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31-OCT-2009 GeraldH

1st Place. Pointing Up by Gerald

Canon EOS 5D Mark II ,Sigma 8mm f/3.5 EX DG Circular Fisheye
1/20s f/5.6 at 8mm iso1600
6 shots stitched into a 360°x180° panorama with PTGui, then converted to polar coordinates, cropped. full exif

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Guest 28-Feb-2011 08:45
This cool! No, Traveller, this is obviously the crystal drive of a Jupiter class intergalactic flagship. You can tell by the four candles ;-)

Gilles
Canon Image Challenge28-Feb-2011 06:15
Thank you, Bruce -Gerald
Bruce T Jones24-Feb-2011 15:24
An amazing image. Very well done!
Canon Image Challenge21-Feb-2011 22:21
Thank you, Konstantin, Traveller, Sharon and Daniel. I added some technical information for you. There are some obvious glitches in the panorama, I did not use a tripod. As always I was too lazy to carry one around. -Gerald
Daniel Bollag21-Feb-2011 16:02
Wonderful, very special image, Gerald! (Whatever you call it--polar, fisheye, panorama etc.--, I'd like to know how you did it.) -- db.
elips21-Feb-2011 07:07
I don't think this is a polar image but a "panorama" going over the top! It is outstanding! How many shots did it take to produce this, Gerald? ~Sharon
Canon Image Challenge21-Feb-2011 06:24
Yes, these kind of polar images are difficult to pull off well...but this works for sure...it is a polar and not a fish eye? In any case, I thought it was the inside of an atomic collider...lol Traveller
Canon Image Challenge20-Feb-2011 15:14
Mysterious ... creative ... the colors and structure are fantastic !
K