[MF3D.FORUM:518] Re: Slide review....

["Oleg Vorobyoff" <olegv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bill Glickman wrote:
>     When reviewing all these stereo shots, I began trying to find common
>demominators of the great shots.  This discovery process will help me know
>which scenes are best recorded on 3d.  This was my findings, and I would
>appreciate additional input on this issue... it sure would help us
>beginners..
>
>1.  A range of subjects from near to far, creating an extreme depth feeling.
>2.  Perfect focus and no movement or blurr in the scene.
>3.  Perfect exposure, with no black shadows or blown out highlights.
>4.  A scene that did not offer monotone color, like solid green.  It seemed
>when there was different colors poping out at different distances it created
>more depth.
>5.  A well composed scene.
>
>      This was a very educational experience for me and will really help me
>on my 3d ventures this summer.  Any other suggestions of other ingredients
>of great stereo pairs?


I have been going through much the same process, going so far as to write up a
dozen or so "rules."  My thinking is still too half-baked to dare to post them,
but at least Bill's five suggestions were there.  Suggestions 2 through 4 are,
of course, generally applicable to non-stereo photography as well, but I've
found that stereo is even less tolerant of technical sloppiness.  Hyper realism
invites hyper scrutiny on the part of the viewer.

My major qualm is with Suggestion No. 5 as stated.  After reviewing my few
successful shots and hundreds of failures, I concluded that a good conventional
composition is unlikely to be a good stereo composition.  So I have been using a
special "rule of thirds" that favors the center of the picture.  See separate
message for details.

Oleg Vorobyoff