Christmas ball photography hack WORKING! « Pixel_Outlaw's Blog

360 degree photography via very easy post-processing

A $20 360 degree panorama solution.

Let me first say NO that pink coat is not mine. This was done at my parents’ house.

I’m very very pleased to day that today I was finally able to accomplish my dream of providing a cheap way for the average person to do special 3D 360 degree panorama. I found that if one simply shoots a spherical object from above, they can capture a whole 360 degrees worth of image data. I used this cheap ( and admittedly crappy Christmas tree ball). To do this I disabled the camera’s flash, set a timer for 10 seconds, and moved my tripod so the ball was in full view. I then stepped back and allowed the ball and camera to do their magic. This is the result, look at all that image data tucked away inside there!

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I like this one allot:) I use to take Pics of the Reflections in Christmas Balls, when they were interesting. It was kind of hard to do, with low light (not flash of course) with an old Point-n-Shoot Film Camera, back in the day... I'll have to try it out some time with a Digital Camera and a Nice Shiny New Christmas Ball or Light Bulb...

Don

360 degree photography uses very easy post-processing

360 degree photography uses very easy post-processing - Hack a Day

Christmas ball photography hack WORKING! « Pixel_Outlaw's Blog

GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program

360 degree video for next-to-nothing - Hack a Day