P3D Re: Depth

[michaelk@xxxxxxxxxxx (Michael Kersenbrock)]

> I must ask this question: Isn't creating depth the biggest reason to use
> stereo in the first place? Stereo is different than flat photography, it

Certainly, stereo is done for depth, but the real question is whether
the image and subject themselves are secondary to the depth.  Is depth
the #1 priority in a stereo picture?  Is a really crummy picture with
lots of depth way-better than a magnificient 2D image?  I think not.

Depth is just one tool in the toolbox along with color, light control,
composition, etc.  It adds a tool that builds on the other tools in
the toolbox.  It doesn't displace the other tools, nor necessarily 
dominate.  But it's certainly a peer among tools.

> has depth. We shoot for depth, we like depth, depth is what we do. The
> ability to convey depth is what adds to a fine photograph, and I cant see
> why somehow would think that by being concerned with depth is somehow
> wrong. 

Depth isn't wrong, it's just not the end-all, it's not the Holy Grail.  IMO

Nothin' wrong with "being concerned", it just seems reasonable not to
have it possess one to the exclusion of all other aspects of photography.

Stereo photography isn't a pure superset of 2D, but it doesn't exclude
all 2D'isms either.

> How many of the members of this list look at a really nice flat
> photograph and wonder how much more interesting the photo would be if done
> in stereo? 

Absolutely!  But sometimes the answer is zero, and it wouldn't have helped.
Other times it would have been great.

> Most I suggest. And if you say that depth figures prominently in
> your photographs, then you too are concerned with depth.
> 
> So, shoot and stop worrying what people think. If you like depth, too much
> depth, absolutely no depth, hyper this, hypo that and pseudo all the time,
> who Freaking Cares. do you shoot for the popular idea of what makes a good
> photograph or do you shoot because it pleases you?

Exactly.  :-)


Mike K.


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