gaywitchybitch:

mauzymorn:

merry-miss-magpie:

byjoveimbeinghumble:

No it’s not. Panoramas like this are a painstaking, labor-intensive digital product, not made by just “rolling down a hill”.

This image, “Big Sur,” is part of a series called “Alterrnative Perspectives” by photographer Randy Scott Slavin. It is an example of stereographic projection. 

“Slavin’s circular panoramic digital technique is a way of seeing only made possible through digital methods and is an orientation he masterfully devised after much experimentation. The time required to capture the images and then create the photographs, which can consist of hundreds of photos “stitched” together to create a single 360-degree image.” (Amy Frearson, Dezeen.com. 2 July 2012)

Here’s some more of his work:

I thought it was cool as is, but doubly so now with the right info

I think I honestly just found my new favorite art to look at

(Source: purple-buddha-project, via aprincessofwar)