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My love affair with the flattened Photosphere.

MIKE POBEGA

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It is real. I have been loving the Android photosphere feature since about 2016. It has certainly gotten better through the years. I have made a book about photospheres in Rome and truly love how some look flattened, printed and even framed Here is a few of my favorites.

1.Abbey of Sant'Antimo near Montalcino, Italy.
2. Piazza in Montepulciano, Italy
3. Villa Borghese Gardens in Rome, Italy
4. The Spanish Steps, Rome Italy
 
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Never heard them called that. Never taken the function seriously. But I like your second one, reminds me of Di Chirico I think, and the last one with the horses, also very surreal looking.
 
Love that first shot! Quite magical.
 
Is that church in the first one in the Casentino or thereabouts? Looks familiar.
 
I am not going to buy a second cell phone so that I can do that. I will stick to the 20mm lens, WideLux F7, SWC and Fisheye for super wide photographs.
 
Are we talking about 360 degree panoramas here? I have an android phone and don't see anything with OP's description. Do I need to download a different camera app?
 
What phone is this on? I am using a Samsung S20
 
Patrick Robert James said:
Not something I'd ever do but I sure do like your images.
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Understood. For me its all about getting a good image regardless of process.
I will rank my cameras in order of usage as of late. 2017-now (approximate %)
Pinhole: 55%
Lomo/Holga/Horizon/Sprocket Rocket: 25%
Leica CL (new): 10%
Android Photosphere (or other): 5%
Leica CL classic wit Lomo lens:3%
Nikon F2, Nikon FM: 2% -/+
Leica M2, Leica IIIF : 0%
Hasselblad 501 CM: 0%
Toyo 45CF:0%
 
DonW said:
Are we talking about 360 degree panoramas here? I have an android phone and don't see anything with OP's description. Do I need to download a different camera app?
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I use a Motorola, but the other Android I've used Audi has Pano mode. Just click on your camera button, and look for your mode button. My mode button is the little boxes next to the camera icon.
 
I could be wrong, but the feature will come with the Google Earth package app.
I have a Pixel 4XL and have had it since my Nexus 3 going back to 2016
 
I just checked. PhotoSphere is not available for iPhones at the [Apple iPHone] App Store and when I search it takes me to Google where it does not download. However I am trying a free app that seems to do the same thing.

360 Camera whats to access ALL MY PHOTOS and to connect them to wi-fi. Uh, like that is going to happen. I just trashed it.
 
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