Globe

[ghosh]

C&C welcome..
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3144/2562828236_a864d83d15_o.jpg (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3144/2562828236_a864d83d15_o.jpg)

Thank you.

[joedlh]

Interesting composition and color separation.

The two people in the reflection are distracting to me. Maybe it's just me, but I think photos of photographers taking pictures of themselves are not especially clever.

[ghosh]

It cant be avoided. Now is the question whether I should remove it in PP? Well, I din't this time.

[kirkt]

ghosh - you can remove it in post, it all depends on how accurately you want to remove it. By taking two images of the sphere at different angles, you can combine them to remove the unwanted features. This is routinely performed in the generation of a "light probe" or "mirror ball image" used in CG to illuminate a CG model with a "radiance map" of a particular environment. The mirror ball (I use a 2.5" diameter chrome ball bearing) captures a 360° view of the environment. Exposing the ball over several EV gives you a high dynamic range mirror ball image that can then be "wrapped" around a CG environment to provide HDR illumination for that CG environment. See:

www.debevec.org

for info on this technique and the HDRShop application that will do the image manipulation to replace your image in the mirror ball. I think Photomatix also has a mirror ball unwrap feature as well (to lat-long format). Another way to avoid the photographer in the scene is to set the camera on a tripod, fix your exposure and focus manually, and then use the timer to release the shutter (or a remote shutter release). At least then the camera and tripod are the only things in the image and the photographer is not. This may be a good excuse to buy a full camouflage outfit though....

There is also a very cool PS plug in called "Flexify" that will perform unwrapping transforms on such a mirror ball image, as well as transforms that give just plain cool effects to seemingly mundane images. unwrapping the mirror ball, doing your post (cloning, etc.) by hand in linear coordinates, and then rewrapping may also give better results.

[Chet]

Next time disguise the camera as a rock or yourself as a bush and shoot with the remote. The reflection needs more interest. It's not bad, just not sure what you could use the image for other than conversation.

[Flo]

Next time disguise the camera as a rock or yourself as a bush and shoot with the remote. The reflection needs more interest. It's not bad, just not sure what you could use the image for other than conversation.
Lol.never thought of that....

Like the concept, but agree with the elimination of the people in the reflection..

[ghosh]

I actually thought I took great shot !

[ghosh]

Here is another one... what you think?
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3261/2565081167_ebe2c2e41d_o.jpg