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The Barbarian · Jan 10, 2020

Jeff15 · Jan 11, 2020

Good shot........

Photo Lady · Jan 11, 2020

wow this is beautiful

smoke665 · Jan 11, 2020

Very nice.

edsland · Jan 11, 2020

Awesome photo, it would make a beautiful Christmas ornament

K9Kirk · Jan 11, 2020

Cool pic! I like it a lot and I've seen other round pics like that. What lens produces round pics like that or is it software that does it? I have an Altura 8 f/3.0 mm fish-eye lens but it doesn't do that.

tirediron · Jan 11, 2020

Nicely done!

PJM · Jan 11, 2020

Great and interesting shot. I like it very much.

SquarePeg · Jan 12, 2020

K9Kirk said:
Cool pic! I like it a lot and I've seen other round pics like that. What lens produces round pics like that or is it software that does it? I have an Altura 8 f/3.0 mm fish-eye lens but it doesn't do that.

Is it a lens ball?

K9Kirk · Jan 12, 2020

SquarePeg said:
K9Kirk said:

Cool pic! I like it a lot and I've seen other round pics like that. What lens produces round pics like that or is it software that does it? I have an Altura 8 f/3.0 mm fish-eye lens but it doesn't do that.

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Is it a lens ball?
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Thanks, I've seen work with them but that didn't occur to me, derp! I should buy one, they're fairly cheap.

The Barbarian · Jan 12, 2020

K9Kirk said:
Cool pic! I like it a lot and I've seen other round pics like that. What lens produces round pics like that or is it software that does it? I have an Altura 8 f/3.0 mm fish-eye lens but it doesn't do that.

For this I used maybe 20 images from a cell phone, put them together using the "rotating motion" option in Microsoft ICE, and finished using the "orthographic" option. It's important to get very close to 180 degree coverage in both axes, if you want it to look spherical.

Edit: Someone used to make a cheap "fisheye" attachment that went on the front of a lens. It wouldn't cover 100%, and so made a circular image on the film. That might do it also. Lens ball is a cool idea; I'd superglue a tripod socket on the bottom so you wouldn't have to get your hands in the image. Never tried it, though.