Life Is 3D

3D Mushroom Madness

admin — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:34:42 +0000

A monstrously massive mushroom I uprooted before it could put a dent in my mower (ha ha). I’ve posted 3 pictures of it, all taken using sequential exposures on a normal single-lensed camera. I had to vary the distance between shots depending on how close I was, mostly operating in the macro range of the camera & using an interocular spacing of only a few centimeters. Very cool results!

3D rainbow

admin — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:43:55 +0000

A beautiful rainbow stopped me in my tracks one day while walking past one of many lakes in Orlando. I obtained this photo by moving about 6 feet horizontally between exposures to exaggerate the depth. Since everything is so far away, depth perception would be lost in a conventional stereo photo.

Toy Story 1 & 2 in 3D!

admin — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:13:54 +0000

Recently, we went to see Toy Story 1 & 2, which were both re-released in full, glorious 3D at last!
I’ve always thought that any computer-generated movie could easily be converted to 3D – it’s basically a matter of telling the computer to re-draw everything from a few inches to one side of the original viewpoint (that, and having twice the processing power!)
Pixar’s master plan is to release Toy Story 3 (in 3D) next summer, June of 2010. I really hope they bring back the ‘1 & 2 in 3D’ double-feature again just before then, as a two-week release was just not long enough, and what better way to warm up for the all-new 3D adventure?

3D Glasses Party

admin — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:29:43 +0000

More 3D fun with friends… and everybody looks so cool in those anaglyph 3D glasses!

3D in the White House

admin — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 02:09:47 +0000

A newly-elected President Obama, his wife Michelle, and friends enjoy a 3D broadcast
of the 2009 Super Bowl in the White House home theater room. Now that’s high-tech!

3D small rig

admin — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:32:34 +0000

Here is my latest creation – a much smaller, lighter version of a digital 3D camera. I chose these because their lenses are aligned with the tripod mounting holes (so I can go vertical if desired), their zoom controls didn’t cover up the connections I needed to solder inside, and they are cheap, so if they bit the dust during “modification”, I wouldn’t be too sorry. They focus & sync with a great deal of accuracy. The biggest problem I had was cramming the new wiring into the housings, as there’s no extra room in there!

3D Big Rig

admin — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:40:26 +0000

Here’s a recent brainchild in my world of 3D – a twin Panasonic DSLR camera rig fired simultaneously with a homemade electronic switch. This particular rig is quite heavy & bulky, but gets great shots with lots of options! For the sake of convenience, I started with a home-made twin rig made of smaller automatic cameras, and have since improved on that. Shooting the two images simultaneously, I then manipulate them in Photoshop to produce a single “anaglyph” file, viewable with common red/cyan 3D glasses. I’ve worked hard to remove the ‘ghosting’ so common in a great deal of 3D photos, especially color ones!