stereographic dock

The patient photographer on the dock is a friend of mine, another philosophy grad student at UBC. He's taking a picture of a heron that came and waded around near us. (See the picture here) I like how you can see the glow of his screen.

Taken from Vanier Park.

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Peter Bowers says:

how is this supposed to work? do I need those glasses?
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

The Procrastinating Philosopher says:

Sorry. No, you don't need those glasses. The trick is to get your eyes to converge at just the right angle. Just let your eyes relax and wander, each on its respective image. Don't focus on either image. The left eye should look at the left image and the right eye at the right.

It might help to think of looking through the pictures, into the distance, or even of trying to get your eyes to diverge (it may even work to try crossing your eyes, though technically this is a "parallel" stereogram and not a "cross-eyed" one). It may take a while, but your brain wants to get the right and left images to agree. Once you get used to looking at these sorts of pictures, you can get the effect within a second or two.

You could also try using a piece of paper to separate the two images so that your eyes can't look at the wrong one. Or, like Luminuscule (see comments), you could take apart an old Viewmaster and use that to look at these. Or you could buy a viewer online here.
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

Robin Thom says:

A couple of stiff drinks help.
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

Really Dahling says:

My Grandather did pictures like this all the time, so I"m used to looking at them. But I can't get this one to go right. The dandilion one worked lovely though. <edit: I finally got it, though my eyes are begging for relief now./
I'm learning how to take slides using a stereoscopic camera.
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

The Procrastinating Philosopher says:

I know what you mean about the eyes. I just hope nobody sues me for damages. (Look at your own risk!)

Sometimes it helps to look at a smaller version.
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

fo.ol says:

This looks really cool wiggled. Can I use it on the project's homepage?
Posted 56 months ago. ( permalink )

The Procrastinating Philosopher says:

Sure. Go for it.

I take it this is a way to view stereo images without having to cross or diverge your eyes, etc? That's a great project. I'm not sure if it works for me, but I'd be willing to put links to your program in my other stereo images once you get it worked out.
Posted 56 months ago. ( permalink )

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