photo Jeff!


Feb 23, 2006 at 01:35 AM
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p.1 #17 · p.1 #17 · #31: Gravity makes the world smaller


Isn't that the speck of dust where the Who's live? You know, from the Dr. Seuss world?

Very Nice I will have to try it.

DRowley



Feb 23, 2006 at 01:49 AM
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p.1 #18 · p.1 #18 · #31: Gravity makes the world smaller


That is a really cool image you have there! It is like you are on your own world. Nice write up as well


Feb 23, 2006 at 03:21 AM
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p.1 #19 · p.1 #19 · #31: Gravity makes the world smaller


WOW! Thanks for the visual treat and the lesson, Teach!

Very well done. Lets see if the students live up to your standards. (y)



Feb 23, 2006 at 11:47 AM
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p.1 #20 · p.1 #20 · #31: Gravity makes the world smaller


Would love to know what lens you used...seems it would need to be fairly wide to grab the sky and ground together. Or, did you take two passes around at different angles? Excellent shot, btw.


Feb 23, 2006 at 12:27 PM
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