OT: Cool 3-D effect

[Todd.Hanz]

I don't know if any of yall have tried this but it it's a pretty neat trick (posted on pnet as well)

I had two frames left on a roll the other day so I decided to give this 3-D effect a try. Here is what you do, set the camera up on a tripod, focus and take the shot. Next, move the tripod right or left an inch or so, check focus and take the next shot. Develop and crop both images as close to the same as possible, print or view them side by side on your computer screen.

The trick in viewing them is to relax your eyes, almost to the point of crossing them, a third image will appear in the middle and it will have a 3-D look to it. The effect comes from the different (slight as it may be) perspective between the two images.


Disclaimer- some people cannot see this no matter how hard they try, I'm not responsible for any headaches caused by crossing your eyes either 🙂

have fun,
Todd

 

[jdos2]

Yay!

I love it! I'm in the Cleveland 3D club. Awesome stuff!

Favorite 3D slide is from the 50's, color shot at night of a horse-drawn carriage. The houses behind the carriage were lit up. We had a 5 minute discussion about how BIG the flash bulb musta been for that Kodachrome 8!

 

[richard_l]

I've done that. I have some stereoscopic glasses which aid in merging the two images into a single 3D image. Fun!

 

[Terence T]

I see 4 bowls and my eyes are killing me... 😕

 

[back alley]

i can never see these things.

i can't even find waldo!
joe

 

[dmr]

i can never see these things.

II''mm oonnee ooff tthhoossee wwhhoo ccaann sseeee tthhiinnggss lliikkee tthhaatt. 🙂 🙂

 

[back alley]

maybe a bit less sherry with dinner?

😉 joe

 

[Doug]

Yes, it works pretty well! Some years ago I borrowed my Dad's Olympus Pen FT for a project using this idea. I had a sliding gizmo that went on the tripod under the camera. It was like a Paramender, or it may actually have been a paramender turned sideways... At any rate it allowed the camera to slide left and right a certain distance while retaining alignment otherwise.

I shot a series of stereo pairs that way, concentrating on (static) subject matter that had very few clues to the depth in the scene. Low contrast both in subject and lighting. I wanted to see how much the stereo effect could add. Never finished the series or made any print pairs... 🙁 But on the bright side I still have the Pen! 😀

 

[ent2b]

yep, it's due to optical disparity...the difference b/w the images allows the brain to map, in essence, a stereoscopic picture.

 

[wyk_penguin]

http://www.stereoscopy.com/3d-concepts/camera.html
This website has a lot of 3D cameras for sale. Any buyers?

No connection with the seller, blah blah blah....

 

[Stephan]

Cant see it 😛 Am i supposed to focus my eyes behind it ? cos if I do the pictures dont cross over, alhough that might work better if my screen wasnt so bloody small (12" powerbook :/ ).

 

[Pherdinand]

You can make a cool 3D camera from two TLR's. The key is, the lens-lens distance should be approx. the distance between your eyes, otherwise it's more difficult to see and looks distorted (but cool,nevertheless).
But i never tried on a computer monitor.
I hope it's not that kind of joke again where after 20 seconds of staring on it, some weird scary shit pops up 🙂

 

[Pherdinand]

By the way, the great talewriter Hans Chr. Andersen used to make lotsa stereo photos, if i'm not mistaken; some of them are exhibited in Odense in Denmark, worth a visit (worth a visit anyway!).

 

[unsharp]

Fantastic!! I will have to make some of these stereo/3D pictures myself. Thanks Todd!

Stephan, try looking at the tip of your nose, with the images in the background!

Anders

 

[Nick R.]

This pair might be a little too far separated for some people. It depends on your monitor resolution and how far apart your eyes are. Try downloading the images and shrinking them so that the displacement betweeen the two image centers is less.

 

[XAos]

At work we work with stereo aerial and satellite photos. Thankfully I'm a programmer and don't do this 8 hours a day, or I'd be in the nut house in short(er) order. A certain not insignificant portion of the population can't see stereo, even though they have two good eyes. I have a bad eye, and can still perceive depth from it, but it makes for bad headaches in short order even with shutter glasses. FWIW I've NEVER gotten the crosseyed method to work. I've never tried it but for print displays the mirror method looks to be far and away the best method.

 

[JoeFriday]

Fantastic!! I will have to make some of these stereo/3D pictures myself. Thanks Todd!

Stephan, try looking at the tip of your nose, with the images in the background!

Anders

thanks for the tip, Anders! I wasn't able to get it to work at all until you said that.. then it just popped right into place

 

[BJ Bignell]

It works... neat! I couldn't get it working earlier, but then I realised I couldn't see anything - until I put on my glasses!

 

[Pherdinand]

Yes, for me too they are a bit too separated. If i really stare crosseyed it works but it is an effort for my eyes.