Kangaroo Point Stereo
Experiments in Stereo Photography.
My first attempt, but not particularly good. Lots of fun to play with though. Basically, view as large as you can and still see both sides (in full), then position yourself directly in the middle about 22 - 27cm from the screen.
I find I slightly cross my eyes to get both images to overlap in the middle, then focus on the centre image. There are probably better explanations on the net - look for "cross focus" stereo images or something like that.
View all photos taken: Thursday, 7th June 2007, This photo: 7:49pm
OMG. I just made myself sick LOL
May I suggest StereoPhotomaker as a 3d photo tool?
Also, maybe start with a subject that is more obviously 3d.
It is a great medium, and has all sorts of "reality" stuff surrounding it.
If done a few with varying success.
Like HDR, it's a "less is more" thing. Most often a subtle 3d is better than one with huge punch-you-in-the-eyes window violations.
Winding roads/paths are good!
[Edited after Dave's response to change the erroneous ptgui to Stereo Photomaker. My mistake.]
You're right though, this one does not work particularly welll. I did one of a portion of my work laptop and desk which seemed to work better, but none came out as good as yours did. Mind you, this was all just quick, no real planning, etc... ;-)
that was quick!
How easy did you find stereo photomaker to use? I downloaded it but have not run it yet as I needed to reboot my computer to run as a windows computer.
*heads off to see the large version*
nah, I can do the parrallel thing, but not the crosseyed thing on the computer. I will do it at home with the viewer thingy.
I'm not really sure which method I'm doing as such, but I do what I describe above and end up with an image in the middle of my vision with peripheral copies out the sides, but the centre one is 3d.
I used my loreo 3d lite viewer and was able to see the 3d. The man said to take several photos, more than 2 and then select the two that work the best. I will have to try this myeslf! :-)
I might need to look into a 3d viewer, as Lea can't do the cross/parallel view thing. I think I'll have another go with a different subject on the weekend.
my brain hurts!
Dave,
First of all, see my correction to my previous post. I in fact did mean Stereo Photomaker, not ptgui, which is of course fo panoramas.
I'm glad you used autoalign. But I think there are artefacts in the photo that mislead the eye/brain in interpreting the pic as 3D. The whitish patch on the right below halfway looks like it is on another plane than where I expect it. I don't know why.
I look forward to more of these, though. "Cha cha" (little step to the left, little step to the right - or indeed, move the camera position from "cheek to cheek"!) stereo photos (I've not taken any other) can come out really well, though of course they tend ot be of rather static subjects. But it's cheap! And many cha cha 3d shots are very very satisfying.