Category: photography

Eastern Phoebe

On By CarynIn photography, Wildlife

Here is another set of pictures taking from my kitchen with my digital camera. I watched this little Eastern Phoebe beat the katydid against the railing several times, then swallow it whole. Wow.

Photo description: Eastern Phoebe with a green katydid in its beak
Photo description: Eastern Phoebe with a green katydid in its beak, different angle
Photo description: Eastern Phoebe swallowing the katydid, the insect parts can just be seen inside the beak
Photo description: Eastern Phoebe finishing swallowing
Photo description: Deed done. Phoebe fed.

Oh deer!

On By CarynIn photography, Wildlife

We have been taking pictures with my Canon digital camera out the back door but I only just downloaded for the last month. Hm. I found the deer pictures my eldest took, when she spotted a doe in the back woods!

Photo description: deer in the backwoods, squirrel tree circus in foreground
Photo description: Zoom in on the deer, watching the house

Do I ever see deer in the yard with my own eyes? No. I see them on camera: either the trail cam or someone else’s picture. Hm.

Remember and honor

On By CarynIn photography
Photo description: headstones lined up at the Black Hills National Cemetery

Today we honor those that made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our country. Our flag is flying, and we remember.

Stereoscopic in the woods

On By CarynIn photography, Uncategorized

I took a walk in my woods with my phone and tried taking some more stereoscopic photos. These are all parallel view (I still can’t do cross view, and my eyes ache from trying.)

Photo description: a look into the woods between two trees, this one doesn’t have much depth, it is mostly foreground and background
Photo description: path up a hill through the woods, this one came out better, there are objects in the middle distance that help set up the depth and I feel like the framing works
Photo description: path through a thicket, this is my favorite of the three here, there is a branch in the foreground that comes forward, and all the brambles next to the path give a nice sense of depth

Here are my tricks when I’m having trouble merging the two photos to see the 3D image: take off my glasses or put them on, make sure there isn’t a glare on the screen, move the screen closer then farther away. There are some images that I simply cannot get the trick to work, sometimes it is the day or hour, and sometimes I suspect poor composition. My favorite stereoscopic (and stareograms) images are the ones so well done that it just pops together with very little effort.

Parallel view bluebonnets

On By CarynIn photography

I was obsessed with Magic Eye pictures in the 80s, and recently found out that the same eye unfocusing technique can be used with photos taken at slightly different viewpoints then framed together. So I have started experimenting with my own photos.

Photo description: original photo with bluebonnet field with trees in the background

There are two different basic ways that the photos can be presented. Parallel view, where the left eye looks at the left picture and the right eye looks at the right picture, and Cross view, where the left eye looks at the right picture and the right eye looks at the left picture. I can’t do the cross eye viewing, so can’t double check my work, so I’m only presenting parallel view today.

Photo description: stereoscopic presentation of the same bluebonnet field, parallel view

For me, I unfocus my eyes until I see three photos instead of two, and I can then focus on the middle photo, which looks 3D.

I’m also learning about framing and composition. Experiments will continue.