OT: Synthetic 3D images

[Evan]

I have a particular interest in 3D imaging. I have played around with generating 3D images by various means including completely by hand retouching a single 2D image. Here are some examples. The first three images started out as ordinary flat 2D images. I have manipulated the images to produce a false 3D aspect. In particular, the 3D version of my recent Orion astrophoto is purely speculative and not based in any observation. We are not able to detect any 3 dimensional properties of an object that far away even with the best telescopes.

All of the following images are intended for crossed eye viewing. If you aren't familiar with this you first must be able to cross your eyes at will. You then look at the center of the pair of images and cross your eyes until you see three images; one on the left and on the right and in the centre a third image that is the two combined. That is the image that has the full three dimensional aspect. Concentrate on it and ignore the other two images to either side.









This next image is not from a photo but is generated via a computer program from digital terrain altitude data from the Canadian Geophysical Service map database. It is the view from the top of Mt. Robson in Northern British Columbia looking down toward the southwest. All of the elements in the image are created by me as textures and are then applied as I chose to the blank 3D form of the landscape. I used textures obtained by photographing actual scenery in the locale of Mt. Robson and I try to make even the colour and orientation of the strata as accurate as possible.

[Evan]

This one however is not synthetic. This is an actual 3D photograph taken in front of my house looking at the sunrise through mist in the trees.

[hitnmiss]

Very nice Evan, the last two really stand out for me.

[deanq]

That is totally amazing! I didn't know I could do that! The detail is scary, and I could focus on different parts of the 3D picture. The mind is an amazing thing.
Thanks for sharing.

[darryl]

Now I can't see straight

[John Stevenson]

Bugger it, can't do it, you must need good eyesight to go bozeyed.

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[j king]

Im glad someone else cant see it.One may be a bit clearer..

[Evan]

My wife can't do it either. I think being near sighted causes a problem when trying to focus crosseyed.

[kc5ezc]

My wife can't do it either. I think being near sighted causes a problem when trying to focus crosseyed.

Evan: I can't see the 3D aspect without my glasses. One of my eyes sees distance and the other close without glasses. With glasses they similar in perception and the 3D aspect shows up very well in the last two pictures.
Well done.
John Burchett
in Byng OK, USA

[aostling]

Evan,

These really pop! Your view of the sun's rays coming through the trees is the first time I've seen dust in stereo.

I'm quite at a loss to understand how you made the stereo pairs of Mt. Robson, the aurora, and the nebula. It would seem that each pixel would have to be given a specific parallax shift, but that seems an impossible task. Can you share the secret?