The still you've shared makes it look as though the trees are an eye. They're more like lungs in function, but the way 360 cameras distort perspective in a flat image, it could be a microscope slide of lung tissue.
To my mind, tiny planet photos are usually a gimmick, but the one you've presented here is a format I've not seen before, and it is executed really well. :)
Thanks @holoz0r I'm with you on the gimmick thing. The quality off a phone app always looked terrible but with this camera, this image (originally before Hive blew the resolution) was 10,000 pixels across. It's a great device to discover what I can do, especially long exposure lightpainting.
Makes me think that there's potential for a drone with a bulb shutter - provided the drone can remain entirely stable, the things you could do with an aerial view of a city street would be incredible...
Actually, that gives me an idea for an image, but it wouldn't be too difficult to pull off, so I'll describe it here instead :P
Not exactly controlled light painting, but a view from above, down onto a city street at about a 35 degree angle, in the early evening. A trail of smart phone screens illuminating the paths along which people have walked following their work day / event / conference whatever. Kind of like a traditional long exposure of cars along a city street, except the "vehicles" are the people's phones.
Light up a single person with rear-curtain sync flash at the end, and I think it would be a wonderful piece. Trying to think of locations in my local area where i could pull this off now... :D
And also to throw in to the mix, move the camera itself as I do occasionally. That's one of the things I have planned with the Insta360x5, shoot a backlit silhouette (for example) then have the model switch on a light and I pan the camera. The technical bits need working out but that's half the fun :-)
Indeed! I’ve been planning another project to do a bulb exposure and run around with a Godox AD200 triggering the flash as the model moves around the composition. It will involve some planning, but I’m confident it can be done with trial and error. :D