Expo2 comments

[P3D <rdi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I thought I'd share my thoughts about the Expo2 that recently
came thru my house.  I encourage everyone to similarly comment
when they get it.

What can I say?  It was a priviledge to view the amazing
Expo2 package.  It was great to see all the wonderful images
of far-away places that I'll never get to see (and some not so 
far), the different formats, different viewers, 3D videos, etc.

There were MANY images that were amazing.  Here's but
a few that still stick out in my mind:

-Ray Hannisan's fuzzy wild burro, with thin clouds low and
in front of the buttes on the horizon.
-Dave Huddle's macros- all of them were incredible, especially the 
eye; there was a lot to look at there, in particular the contact lens.
-Morris Keesan's Gorge du Loup- the lighting, scale, and far haze make this
look like a painting.
-Dr. T's macro 3D noodles.  I didn't figure out how he did it until I
read comments from others; I had been leaning towards needles.  Great imagination!
-Tim Maffia's self portrait- Amazing!  The details, the cool stuff, that SUIT,
ths stance, the light painting, it could've been 1940; a great pro shot!
-John Weiler's hyperstereo shots.  Made even more great by his comments-
I hadn't noticed the teeny tiny full-sized trees (2000 feet below) until
I read his description- then I became fully aware of the enormous scale in
the picture of The Gooseneck.  It is an impressive sight.  I think his aerial
hyper shot of the Rockies was absolutely the best of the Expo for me.
-Joel Alpers' Estes Park (Colorado) hypers, in particular the convention
center.  The bushes in the foreground and the miniaturization effect were just
right.
-Tom Dory's stereo card of Petrified Forest Nat'l Park- wonderful up close
plus far details.  It struck me just right.
-Dave Worrell's Alaska pictures were wonderful- stuff I've never seen before.
-David Kesner's cave pix- Thanks!  These beautiful shots are of stuff most
of us will never get to see!

Other comments (I can't say enough good things about the Expo):
-the home made Medium Format viewer was great!
-the VM photo of the Sphinx was alarming- the only close up pictures I've seen
were old stereoscope cards from the 1800s.  I was quite stunned at all the 
stone that had sloughed off the sides and arms of the Sphinx.
-the screwdriver 3D video was great- my kids actually squealed with delight watching it.
I had never seen 3D video before-it was neat.
-While watching all the 3D videos, the red hardwired 3D shutter glasses (3DTV) 
provided *much* less flicker (and a much more enjoyable experience) than the 
wireless (VRSurfer) ones did.  Have others had this same experience?
-The lenticular photos were all great!  The *amazing* correctness of the Batman/Robin 
outfits showed a remarkable level of geekness!  :-)   I was particularly fascinated 
by the large un-laminated lenticular- print plus separate lens.  You got to put it 
together yourself and see how it worked.  Cool!  Thanks!
-I got to see the very nice Q-Vu mounts for the first time; I'll have to get some
for use in making my own cards.
-I'll be remounting my Expo slides when I get them back!! :-)  I guess I need
to build a light table after all!  (Thanks for the helpful comments.)
-Unfortunately, I never had time to project any slides. :-(
-I tried to comment on every entry, but maybe 1/2-3/4 though I realized I had 
to speed things up, and stopped that effort.  Sorry.  Rest assured, I enjoyed 
every image even if I couldn't write a comment.


Now for a couple informal (and valueless, financially speaking :-)  ) awards:

"Best close up using Nimslo and reading glasses"- "Cat" by Mark & Melody Buchanan
"Macro-Realist envy" award- all by Dave Huddle, & beehive by George Gioumousis
"Whoops, wish I hadn't seen THAT!" award- "Signal Avenue Morning" by Chris Helms
"Best set"- Mark Chapman  (I mean the farm, the FARM, I tell you!) :-)
"Best use of commercial jet" -John Weiler (wonderful hypers)
"Best stretch"- Bert Noel's 14,000 ft. cig puffin' buddy. (Ow! That poked me in the eye!) :-)
"Best Cows"- Marc Robbins  (They're plotting something, I just know it!)
"Greatest depth of field with widest aperature"- LeRoy Barco's red paddle wheel
"Best Red"- Lauren Michaels' Poinsettia (liked the pasta bunnies, too!)
"Biggest machine"- Bruce Rosenberger
"Coolest tulips"- Ron Doerfler (the plane that the tulip tops forms is amazing)
"Flowing water envy" award- Don Lopp's medium format shot
"Tiniest farm implements"- Pat Erker
"Best light painting"- Bert Noel  (That fisheye view was very cool, too!)
"Best kid & dog"- Ron Fross' bookmobile kid (love that shirt) & Shep
"Best re-processing/duping effects"-Dr T's Lady in Gold


The only suggestion I'd have for improvement for future expos would be 
to obtain a better dual 2x2 viewer.  I believe the viewer detracted from some
otherwise excellent images.

I replaced a ragged 3 ring binder, taped up some weak wiring on a power supply
(to the 3DTV converter- still works fine), put some hole reinforcers on some
slide comment pages, and reinforced the main box with tape.  
I doubt that the current box will survive a trip across the Atlantic; I suggest a 
future recipient pick up a new one from U-haul & repack before it goes overseas (see
instructions with the Expo).

Thanks for the great time, all!!

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Rick Inzero                                     
Northern Telecom, Inc.                          
Rochester, NY                                   rdi@xxxxxxx

I free-view lenticulars for a 6-D effect!!


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