Re: Cardboard cutouts and backdrops...

[P3D John W Roberts <roberts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 22:12:41 -0500
>From: "P3D  Dr. George A. Themelis"  <DrT-3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Cardboard cutouts and backdrops...

>Recently I had the chance to show stereo slides to a few novices...
>They all enjoyed the pictures but two comments got me thinking:

>- They found the background to look like a backdrop.
>- They commented on how the human figures look like cardboard cutouts.

>...Recently, I dug out and looked at this picture again.  Guess what?
>I DON'T see any cardboard cutout effect any more!

>I tend to believe that those with rather strong stereoscopic 
>perception notice these effects more and that they go away as 
>we get used to stereo photography.

I enthusiastically agree - I think the ability to view and enjoy stereo
increases with practice. (That, and the ability to decouple visual cues
and concentrate on the ones the photographer is making use of.)

>Also, there has been a discussion about people objecting to
>frozen action.  Or comments on how people look like wax figures.
>I believe that these comments come from novices who are 
>impressed by the realism of the medium... These impressions go
>away with time too as we get used to stereo images.

I'd say that's true for many people, but one of the strongest proponents
of that view was Ferwerda, and he didn't qualify as a novice :-)
... maybe "novices and pioneers"?

John R


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