In the little sparetime I have lately I try to edit as much footage from the summer holiday as possible.
I took a lot of AEB panorama's (editing is very time consuming, but the results are great, more will follow).
This one I appearently made a whole 360 so I could make a 'little planet'.
Abeit I never intended it to be one, so I missed the bottom part.
I like how it looks like an eye



The pano was made of a sequence of 70 AEB shots (so 14 'pictures' so to say) and stitched usinig Autopano Giga.

Nice, I should really take more spheres! I kinda forget about the feature!

Well it's certainly unique, well done!

awesome, did't even know about that feature, looks like an eye

Have to try this out someday. Looks like fun.

I love it!  How was that done?  I will definitely try once I find out how you done it.

Wow it look really cool thanks for sharing  

Really nice shot!

Works for me, cool shot.

MavicRich Posted at 2018-9-1 12:57
Nice, I should really take more spheres! I kinda forget about the feature!

Yes, I like them a lot.
This was not intended as a sphere btw. Just a manual panorama that happened to span more than 360 degrees

Mark_One Posted at 2018-9-1 13:06
Well it's certainly unique, well done!

Thanks a lot

Flybee Posted at 2018-9-1 13:09
awesome, did't even know about that feature, looks like an eye

Thanks!
It is not a feature.
Manual labor

Paul_IA Posted at 2018-9-1 15:09
Have to try this out someday. Looks like fun.

I will put a 'how to' in my next answer

Picanoc Jack Posted at 2018-9-1 16:35
I love it!  How was that done?  I will definitely try once I find out how you done it.

Thanks!
It is some work, but not too difficult.Simple version:
Taking the shot:
1. Put drone in portrait mode
2. Set it to full manual.
3. Set the exposure right for the brighest part of the 360
4. Start taking pictures, rotate the drone a bit between the shots with the left stick. (make sure you have at least 1/3 overlap)
5. Be quick since the world changes and you want as little 'ghosting' as possible, but wait for the drone to stop moving.

Editing the shot:
I use Autopano Giga, but there will be other software that can do this.
1. Add the pictures to your panorama list.  
2. Let Autopano create a panorama
3. Edit the panorama and change the 'projection settings' to 'Little planet'.
4. Disable the color correction
5. Render the panorama.
6. Now you will see a hole in the middle and some rough edges. I use Affinity Photo to make those nice and round.  


Advanced version:
Taking the shot:
The same as the simple version, except you set the drone to AEB 5 exposures.

Editing the shot:
I use Affinity Photo for HDR merging the 5 exposures and have made some presets that I like a lot.
Autopano Giga can also work with stacks, but I find that this method gives better results.
1. HDR merge all the stacks you made and make sure you use the same settings on all the stacks (you can save them as a template in Affinity Photo)
2. Now follow the same steps as the simple version

jacksonnai Posted at 2018-9-1 16:54
Wow it look really cool thanks for sharing

Thanks a lot

Jannistmb Posted at 2018-9-1 17:09
Really nice shot!

Thank you

Montfrooij Posted at 2018-9-2 09:46
Thanks!
It is some work, but not too difficult.Simple version:
Taking the shot:

thank you for the info and sharing that with us.

Picanoc Jack Posted at 2018-9-2 09:50
thank you for the info and sharing that with us.

No problem.
When I have time, I will make a full walkthrough.
Those two pieces of software are amazing.

Montfrooij Posted at 2018-9-2 09:51
No problem.
When I have time, I will make a full walkthrough.
Those two pieces of software are amazing.

would appreciate that Montfrooij   thanks again

Montfrooij Posted at 2018-9-2 09:34
Thanks!
It is not a feature.
Manual labor

Constantly hard working

Great shot. Very symmetrical. You did an excellent job taking each individual shot and then stitching them together. Seems like a lot of work but your results was superb.

Picanoc Jack Posted at 2018-9-2 09:54
would appreciate that Montfrooij   thanks again

I will (when I find the time)

Flybee Posted at 2018-9-2 09:55
Constantly hard working

Keeping those lazy IT muscles in some kind of shape

B1houdini Posted at 2018-9-2 10:02
Great shot. Very symmetrical. You did an excellent job taking each individual shot and then stitching them together. Seems like a lot of work but your results was superb.

Thanks
Most of the hard work was done via Autopano and Affinity Photo, I just have to feed in all the stacks of images one by one and decide on the composition

Montfrooij Posted at 2018-9-2 09:47
Thanks a lot

You are welcome

A very special eye. Excellent. Thanks.

astrofly Posted at 2018-9-3 23:39
A very special eye. Excellent. Thanks.

Thank you
Love my 'eye in the sky' (MP)