In February 2015 I finished crocheting a driver cover for my Dad, in the shape of a black Labrador head.
The neck is a crocheted rib, the ears are single crochet triangles, and the rest is single crochet in the round with a small hook in the style of amigurumi (although I don’t think I knew that word at the time). The nose is stuffed, but the skull is provided by the head of the golf club.
I have had a Zoom Loom on my wish list for a couple years. I finally purchased it and am so glad I did. This is an ingenious little loom that makes a 4 x 4 inch, four selvage woven square by wrapping three layers and weaving a fourth to achieve a plain weave.
This just made my weaving swatch the fastest swatch, outpacing both knitting and crochet. I use the swatches for my fiber book pages for each fiber I spin, but this went so fast I’m intrigued by the design possibilities that are now open to me!
OK, this is the last photo pair that I took at the Myriad Botanical Gardens in Oklahoma City, OK. This one is my favorite.
The plant in the foreground is centered in the photo, and the side of the trench hits about the same place in each photo, which gives less edge artifacts when viewing the 3D image. I like the way the plants and trees add depth, and more trees and the conservatory are in the background.
That is it for the stereographic photography for now. It is such an easy thing to do when I’m taking pictures, though, that I will absolutely be taking more. I have fun seeing the unexpected depth in the blog feed, so I’ll keep sharing too.
Here is a quick recap of my process: I find a subject with a foreground, mid ground, and background, with little or no moving elements. I plant my feet hip width apart and hold the camera at eye level. I shift my weight to the left, take a portrait picture, then switch my weight to the right and take another portrait picture. At home, I make a file in my photo editor that is twice as wide as my portrait photos and put the photos next to each other. I have to zoom out to see the parallel view and check that I put the photos in the right order. I then switch the photo positions for the cross view. I still can’t view the cross view, which is called a cross view because the left eye looks at the right picture, and the right eye looks at the left picture. It gives me a headache.
Yup, more photo pairs that I took at the Myriad Botanical Gardens in Oklahoma City, OK. This time outside in the gardens.
I had high hopes for the 3D viewing of the Band Shell (and really should have made my eldest try the acoustics with me, or recruited people for a quartet, or even tried a little yodel, I thought it was a shade structure at the time of the photography). The tile work has depth, but the structure doesn’t really, and the building and trees are too far away. Hm.
Here is a little walkway to a wood bench, which always makes me happy, where ever I find them.
Here are a couple more photo pairs that I took at the conservatory at the Myriad Botanical Gardens in Oklahoma City, OK.
The trouble with the stereographic photographs above is the people. They aren’t holding still, so are in different positions even with the quick succession that I took the photos. When I view the parallel image, the people are ghost-like and impossible to focus on.
Below is a set of pictures of the walkway again, but with some plants in the background and no people.
Um, yes, I have more photo sets. I’ve been only posting two at a time to give your eyes a break, but if you don’t like these at all, you might want to check in with me in a few days for different content.
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