Abe's 3-D World: June 2007

[NOTE: Red/cyan ANAGLYPH versions of these CROSS-VIEWING stereo pairs are featured in the very next post.]

View these CROSS-VIEWING stereo pairs in 3-D without glasses:

1) Click on images to enlarge.

2) View the stereo pair straight on and from a distance of about 2-feet from your screen.

3) Cross or converge your eyes a bit until you see three virtual images. [NOTE: If you don't cross or converge your eyes enough, you will likely only see the two images as they appear on the page. If you cross or converge your eyes too much, you may see four images.]

4) With all three images in your line of sight, continue holding focus on all three and gaze upon the center of the three images. The virtual center image will appear fully three-dimensional.

If at first you don't succeed, be patient and try again. The dimensional rewards are well worth the effort.

[Stereo pair posted above]
Lupine bloom by pond, Fish Camp, south of Yosemite National Park, California.
© Abe Perlstein

Cabin and giant sequoias, Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, California.
© Abe Perlstein

California Tunnel Tree, Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, California. Cut in 1985 for stagecoaches. This is one of two trees tunneled in years past. The other tree, the aptly named Fallen Wawona Tunnel Tree apparently fell in a violent winter storm sometime in the late 1960's.
© Abe Perlstein

Fallen Monarch, Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, California. The upended root ball, partially seen here was gigantic, about 25-feet across. One feels humbled when standing next to these behemoths.
© Abe Perlstein

The Grizzley Giant, Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, California. This tree is one of the largest in the grove and, at 2,700 years, one of the oldest living Sequoias on the planet. The huge limb on the right side of the trunk is nearly seven feet in diameter! The base was at least 25-feet across. Even stereo photos do little to make one appreciate the sheer volume of this ancient giant. Look carefully (after clicking and enlarging the pair) and see the figure in a red shirt at the bottom for a sense of scale.
© Abe Perlstein

Mariposa Grove Museum, Yosemite National Park, California. Built in 1930 and restored in 1983, this cabin occupies the site where Galen Clark built a small cabin in 1861. The siting of this rustic cabin surrounded on all sides by towering and a few downed giant sequoias is possibly the most arresting image one can experience in the grove.
© Abe Perlstein

Mariposa Grove Museum, Yosemite National Park, California. A somewhat different angle on the cabin than in the preceding view. Why black & white versus color? I made the B&W conversion as the early morning shaded colors in the original were on the bland side.
© Abe Perlstein

Trail and fencing leading to Mariposa Grove Museum, Yosemite National Park, California.
© Abe Perlstein

Ponderosa Pines, Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, California. While these trees are smaller than their giant sequoia neighbors, they are still might large. Look carefully and you will see a figure in a red shirt at the bottom of the center tree.
© Abe Perlstein

Pine cone and burned/hollowed out stump, Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, California. The cone was about one-foot in length.
© Abe Perlstein

Mature fire-scorched Ponderosa Pines, Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, California. A park ranger explained "prescribed burns" take place from time to time in various parts of the grove to reduce unburned fuel from the forest floor and to promote growth of new sequoia saplings, the seeds of which can only germinate after fire.
© Abe Perlstein

[Image below]
Trail Cut Through Downed Trees, Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, California. The height of the log to the left was above six feet.
© Abe Perlstein

# posted by Abe Perlstein @ 11:17 PM

Click on images to enlarge.

For best results, view these anaglyph images under greatly subdued lighting with red/cyan-tinted 3-D anaglyph glasses. For a FREE sample pair:

Send self-addressed first-class stamped envelope with note stating:

'Please send FREE sample pair of red/cyan anaglyph glasses so I may see all those cool 3-D views on www.Abes3dworld.blogspot.com. Thank You!' to:

Rainbow Symphony, Inc.

6860 Canby Avenue/#120

Reseda, CA. 91335

Your free sample pair of glasses should arrive within a week of being received by Rainbow Symphony.
ATTENTION 3-D purists:

You may opt to view glasses-free CROSS/CONVERGENT-viewing pairs presented in the previous post. Cross/convergent-viewing stereo pair versions are true color. While ANAGLYPH versions of stereo views seen via red/cyan glasses are often ideal and relatively easy for those individuals new to stereo images online or in print, stereo pairs viewed by the naked eye employing the cross-convergent viewing technique---as explained at the head of the previous post---is a visually superior method.

Additionally, glasses-free autostereoscopic screens, electronic shutter glasses technologies, and binocular styled books featuring stereo pairs on the page viewed with the aid of built-in binocular enlarging lenses provide excellent viewing in full-color. However, for the purposes of this blog, and to please the majority of visitors to this blog, for the time being, anaglyph and cross-viewing stereo pairs will be the featured formats

Remember: click on images to enlarge.

[Image at top of this post]
Lupine bloom by pond, Fish Camp, south of Yosemite National Park, California.
© Abe Perlstein

Cabin and giant sequoias, Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, California.
© Abe Perlstein

California Tunnel Tree, Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, California. Cut in 1985 for stagecoaches. This is one of two trees tunneled in years past. The other tree, the aptly named Fallen Wawona Tunnel Tree apparently fell in a violent winter storm sometime in the late 1960's.
© Abe Perlstein

Fallen Monarch, Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, California. This upended root ball, partially seen here was gigantic, about 25-feet in diameter. One feels humbled when standing next to these behemoths.
© Abe Perlstein

The Grizzley Giant, Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, California. This tree is one of the largest in the grove and, at 2,700 years, one of the oldest living Sequoias on the planet. The huge limb on the right side of the trunk is nearly seven feet in diameter! The base was at least 25-feet across. Even stereo photos do little to make one appreciate the sheer volume of this ancient giant. Look carefully (after clicking and enlarging the pair) and see the figure in a red shirt at the bottom for a sense of scale.
© Abe Perlstein

Mariposa Grove Museum, Yosemite National Park, California. Built in 1930 and restored in 1983, this cabin occupies the site where Galen Clark built a small cabin in 1861. The siting of this rustic cabin surrounded on all sides by towering and a few downed giant sequoias is possibly the most arresting image one can experience in the grove.
© Abe Perlstein

Mariposa Grove Museum, Yosemite National Park, California. A somewhat different angle on the cabin than in the preceding view. Why black & white versus color? I made the B&W conversion as the early morning shaded colors in the original were on the bland side.
© Abe Perlstein

Trail and fencing leading to Mariposa Grove Museum, Yosemite National Park, California.
© Abe Perlstein

Ponderosa Pines, Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, California. While these trees are smaller than their giant sequoia neighbors, they are still might large. Look carefully and you will see a figure in a red shirt at the bottom of the center tree.
© Abe Perlstein

Pine cone and burned/hollowed out stump, Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, California. The cone was about one-foot in length.
© Abe Perlstein

Mature fire-scorched Ponderosa Pines, Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, California. A park ranger explained "prescribed burns" take place from time to time in various parts of the grove to reduce unburned fuel from the forest floor and to promote growth of new sequoia saplings, the seeds of which can only germinate after fire.
© Abe Perlstein

[Image below]
Trail Cut Through Downed Trees, Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, California. The height of the log to the left was above six feet.
© Abe Perlstein

# posted by Abe Perlstein @ 10:30 PM

>>>>>>> Click on images to enlarge <<<<<<<

For best results, view these anaglyph images under greatly subdued lighting with red/cyan-tinted 3-D anaglyph glasses. For a FREE sample pair:

Send self-addressed first-class stamped envelope with note stating:

'Please send FREE sample pair of red/cyan anaglyph glasses so I may see all those cool 3-D views on www.Abes3dworld.blogspot.com. Thank You!' to:

Rainbow Symphony, Inc.

6860 Canby Avenue/#120

Reseda, CA. 91335

Your free sample pair of glasses should arrive within a week of being received by Rainbow Symphony.

ATTENTION 3-D purists:

You may opt to view glasses-free CROSS/CONVERGENT-viewing pairs presented in the very next post. Those versions are color accurate. While viewing ANAGLYPH stereo views with the requisite glasses is easy, the best 3-D viewing experience is sans glasses.

Additionally, glasses-free autostereoscopic screens and electronic shutter glasses technologies provide excellent viewing in full-color. However, for the purposes of this blog, and to please the majority of visitors who do not own these technological advancements, for the time being, I will continue to focus presenting anaglyph and cross-viewing stereo pairs.

Remember, click on images to enlarge.

This image and the one above:
Spring garden, Morro Bay, California.
© Abe Perlstein.

Poppies and grape vines, Laetitia Vineyard & Winery, Arroyo Grande, California.
© Abe Perlstein.

Grape vines and Estate House, Laetitia Vineyard & Winery, Arroyo Grande, California.
© Abe Perlstein.

Side view of grape vines, Laetitia Vineyard & Winery, Arroyo Grande, California.
© Abe Perlstein.

Vineyard Road, Laetitia Vineyard & Winery, Arroyo Grande, California.
© Abe Perlstein.

Abandoned Farm House, San Luis Obispo, California.
© Abe Perlstein.

Though I rarely if ever feature stereo views other than my own, you may have missed the following four awesome views of our sun taken by NASA's Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory (STEREO for short), a two-year mission whereby a pair of nearly identical space-based observatories---one ahead of Earth in its orbit, the other trailing behind---are providing first-ever 3-D stereoscopic measurements studying the sun and the nature of its coronal mass ejections (CME's). See more images with the same red/cyan anaglyph glasses you are now wearing at: http://stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov. The following (5) photos are courtesy of NASA.

Sea Lion Pup, Estero Bluffs State Park, north of Cayucos, California.
© Abe Perlstein.

Eroded Bluffs, Estero Bluffs State Park, north of Cayucos, California.
© Abe Perlstein.

Pat Does The Mail Check Boogie Woogie, San Luis Obispo, California.
© Abe Perlstein.

Red wildflowers along Scenic Byway, Sierra National Forest, California.
© Abe Perlstein.

Hay harvest along Los Osos Valley Road, east of Los Osos, California.
© Abe Perlstein.

# posted by Abe Perlstein @ 2:43 PM

Abe's 3-D World

Sunday, June 24, 2007

Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias, Yosemite National Park [stereo pairs]

Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias, Yosemite National Park [anaglyph]

Saturday, June 09, 2007

Mid-April > mid-June ANAGLYPH views

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