It looks like a planet, but it's closer to a fisheye lens that's pointed at the ground.

sample032

Reminds me of the planet of the Little Prince.

da5id_nz

You can get some trippy effects by applying the different polar filters in photoshop multiple times, rotating or mirroring the image between filters. Create an action and then apply a batch to a folder (backup first!) of photos and see what comes out. In college I did a series of paintings based on photos manipulated with this technique.

SamburgerHandwich

there is actually a similiar tutorial over at psdtuts.com
however the site seems to be down atm.

bm815

All it needs is the Prince of All Cosmos pushing it around.

drjayphd

[hugin.sf.net] is free, open source and makes great panos too. And now that it can easily create the points, it is not as slow as before.

For the one that can't be bothered getting a full 360o to create the small planet, there is also a tutorial to create Cheap Small Planets from "narrower" photos that was spawned by Tom Hole's tutorial.

Mortimer

PTGui isn't free, but, damn, it makes it easy to generate sweet panoramics. Does an amazing job setting control points automatically.

I just got back from a long trip to Norway and had, literally, dozens of panos to make. Took a tenth of the time it would have taken me with Hugin. Better end results, too, I think.

That said, PTGui isn't an inexpensive chunk-o-software. (Although it's not much more than a tank of gas in Norway.)

The tiny planet trick, however, I can do without.

TommySez

@Mortimer: "And now that it can easily create the points"

By that, do you mean that it can automatically find the points, or that you need to specify them manually, but it makes it easy to do so?

If the former, then that's way cool.

TommySez

[i73.photobucket.com]
This was done in Princeton

Pyro979

I did this last year with a picture of Manhattan taken from New Jersey. Turned out pretty nice.

nintendude

Photojojo actually covered this a couple years ago.

[www.photojojo.com]

tobbit14

Wow. I'm going to have to try this out next time I get the chance to take a panoramic photo. This is really beautiful and artistic.

chareverie

Isn't this a re-post from over a year ago?

...maybe that was just a flickr group... i don't really remember. :\

thirdopticaltool

@da5id_nz: My very first thought too... I'll try this out just to have my own "Little Prince" planet... :-)

inbetweener

Hmm...Gimp seems to stretch things a bit

Also, how to you make it look unified? All the ones I've tried you can clearly see the line where the ends meet

rainwalker

@inbetweener: That was my first thought too. =) Asteroid B612. Now, if only I can get a panoramic shot from Madagascar or Africa with 3 baobab trees. I have no idea where to find a place with small volcanos.

GioCav

Funny this should come up. I used this technique while shooting a wedding this weekend.

Result: here (hosted on flickr, reduced resolution)

ahawks

It is an old trick in the book, but you don't have to make a full 360 degree panorama. This was made using just a single image shot while sailing into Belém in Brazil some years ago.

hufse

A local photographer has generated a lot of interest in his work, since he began injecting this technique into his photos. I'm interested in giving it a shot, myself. Thanks for the info!

cheesebubble