[photo-3d] "A Fine View", Grand Canyon, AZ.

["Dr. George A. Themelis" <drt-3d@xxxxxxx>]

I will tell you the story behind my three award-winning 
entries in OSPS Tuesday night.  We start with "A Fine 
View", taken at Grand Canyon AZ.

In our way out of the Grand Canyon I was stopping in 
just about every scenic stop to check the view and 
possibly take a couple of pictures.  In one of the 
last stops I saw this attractive lady and I wanted 
to put her in the picture.  You see I am convinced 
that the human element gives a sense of scale and 
enhances these scenic shots.  

The problem is, I am a bit shy and could not ask her 
to pose for me  (basically stay still and look into 
the scene) so I was sneaking, waiting for the right 
moment to snap the picture unnoticed.  Did anyone say 
"model release" forms? :) :) :)

It was not working out, but finally she sat on a rock 
with her male partner.  I knew I had a small window of 
opportunity so I snapped the picture while I could, 
with my RBT S1.  It turned out very well.  She is looking 
at him, he is looking at the Grand Canyon.  They wear 
matching orange outfits, a nice contrast to the overall 
bluish of the scene.  A few rocks in the foreground and, 
of course, the magnificent Grand Canyon at a distance.  

Originally, I had this mounted in a 31.5mm RBT mount and 
it looked great in my Van Ekeren viewer.  However, when 
I saw it projected at the NY Stereoscopic Society (this
was one of the slides I showed at the NSSS meeting in
July) I realized that the scene was a bit too far behind 
the window.  So I remounted it in a 7p mount (which is 
more comfortably handled in most stereo projectors) and 
pulled the scene closer to the window by bringing the 
film chips closer to each other.

Overall, "a fine view".  In my opinion the best of my 3 
entries, got 3rd place.  One judge said that the picture 
was so sharp than you could see depth in the distant 
background!  (I can only thank the RBT S1 for this....)

I plan to enter this in PSA Salons.  As I've told you 
DrDave, I use the local club as a testing grounds for 
selecting PSA Salon entries!

George Themelis