RE: 360 degree photography

[brad kaste]

Look all the way up and all the way down .

Use your mouse to move around.

http://www.utah3d.net/SulpherCreek_swf.html

http://www.utah3d.net/DoubleArch1_swf.html

http://www.utah3d.net/PaysonC_swf.html

http://www.utah3d.net/NightArches_swf.html

[jmig]

Those are just too awesome!

[hey_moe]

Thanks ...that is something to look at :ernae:

[Dain Arns]

That is cool.
I've been flying some photoscenery in these areas in FSX.
This Utah site goes really well with that.
Amazing country, and colors.
Thank you!

[Snuffy]

How do they do that?! LOL!

Great Find, thanks for sharing! :ernae:

[Chacha]

Wow...

Thanks for sharing.... Great stuff...


Interesting how it is done...

[srgalahad]

How do they do that?! LOL!

There are all sorts of ways to shoot pano... from a "cheapie" camera to expensive equipment. Most involve taking multiple shots as the camera rotates and then using software to "stitch" them together. There are also a few specialized pano lenses that can do it in a single shot (basically an 'inside-out' version of those mirrored garden globes). To publish/view shots like the Utah ones on the web usually takes a plug-in to display it on a web page.

Here's what the photographer above says:
http://www.utah3d.net/PanoramaInfo.html

One common set up has been ipix:
http://ipix.com/

A pretty good explanation of options is here:
http://www.panoguide.com/howto/panoramas/gear.jsp

and here's what I used when I was doing it commercially for the real estate market:
http://services.manfrotto.com/303SPH/?cnt=howto


If you like this style of "seeing" take a look here and find your favourite places
http://www.360cities.net/