Re: [photo-3d] My very first stereo picture

["r. black" <rblack@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Now here's something I can reply to without worrying about voltage vs.
resistant or my shaky math skills...

My very first stereo image was hopelessly trite and corny, but like Mr.
Shelley, I still look back at it with fondness and delight. The dog was
lying in the garden, basking in the golden late-day light. Coral bells
hung down over her head. The scene was warm and peaceful and captured
forever on film. When the first roll of chromes came back, I was hooked.
The amazed reactions of friends and family fueled the fire.  (It was only
later that I discovered how consuming and complex this pursuit could, and
did, become.)

R. W. Black
Brockport, NY

Dan Shelley wrote:

> > 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.
>
> Mine was a shot of my wife behind some low hanging tree limbs - taken
> with a single camera shifted between shots. There was a breeze so many
> leaves/shadows/etc moved between shots, but even so - I was thrilled
> that I had recorded something in 3D. (Felt like I had "invented it or
> something...)
>
> I loved all 150 or so of the images I took in the first 6 months I was
> shooting 3D - all "weight-shift" single camera images. I can hardly
> stand to look at them now for the multitude of technical problems, and
> yet, I cherish them all and will keep them. =)
>
> Dan Shelley