How do you do this?

[vweeks5]

Please inform me on how to take these types of photos. Is there editing involved, or do you have to take it only using a fisheye lens? Thanks. http://i.imgur.com/QpbQt.jpg

 

[Majeed Badizadegan]

Looks like an ultra-wide angle and/or fish eye of some sort. And photoshop.

 

[katerolla]

Its called little planet let me look that up on youtube for you

 

[OscarWilde]

lmao, their heads are so big! That is an interesting picture! And I definitely smell some serious photoshop. Seems like some kind of ridiculously wide angle lens (As Rotanimod said) and maybe a panorama technique? Not sure what the picture was taken "from" though... a ladder?

^^^ Edit: Sorry, above post was posted at the same time! Seems like the best answer! ^^^

 

[arkipix1001]

yes...this effect is done in photoshop...first step is to take a panoramic pictures, your camera have to be in manual mode in taking this pictures...and then theres a filter in photoshop called Automerge I think to put the pictures together...then change the image size to square...then use the filter polarize....then you get this effect...apologize i just explained this in short cut...

 

[analog.universe]

Certainly panorama, and you can probably make it work with any lens. Low distortion will be your friend.

There's a name for the projection that gets you this shape, I forget what it's called, but most pano software will be capable. Hugin is decent and free (although I'm not sure how cross-platform).

 

[vweeks5]

Thanks a ton guys!