I'd like to invite you to a new 📷 contest where I challenge you to create your own #tinyplanet and win some SBD!

What is a tiny planet?

If you've followed me, you will know that I am slightly obsessed with these #tinyplanet photos. So far I have posted 37 of these 🌍, including the photo in this post.

Tiny planets are circular shaped panoramic images where the ground ends up in the centre and the edges are normally filled with sky, buildings, etc. This effect creates the illusion of a mini planet.

Creating them looks harder than it is, and to show you this, I created this contest that is also a bit of a learning experience. You can scroll down to find the basic steps how to create your own #tinyplanet in only a few minutes.

_{Please bear with me, this is the first contest that I am running. Do feel free to give me some feedback. You can also DM me on discord (r00sj3) if you have questions or suggestions.}

Theme: Symmetry

For this contest, I have chosen the symmetry theme. Feel free to interpret this theme any way you like.

Suggestions for this theme to get you started

• Find 2 similar objects to put in your panoramic photo and change the curve so that the photo looks symmetrical. I did that with the 2 small houses and the 2 flower baskets in the top photo
• Stand in the middle of a bridge or park that has similar views on both sides. Take your 360 panoramic photo from this spot.
• Focus on a corner of something that has similar edges left and right.
• Get inside a structure that has many lines, like The Oculus or Eiffel Tower^{http://www.g-rom.be}. This works better if you have a special 360 camera, but it is still doable with a panoramic photo.
• Ignore all this and just be creative ;)

Rules

• Only use your own work
• Feel free to use any camera or app that helps you create a #tinyplanet
• Make sure that your #tinyplanet fits the symmetry theme
• Create a post showing your submission and use the #tinyplanetcontest tag
• Share the link to your entry in the comments in this post
• Deadline is next week: Feb 7, 8 PM CET
• If there has been a minimum of 5 contestants by the time of the deadline, I will announce the winners on Feb 8

Prices 🏆

• Winner: 2.5 SBD
• 2nd place: 1 SBD
• 3rd place: 0.5 SBD

Good luck!!

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Extra: How to make your own #tinyplanet (max 5 minutes)

If you don't have a 360 camera (the cam that I use), you can create a tiny planet as follows:

• Take a panoramic picture. Preferably a full 360 degrees, which makes it easier to stitch the edges together. Try to get the horizon as level as possible.
• Find & install an app that can create tiny planets, like these free ones:
  Android: Little Planet^app, Planetical^app or (if available) the Google Camera App^tutorial
  iOS: RollWorld^app (haven't tried this, suggestions welcome)
• Open the app, select your photo and play around to smoothen the stitches.

If you are handy with photoshop, here are some videos:
Quick tiny planet basics walkthrough
How to create planet effect & add person

More inspiration:
Ben Claremont's Instagram account
#tinyplanet

Good luck and I am looking forward to seeing your creations!!!