[photo-3d] My very first stereo picture

["Stuart Stiles" <sstiles@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes. Dr.T, that photo is the one on page 20 of the first edition of your
"How to Use and Maintain Your Stereo Realist" book, isn't it? It does have
strong cardboarding effect.

How many of us can point to our "very first stereo photo?"  That would make
an interesting gallery exhibit.  It might also go far toward encouraging
beginners. We tend to be intimidated by the crisp depth and precise
composition of some of the work of more experienced stereo photographers.

My very first stereo photo was taken with two disposable cameras in August
1996. The primary problem was mis-alignment of the cameras. That was most
obvious at the outer edges of the images.
Being persistent, however, I decided to buy a camera that was designed for
stereo... the Realist that you sold me.

		Stuart


-----Original Message-----
From: Dr. George A. Themelis [mailto:drt-3d@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 8:13 PM
To: photo-3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [photo-3d] Cardboard cutout effect?




I remember my very first Stereo Realist picture.
I asked my wife to pose in front of our apartment
building.  She stood looking straight ahead at
about 7 feet from the Realist.  I lowered the
camera angle and took a picture.  When I looked at
it with the Radex viewer I experienced a very
strong cardboard cutout effect.  <snip>
Had I asked my wife
to turn her side to me, or had I used a higher
angle (which will have included the graduated
depth of the pavement) this effect would have
been minimized.  Also, it was my very first stereo
picture.

George Themelis