Planet Panoramas is all about artistic distortion using a sphere. This artwork utilizes a method called Stereographic Projection to map beautiful panoramas on a sphere. What happens is quite intriguing. The area close to the point opposite to the center of projection becomes significantly enlarged and proportionally distorted, resulting in an effect known as little planet. If you don’t understand, don’t worry about it, look at these pictures of famous landmarks around the world and you should get the idea. Very cool and beautiful!
Paris – Eiffel
Piazzeta San Marco, Venice
Deauville, Normandy, France
Planet Chicago
Planet Lincoln
Montmartre Seveille
Notre-Dame, Paris
HOESCH Phoenix, Dortmund
Planet Hawthorn
Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California
Planet New York
Planet Jerusalem – Western Wall
Planet Jerusalem – Dome of the Rock, Temple Mount
Taj Mahal
Paris
Naghsh-e-jahan: Isfahan, Iran historical square
Saint Germain en Laye Church, France
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This is amazing. But how exactly do they accomplish what you described above, using some panoramic lenses?
is ther a possibility to by posters of this photographs?
this is really nice!!!
wonderful
…its not only the lens but you photograph not the actual image but an mirror – image on a polished chrome sphere. we are using these images to map them on the inside of a sphere surrounding a 3D modell to have a realistic background when rendering cg images…
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