Congratulations, George. It's good to have such projects and put
yourself out there. Good on ya. Inspiration to all of us.
Joel W.
On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 10:14 AM, DrT (George Themelis)<drt-3d@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I've been very busy! Since 6pm last night, I have been mounting stereo
>> slides.
>
> I managed to finish mounting, and projected the best slides... As always, I
> had about 10 slides and I could not decide which 3 to enter to the club
> competition. So I called my 17 year old son to help me. He was "ohhh,
> ahhhh" in every slide. "Which 3 do you like the best?" I asked. "I like all
> of them!" was his response. Not much help in other words....
>
> So, I picked 3 favorites and went to the meeting. All three slides were
> from the Orlando vacation.
>
> Slide #1, a beautifully composed picture from EPCOT, the "Spaceship Earth",
> this large golf ball, composed with flowers in the front, photographed with
> my Konica Hexar 3d camera. It looked great, filling the screen... but... it
> got nothing!!! That was a shock!
>
> Slide #2, from Disneyland downtown, an air balloon with Mary Poppins. I
> photographed it late afternoon, with 20mm lenses in my stereo camera.
> Looked very nice. Got 1st place award.
>
> Slide #3, from Universal Studios, a picture of a shark hanging upside down
> with mouth open. I took two pictures, one of my wife with her head inside
> the shark's mouth, but I was a bit far away, and one just of the shark where
> I came closer. I mounted the slide with the shark's mouth coming through the
> screen (remember, this is 3d). Very strong stereo effect and impact. Got
> 2nd place.
>
> So, one 1st and one 2nd to start. Not bad....
>
> Our club gives awards to 20-40% of the entries so there was another 1st
> place and more 2nd places. One lady got one 1st and two 2nds, so she is in
> first place now. (I have to keep an eye on her :))
>
> At the end of the meeting the entire group votes for their most favorite
> slide and the winner gets the "people's choice award" which gives an extra
> point. This went to my slide #2!
>
> Overall, a good way to start the season!
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