P3D Re: replies on orthostereo

[Larry Berlin <lberlin@xxxxxxxxx>]

>Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997
>From: Peter Abrahams writes:
>................
>My agenda here was to stir up the pot, but I've learned my lesson & won't
>do it again.  Tele- and micro- photography is not generally concerned with
>ortho qualities, though I'm sure there are examples I'm not thinking of.
>It certainly is interesting to think of reconstructing space in an image on
>those scales.  (Or is a macro that accurately scales all 3 dimensions an
>ortho shot?)

*****  Finally, something about Ortho that makes sense!!!  Regardless of
whether the term can be defined in this manner, you've hit on the key issue.
If we can't define Ortho in this way, then we need a term that describes
this accurate reconstruction at some scale. Or maybe the term Ortho can be
expanded to include accurate scaling?


>.............
>To me, a little hyper (there's that troublemaking term again) draws the
>viewer into the scene & enhances it.  This is a subjective feeling that
>certainly doesn't apply to portraits.  (It is pretty amazing that if a
>stereo portrait causes you to seem too close to the subject, it gives you
>the same sort of feelings as 'having your space violated' by someone who
>stands right next to you to talk.)

****  That's an interesting analogy. Is there truth to this factor? Does
that mean that you *wouldn't* get that feeling if the offending portrait
were of someone near and dear to you? Do you get that feeling from standing
too near a statue of a person?

Larry Berlin

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