Lilacs in 3-D

Titles/credits will overlap if you select anaglyph viewing format! This was originally uploaded for parallel free-viewing. YouTube's 3-D viewing feature was not available at the time, so the titles/credits were in full-screen 2-D. Anaglyph viewing (with colored 3-D glasses) always works better in Black & White, so you might consider selecting that option.

This is a short stereoscopic video of my century-old lilacs as they reached peak bloom in May of 2009. It was made with a 1950s vintage Stereo-Tach beam-splitter attached to a Sony Cyber-shot digital camera.

Parallel "Free-viewing" a stereoscopic pair can be easy...if you don't try too hard. Don't "cross" your eyes! Relax them; let them drift apart, like you're staring in a trance-like gaze. It's like looking into a mirror. When you look in a mirror, you don't normally look at the surface of the glass; you focus your eyes beyond that, deep into the reflection. So, relax and look far, far away -- then let your gaze drop to the stereo pair while you try to maintain the relaxation. The picture might be blurry at first; it might even move around! In fact, you'll suddenly see three images of the same picture...but, if you look closely now, you'll see that the middle picture is in 3-D! Once you've done it, it gets easier and easier. But don't make work of it (remember this is supposed to be "for fun"). If you don't see it in a minute or two, let it go and come back to it later. It might just pop right into place for you then!

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Lilacs
• Maine
• stereoscopic
• 3-D
• 3D
• Dennis
• Hunt
• Dennis_Hunt
• parallel
• free-viewing
• yt3d:enable=true
• yt3d:swap=true
• yt3d:aspect=2.5:4

[Stereo3DMovies]

 Please remove the 3D tag...this is a 2D video!!!

[ObediahFults]

@Stereo3DMovies Your comment is utterly ridiculous and insulting. It was shot through a Stereo-Tach beam splitter and it definitely IS true stereoscopic 3-D! As stated in the description, it was uploaded before the YT 3-D player was available -- so the titles will overlap if an anaglyph viewing format is selected. It was originally created to be presented in parallel viewing format only. The TITLES ONLY are in full-frame 2-D. I've been a stereographer for 41 years, so I know 2-D from 3-D!

[ObediahFults]

Titles/credits will overlap if you select anaglyph viewing format! This was originally uploaded for parallel free-viewing. YouTube's 3-D viewing feature was not available at the time, so the titles/credits were in full-screen 2-D. Anaglyph viewing (with colored 3-D glasses) always works better in Black & White, so you might consider selecting that option.