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Sami Serola (inactive)

Sami Serola (inactive) club

Posted: 03 Mar 2017

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The "Holmes stereoscope" and a collection of "stereo cards" I inherited from my grand mother. The copyright notice on cards reveals the prints are done between years 1901 and 1907, but these devices became as a popular home entertainment medium already in 1850s. Unfortunately there are no information about the photographers and actual dates when the photographs have been taken.

Printed on stereo cards: H.C. White Co., The "Perfec" Stereograph.

Examples of stereo cards available at: content.lib.washington.edu/stereoweb

Post processing details: Nik Collection used for post processing. FIrst 'Fine Art' on Silver Efex Pro 2, and then 'Film Efex: Vintage' on Color Efex Pro 4.

christel.k, Erika Akire, goandgo, Au Cœur... diagonalhorizon and 9 other people have particularly liked this photo

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 Wierd Folkersma
Wierd Folkersma club
really in stereo :))
8 years ago.
 ╰☆☆June☆☆╮
╰☆☆June☆☆╮ club
Beautiful capture.
Have a great weekend ;-)
8 years ago.
 Valfal
Valfal
What a clever way to photograph this stereoscope and its cards! I absolutely love what you did here, Sami! I also have a stereoscope with some cards, too, and it's a pretty remarkable device. :-))
8 years ago.
 Marie-claire Gallet
Marie-claire Gallet
Excellent , Sami !!
8 years ago.
 Karen's Place
Karen's Place club
Ah, the precursor to the Viewmaster! I have one of those but have never seen or heard of one of these. How cool that you have one. Interesting processing too. Great idea!
8 years ago.
 H C
H C
Very cool shot with the diptych.
8 years ago.
 Amelia
Amelia club
Reading the link proved to be so worthwhile, Sami. So cleverly thought out, and very original too. Lovely processing/
8 years ago.
 Gudrun
Gudrun club
What a cool idea to make the stereoscope and the stereo cards into a stereo photo! I have never managed to see stereo, maybe a steroescope would do the trick;-) Excellent processing and that lace doily is a nice trouch:-)
8 years ago.
Sami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to Gudrun club
I recommend trying with smaller pair of images:
www.ipernity.com/doc/serola/44395980/sizes/500

On the main image up here the distance between images seems to be wider then the distance between average distance of eyes, and then it simply will not work at all. One can't get the images overlap, no matter how hard you try.

With that smaller image, try to relax your eyes, like you are when looking something far away. You should then slowly start to see the images overlapping, and finally see sort of three pictures. The overlapping stereo image in the middle.

Good luck! =)
8 years ago.
Gudrun club has replied to Sami Serola (inactiv… club
I've tried and tried and it still doesn't work for me:-( I remember on Panoramio there was quite a craze with 3D photos for a while and there I also never got the knack.
8 years ago.
Sami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to Gudrun club
Unfortunately that indeed does not work for everyone. I don't know exactly why. One reason can be strabismus: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strabismus

I have it, a vertical one, and it indeed makes it difficult to view somewhat anything. Currently I have rather strong prism correction on my spectacles.
8 years ago.
Gudrun club has replied to Sami Serola (inactiv… club
One of my eyes is considerably weaker than the other and on the better one I have astigmatism, I don't know if this has to do with it but I remember at sports in school I often missed the ball because I "saw" it in the wrong place.
8 years ago. Edited 8 years ago.
Sami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to Gudrun club
Yes, that could be the reason. Not fun to have this sort of limitations =(

But better than being blind entirely! =D I'm personally happy not being a color blind, because I so enjoy especially color photography =)
8 years ago.
 Au Cœur... diagonalhorizon
Au Cœur... diagonalh… club
Yes my friend Early and Quasi

perhaps
it relates to coming closer to our brains
(through optical nerve canal for instance)

what do you think ?
8 years ago.
 Heidiho
Heidiho club
I remember such old cards .... and your diptychon fits good to the game. But, it makes nervous and headache .... too much to see in the same time.
8 years ago.
 Erika Akire
Erika Akire
...but you have a difficult domino pattern Sami, I have to pass:(...
5 years ago.
Sami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to Erika Akire
I will play my move tomorrow, if it seems to stuck till then =D
5 years ago.

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