Half Dome from Glacier Point

Half Dome from Glacier Point
Originally uploaded by SdosRemedios.

Finally I've reached the point I've been striving toward with respect to spherical panoramas. The problem with 360^ images is, unless you have a planetarium (which I do), it is difficult to display the fruits of one's labor. Sure there's Quicktime VR and polar projections, but this limits viewers to a small field of view for the former or a large field of view for the latter.

This hyperpolic projection is related to the polar projection, yet it gives me far more control over subject emphasis than polar projections. You can still see in every direction, but as you can see, emphasis can be directed to any subject within the sphere.

The only drawback I forsee with this method is that a series of these photographs will tend to "look" similar even though their subject matter varies. -- We'll see.