34 Panoramic Shots gone disturbingly wrong, wrong, wrong.

August 18, 2014 7:31 AM

34 Panoramic Shots which illustrate why leaving all the photography decisions to your phone software, is not always the best decision Do not click link if you don't want to see images which simulate bodyhorror. Think videodrome-esque. As per usual YMMV.

First image - Can't sleep mutant baby might eat me.

posted by Faintdreams (36 comments total)

I don't get it- just looks like normal photos of normal people to me.
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 7:38 AM on August 18, 2014 [18 favorites]

More like 34 panoramic shots gone satisfyingly right.
posted by Kitteh at 7:38 AM on August 18, 2014 [20 favorites]

Awww, now I want a longdog.
posted by ftm at 7:39 AM on August 18, 2014 [10 favorites]

Longdog: Yes
Longpig: No
posted by blue_beetle at 7:41 AM on August 18, 2014 [2 favorites]

Stills from a cyriak video?

10/10, would panorama again!
posted by Pudhoho at 7:41 AM on August 18, 2014 [5 favorites]

[calls agent to pitch Look Who's Talking: The Baby Centipede]
posted by Naberius at 7:50 AM on August 18, 2014 [12 favorites]

Many of those are clearly deliberately created, so in that sense, they've not gone wrong at all.
posted by jacquilynne at 7:50 AM on August 18, 2014 [9 favorites]

I liked the caterpillar doggie.
posted by Mrs. Pterodactyl at 8:04 AM on August 18, 2014

The equine photos are like mild laryngitis, just a little horse.
posted by dr_dank at 8:09 AM on August 18, 2014 [15 favorites]

No, no, this is a good thing...
posted by Mental Wimp at 8:14 AM on August 18, 2014 [1 favorite]

The new, new aesthetic.
posted by Nelson at 8:36 AM on August 18, 2014

Francis Bacon is back, baby.
posted by sylvanshine at 8:38 AM on August 18, 2014 [2 favorites]

No longcats? I am disappointed!
posted by bile and syntax at 8:45 AM on August 18, 2014

Human centipede baby will haunt my dreams.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 8:50 AM on August 18, 2014 [1 favorite]

The pedigree is extremely suspect. Most of those locations make zero sense for panoramic shots.
posted by Tell Me No Lies at 8:53 AM on August 18, 2014 [4 favorites]

And now I have pictures to illustrate four-dimensionalism.

Thanks, internets!
posted by oddman at 9:44 AM on August 18, 2014

I'd love one of those mini dogs!
posted by bepe at 10:04 AM on August 18, 2014

"What breed of dog is that?"

"Miniature Klein Bottle!"

*the sound of a dog barking arrives from - nowhere, apparently...
posted by Pudhoho at 10:17 AM on August 18, 2014 [8 favorites]

Some of these look like Snapchat gone reaaaally wrong (or reeeallly right - if that's your kind of thing).
posted by helmutdog at 10:20 AM on August 18, 2014

34 Pictures That Demonstrate Why Your Transporter Needs To Be Properly Calibrated
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 10:28 AM on August 18, 2014 [20 favorites]

I'm guessing these are all ganked uncredited from the Panorama Fail tumblr, for which most of the recent entries have been deliberate distortions.
posted by ardgedee at 10:53 AM on August 18, 2014 [1 favorite]

I love that panorama photos do that. It's a feature, not a bug.
posted by Grangousier at 10:56 AM on August 18, 2014

I think this is from the new David Cronenburg app...
posted by Nevin at 11:20 AM on August 18, 2014 [1 favorite]

Cronenburgr?
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 11:45 AM on August 18, 2014 [5 favorites]

#2 really really freaked me out
posted by DWRoelands at 12:09 PM on August 18, 2014

wasn't she in the black hole sun video?
posted by pyramid termite at 12:23 PM on August 18, 2014

If you'd like to see what these might look like animated, let me suggest the Chris Cunningham/Aphex Twin "Rubber Johnny" video.

WARNING: pretty f'ing weird, that thing is.
posted by the matching mole at 12:23 PM on August 18, 2014 [1 favorite]

In a recent family Thanksgiving photo, I appear twice, due to me spontaneously deciding to do this on purpose.
posted by NMcCoy at 1:55 PM on August 18, 2014

I thoroughly enjoyed the sequence. The bathroom photo hits the mark for me quite nicely!
posted by Meatafoecure at 2:36 PM on August 18, 2014

Weirdly, I mostly object to showing your baby Silence In The Library. I guess Doctor Who is supposed to be kid friendly, but that episode seems a little too nightmare-fodder.
posted by maryr at 3:19 PM on August 18, 2014 [2 favorites]

Long live the new flesh.
posted by jonp72 at 5:43 PM on August 18, 2014

You'll forgive me if I don't stay around to watch. I just can't cope with the freaky stuff.
posted by ostranenie at 7:38 PM on August 18, 2014 [2 favorites]

Can you add a NSFW tag? I think there might have been a shot of a guy masturbating, and/or various nekkid people who looked a bit... involved. I can't tell for sure because I scrolled hella fast past those while looking over my shoulder to check my boss wasn't watching.
posted by lollusc at 8:26 PM on August 18, 2014

This hole was made for me drrr drrr drrr
posted by um at 9:36 PM on August 18, 2014 [1 favorite]

I was just coming to say that, lollusc. The pictures are all safe for work upon examination, but certainly not safe at first glance. You wouldnt want to have to explain to hr that no it wasnt actually a naked man masturbating on a swing, just a weird photo. I dont think they would appreciate it.
posted by Literaryhero at 11:08 PM on August 18, 2014 [1 favorite]

Yeah, I was working on code that aligned lots of noisy images to create on that was noise free. Worked great on everything except meat. Silly humans have crazy nonlinear 3D motion that's a bear to correct for. Furthest I got was using some algos normally used to align cancer pics.
posted by effugas at 8:23 PM on August 19, 2014