Polar Panoramas

Here are my two examples of Polar panoramas. First, I went to a nearby location and took some pictures. The only thing different about these pictures is that I had to take them going around in a 360 degree rotation, each having a 10-15% overlap. Then I edited these pictures in Adobe Camera Raw. After that, I compiled them into a panoramic image using Photoshop's PhotoMerge plugin.

Next, the rectangular 360 degree panorama was resized to be square and flipped upside down. Then they were filtered with the Polar Coordinates. Lastly, the final polar panoramas were selected using the elliptical marquee tool, and feathered by refining the edges. A black or white background was applied before saving the finished composite image.