It was a rather drab weather day, but it made for a decent enough monochrome rendition of the John Moulton Barn. The mountain peaks are covered in clouds, but I don't mind it in this case. Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA, October 2024
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- Proof of Concept -
This is what my left eye saw while I was capturing the 2 images for this (my first ever) stereoscopic 3D Knysna forest photo. I'll admit that it's not the most interesting photo that I've ever taken, but it does form half of a successful proof of concept. I am finally able to capture three dimensional photos of this Magical Knysna forest.
Unfortunately, the only possible way for you to view the 3D version of this photo (on your phone, computer screen or paper) is through a special pair of red/blue glasses, which I'm guessing none of you have. These stereoscopic images are known as "anaglyphs" and this is how Wikipedia defines that term...
"An anaglyph is the stereoscopic 3D effect achieved by means of encoding each eye's image using filters of different (usually chromatically opposite) colours, typically red and cyan. Anaglyph 3D images contain two differently filtered coloured images, one for each eye. When viewed through the "color-coded" "anaglyph glasses", each of the two images is visible to the eye it is intended for, revealing an integrated stereoscopic image. The visual cortex of the brain fuses this into the perception of a three-dimensional scene or composition."
This successful proof of concept makes me wonder if anaglyphs might become the subject of my third Magical Knysna Forests book? Each book would obviously include a pair of those special glasses, so that you could view the photos "exactly" as my eyes saw the scene. If I decided to self-publish another limited edition photo book containing only 3D anaglyphs, would you consider buying a copy?
Of course I realise that I'm not attempting anything new (or ground-breaking) here. Stereoscopic photography was first done more than a century ago. But I now find myself at the bottom of another very interesting learning curve, a rather steep curve that I'd love to climb to the very top of. ;)
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On the last few meters of an extensive hike below the Odle Group at the end of the Funes Valley, we passed this stream (Rio San Zenon), which absolutely had to be photographed;-)
Auf den letzten Metern einer ausgedehnten Wanderung unterhalb der Geislergruppe am Ende des Villnößtales kamen wir an diesem Bachlauf (Sankt Zenon Bach) vorbei, der unbedingt fotografiert werden wollte;-)
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There are rare stretches within the Narrows where the canyon widens enough, and enough soil has accumulated in steep banks along the river course--and held firm against the recurring floods--that trees gain purchase and have room and time to grow larger than one might expect. This is one such place where a few stalwart conifers have been able to reach considerable size nestled against the sheer sandstone walls and where a copse of coloful maples has created a miniature forest home on a steep slope little more than twenty or thirty feet wide measured from the river's edge to the canyon wall.
it's a delightful little spot, even if not one that clearly reveals itself in a photograph as even being in the Narrows. Adding to my enjoyment of this little respite from hiking over rolling river rocks, I saw a strong-looking eight-point buck at the water's edge just below where I made this image. If he actually lived there, he'd be pretty safe from any local carnivores, I expect, but he'd have to walk a pretty good ways downriver to find a date.
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