I’m one of those people who, when I learn something new, I’ll attack it with the voracity of a lion stalking its prey. (sorry, I haven’t eaten breakfast yet…)
My latest obsession is creating little planets from panoramic shots that I’ve taken. Now, I’m just saying up front, those I’ve attached are the first I’ve created, I’m still learning, but, now that I’ve provided that little disclaimer, I have to say, this has opened up a whole new world to me. (get it? See what I did there? World? No? OK…fine) Little Venice World, Little Paris World, Little Rome World, Little New York World… oh the possibilities. Little caricaturized planets from some of my favorite places around the globe!
While I’m perfecting the art, I thought I would share the link with you so you can try making your own little planets at home (a note, the directions in the upcoming link are using Photoshop, and that’s what I used with mine, but for those that use PSP, the same directions apply, just look for Effects/Distortion/Polar Coordinates up in the toolbar instead of Filters)
You can find great, step by step directions in a fantastic tutorial by photographer Dirk Paessler, here on Photojojo.
Try it! It’s fun! Please feel free to share your little planets here as I’d love to see them… Take me to your leader… Nanu Nanu…live long and prosper… peace out…
*tracey*
Venice World
Temple Bar World
Venice World 2
your world’s look good enough to live on! nice…
Thank you very much!
very cleverly done.
i do like venice world
Thanks much!
What a cool idea! They look awesome =)
Thank you very much!
thats awesome!
well done! more!
LOL thank you! I’ll be posting more for sure…
Very cool. I particularly like Venice with the building jutting out into space.
Thanks!… one of my favorites as well.
I like the Temple Bar World. You should try some of Dubai’s panoramas with their amazing structures. And thank you for sharing the link for directions.
Thanks… if I ever make it to Dubai I definitely will
I’m using photos I’ve taken from my own trips but I hear Dubai is amazing to shoot!
This is very awesome. I was stunned when I saw these images!
Thank you very much Matthew! What a great compliment, I appreciate it!
So cool! My favorite is Venice World 2. It looks so dreamy and pretty!
Thanks so much!
I love it so much ~~ Particularly for the first one.. i love colorful picture ^.^ keep it on..
look forward for more creations. ^^
Thanks so much! I will definitely be adding more and more!
your world pictures look like eye balls, with the iris and pupil
LOL yes, they do…
Splendid works!
They are great. I really love this sort of thing that pushes the bounds. Had some fun doing the same with a photo I have of La Alhambra (Spain) at night.
These are very cool. I’m completely jealous of your abilities, I can barely get my camera to focus. Thanks for sharing your point of view.
http://giveitasecondlook.wordpress.com
Very very cool, wouldn’t mind visiting these worlds
Art and thinking. Thanks. I immediately thought they were baseball stadiums.
@Zain – Thank you!
@Erin- Thanks! I’d love to see what you did with your photo of La Alhambra!
@givesitasecondlook- Thank you! I’m sure you’re not giving yourself enough credit!
@Braeden- Thank you!
@MarkLax- I can see how you would see that! I love that different people have different perspectives on what they look like so yes, Art and Thinking.
so fun and fantastical! keep it up. l.
Thank you Lisa!
Wow, they are really cool! Especially the Venice one!
Thank you!
That’s awesome!
way cool! I really like Venice World. I’ll have to try this. I found “collage” in Picasa and I thought that was a great feature. This is even better!
Thanks… I’ve seen the collage function in Picasa and it definitely a pretty good feature…glad you like Venice World, thanks!
I’m glad I stumbled onto your little planets. Very cool! Thank you for sharing them.
Thank you Stephanie!
it wonderful i would like to make one for my self. tel me how to do it.
Thanks Michael!
Towards the end of the post you’ll see a link to the site that has the tutorial… here it is again, in case you can’t locate it….
http://photojojo.com/content/tutorials/create-your-own-panorama-planets/
*tracey*
Amazing, truly.
Thanks so much Jamie!
*tracey*
Venice world looks yummy! not sure i wanna live in such a pretty place tho.
LOL ohwhimsicalone- Thanks! You wouldn’t want to live there? I think I would dig it
*tracey*
these look amazing! I like the idea of making something as huge as a city contained in a tiny circle
Thank you very much, I appreciate it!
very cute!
Wow, these are totally awesome. Fantasy worlds.. I want to get lost in them. Good job! I’d like to try this someday.
Thank you to both!
That is awesome! The first one is my fav. I am terrible with photoshop though so I will have to be content with admiring yours in awe.
Thank you! I do love that first one… I actually love all of them but that first one is so colorful
I love the concept of your blog! Good luck with all your new fun things!
*tracey*
Those look amazing! Definately going to try that out!
Thank you!
Fantastic! Good luck and have fun!
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