Demonstration stereo images...

[P3D Dr. George A. Themelis <fj834@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Inspired by  Ken Luker, I made a few stereo demonstration slides.
I took the idea from the Realist Manual book where they show 5 bottles
arranged in a triangle.  I used 5 cute little minature bowling pins.
First picture shows a perfect symmertry with the 5 pins (arranged in a
triangle) appearing to touch each other.  This is the view of a cyclop
with only one eye at the center of his head.  Next picture shows the
same arrangement with the camera shifted to the left (still a flat pair).
You can see the summetry breaking down with a gap in the right side and
overlap in the left.  Next picture shows the flat view from the right
side.  Finally, the proper right and left pairs are shown for 
fascinating 3d (for those with healthy stereo vision!)

Other interesting images:

- A picture from the 50s (actually Aug. 1963).  This was given to me by 
  Marc Robbins (for free, thanks Marc!)  Shows 9 people's head's arranged
  in a circle looking down at the camera.  Clever idea.  The colors are 
  nice as many of the women are wearing bright red lipstick.  The picture
  is titled "Nine heads, no bodies".  The interesting thing about this 
  picture is that you can turn it upside down (180 deg. rotation) and get
  the same thing, with only different faces up and down.

- Comet Hyakutake taken by Richard Koolish in April 1996.  Richard is the
  only person who responded to my photo-3d plea to borrow a few stereo 
  images of scientific nature, by sending me an _original_ stereo pair.  
  Thanks Dick!

- Two stereogram images working fine and demonstrating three things:  
  1) How do these images look (for those who have not been able to free- 
  view them, 2) How the stereo image totally disappears when one eye is 
  closed, 3) How nicely the depth reverses when the polarizer glasses are 
  reversed.

- Find the 6 difference by freeviewing (copy from Sunday's paper)

- Black light, matte double exposures, space control, fine demonstrations
  taken by the late Ted Lambert.  Stereo drawings (including one of
  Wheatstone's original drawing from his 1838 historic paper.)

These are just a few examples... There will be the usual Realist multiple
exposures, SLR hyper- and macro- stereos and many more out of the ordinary
stereo images from Dr. T's vast collection :) plus stereo views and more!

It is going to be an exciting program.  One day I would like to write a
soundtrack and have it complete and independent but, for the present time,
live narration is best because images might change and some slides are
circulating in PSA so they will have to be pulled out, with new ones
entering in.

Hope I've given you enough incentive to try and make it to Cleveland this
coming Tuesday, 7:30 pm!

-- George Themelis


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