dj69 wrote:
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.
All of this was shot in a single pass. Shot at F20 for 1/40th of a second with the cameras ISO set at 800. I used my Tameron 24-135 (set at 24) with the camera in Portrait mode I could get both the sky and the pavement, key was to get above the trees. I originally shot this in landscape and the trees were too tall and if you try this with trees at the top it is very distracting to the overall image.
jefflund wrote:
All of this was shot in a single pass. Shot at F20 for 1/40th of a second with the cameras ISO set at 800. I used my Tameron 24-135 (set at 24) with the camera in Portrait mode I could get both the sky and the pavement, key was to get above the trees. I originally shot this in landscape and the trees were too tall and if you try this with trees at the top it is very distracting to the overall image.
Well it's a really great shot and great concept. I already tried manipulating an old pan I had and it worked fairly well, but it was obvious that it really needs a "non-detailed" center to be effective. I don't have a wide-angle lens (yet) (mine goes down to 35mm) but I might be able to squeeze out something with it, at least to play around with it more.
You know, it really reminds me of the little planets from "The Little Prince" - that was my first thought when I saw it. Pretty cool.
I do wonder how you got the immediate foreground - the pavement on the cul-de-sac which I assume you were standing on. Did you use a fisheye to start with?
haymest wrote:
You know, it really reminds me of the little planets from "The Little Prince" - that was my first thought when I saw it. Pretty cool.
I do wonder how you got the immediate foreground - the pavement on the cul-de-sac which I assume you were standing on. Did you use a fisheye to start with?
Great shot(s).
Tom
Thanks Tom, yea it does have that Little Prince feel to it and that was the effect I was hoping for.
No fisheye necessary, I also did not need an airplane or a hot air balloon The pavement on the cul-de-sac where I was standing is not visible. The effect causes the natural circle of the pavement and completes the circle as if I was not there in the Distort. Check this web site out, it has some examples that really show the missing circle..
You have to try it to see what I mean, but depending on how much foreground you keep determines the size of the circle. My original version had way more foreground and the circle was a lot larger. I like this version with a smaller circle.
This is a very cool shot, the trees really make it for me, I love the way the almost go all the way aroud the sphere, almost looks like a small earth with very large trees. Thanks for posting the steps you used to create this.
Nick L
This is great! It's unique, well executed, visually stimulating, and it has received quite the large response...everything you want from one of your own photographs!
Well, let’s not get carried away. There are some awesome entries here as well. I definitely appreciate all the attention this image has gotten and I am proud of this image that is for sure. I am also glad to share the secrets of how this is done as we are all here to improve our photography. I can not count the number of cool techniques I have learned off this site, and I am constantly amazed at the high quality images I find here. Good luck to everyone, and let’s see what other cool images can turn up here!
