Posted by David Taylor on April 9, 2012 at 3:40 PM
...very hard to catch in flight manually in 2D. Almost impossible in 3D
but I've just about managed it. Not so happy about the rear wing, better luck next time I hope.
Red/cyan glasses to view in 3D
Fujifilm W3 3D camera
Cyclopital Macro attachment plus Marumi 3+ macro lens
Sigma flash
Pre-emptive manual focus.
Posted by Nick Mckeown on April 9, 2012 at 3:48 PM
Doesn't seem to pop like the others Davidbut I take my hat off to you to capture any flying insect in mid flight.
Nick mentioned that this one doesn't seem to 'pop' as much as others David. Would I be right in saying that is because it doesnt have such great depth to the subject, ie with a long tree trunk for example the apparent depth is greater?
Well done on capturing it anyway.
Not quite there in 3D for me David, but as you say nigh on impossible!.
Would be great as a normal shot anyway !
John
Posted by David Taylor on April 9, 2012 at 4:10 PM
Thanks for the comments, chaps.
Nick and Robert you're right about there being not too much depth as the BG is mostly sky and a distant OOF bush, so there is nothing for the brain to relate to in processing the perception of depth, that's my interpretation I stand to be corrected. I was toying with the idea of merging two images together but I'm rubbish at matching the shades of blue in the two images.
John, the anaglyph doesn't really do it justice, it looks great on the camera's lenticular screen and on my lenticular viewer.
Posted by Paul Whippey on April 9, 2012 at 5:31 PM
I don't have the glasses to appreciate this David. But managing to capture one of these insects in flight is no mean feat! Superb.
Discussion
11 repliesbut I've just about managed it. Not so happy about the rear wing, better luck next time I hope.
Red/cyan glasses to view in 3D
Fujifilm W3 3D camera
Cyclopital Macro attachment plus Marumi 3+ macro lens
Sigma flash
Pre-emptive manual focus.
Nick.
Still waiting for my glasses
Keith.
Well done on capturing it anyway.
Would be great as a normal shot anyway !
John
Nick and Robert you're right about there being not too much depth as the BG is mostly sky and a distant OOF bush, so there is nothing for the brain to relate to in processing the perception of depth, that's my interpretation I stand to be corrected. I was toying with the idea of merging two images together but I'm rubbish at matching the shades of blue in the two images.
John, the anaglyph doesn't really do it justice, it looks great on the camera's lenticular screen and on my lenticular viewer.
Bugs in flight buggers to get at the best of times. You've still done well.
works better as 2D I am afraid as there is not enough environment to pop and the flys too small to make up for it.
Well it made sense to me when I typed it
David
I too would like to see this in 2D, nicely done and not easy I bet. Tis a very good effort, David.
Andy...
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