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Michele + Jet in Philly (Zagar A208)

by Boris Starosta

Sometime around 2017 we visited Philadelphia to take in a concert by Raffi, whose music Jet just loved to pieces. It was the furthest South that Raffi had ever travelled in his very long career of live performance for young audiences (Raffi is Canadian). Raffi is getting pretty old these days, so we jumped at the chance to go see him. Of course, a stereoscopic angle had to be included, so I undertook to find some of Isaiah Zagar’s thousands of murals. He has practically covered Philadephia with these distinctive works, which have a lot of stereoscopic interest, on account of the liberal use of bits of mirror. Learn more about Zagar’s opus here: https://www.phillymagicgardens.org/about-philadelphias-magic-gardens/about-isaiah-zagar/
Photography was done with a Sputnik shooting Velvia 50. But the weather was not as bright as I had hoped for. On the ground you can see my test exposure rig, a twin rig Sigma DP1 Merrill.

Entrance # 16, Hyères, France

by Dale Walsh


Oleander hedges around the entrance to the house next door that my girlfriend’s sister rents each summer in the south of France.  The pine trees are full of cicadias noisily rubbing their wings each evening! A short ride downhill to the tennis courts, Mediterranean coast and beaches. Good place for your health with a diet of loads of varied fresh vegetables and seafood.

“Wild Horses”

by Jon Hoggatt

This is a cross-eye view of the MF3D view now in the folio. It was made on a shoot with my good friend, Mike Davis. We actually got run off by security, for looking “too professional” with our twin rigs, tripods, step-ladder, and bags of gear! As you can see, the cast is different in the two. Turns out it’s due to one of those “happy accidents”: The Right-Eye view (on the left here, with the green cast) was shot on Velvia RVP50, while the Left-Eye view (on the right here, with the magenta cast) was shot on Velvia RVP100F. So it’s a whole different kind of Retinal Rivalry, but I think it adds to immersive experience (just by chance). Shot with two RB67s with 50mm lenses – focus knobs touching – overcast day.

 

Ordinarily I do not try to make art using elements of the artwork of others, but made an exception in this case. This amazing Bronze Sculpture is by Robert Glen and graces Williams Square in Las Colinas in Irving Texas. It used to be a grassy field where I hunted rabbits, growing up nearby.

Go Raptors Go!

by Dale Walsh

Because of the Toronto Raptors historic 2019 NBA Championship win over the Golden State Warriors I have decided to send all my images this round from that fair city. Interiors are Fuji Velvia RVP 100F and exteriors are Provia RDP III taken with the TL 120.

Ontario College of Art And Design It kind of looks like they wanted to preserve the building underneath and stuck this one on top of it.

Roger’s Toronto Late Afternoon.  This is a cha-cha and I got pretty lucky with the lack of clouds and so not much movement between shutter clicks in the bottom although I just noticed a ladder or small crane in one image and not in the other one. I took a bunch at sunset but they are unviewable because of the cloud movements in the sky. This was taken from the balcony of  by brother’s appartement very close to the centre of the city which is basically Yonge and Bloor streets.

Stained Glass Silhouette Inside St. James Cathedral on Church Street. Tried to expose for the stained glass windows but maybe a touch too dark.

Scared Arts : Painting, Music and Sculpture. Inside St. James Cathedral on Church Street

Submission 2014

by Nik Sekhar

I wanted to dedicate my submission this year to David Lee, who was a great master of medium format 3d and who I was lucky enough to meet.  His work has been an inspiration to me.

  1. Busan Igidae park, this was a beautiful park, this picture was taken on a windy day with the waves crashing in the foreground, and the Busan skyline, and bridge in the background. This was shot with the tl120 at f/11 1/250.
  2. Gyeogju, this is a hyperstereo with 50 foot separation Fuji gf670w fuji velvia.
  3. San Francisco. I took this picture in San Francisco, please excuse, the ship motion artifacts between the two shots. Fuji gf670w 60 foot separation.  David Lee met me and drove me up to the viewpoint for this shot.
  4. Gyeongju temple:  This is a wooden bell in the temple on one of the excursions of ISU Korea 2015.

Thank you for allowing me to share my work.  I have enjoyed yours on this round

Nik Sekhar

New Mexico Moods

by Jon Hoggatt

Kitch Gitten Place

This Sante Fe shop keeper agreed to have this environmental portrait done in the doorway. The Open shade made Velvia the choice – interior light balanced well by luck.

Crown Jewels

I like shooting store windows – reflections vs. transluscence. Thi one is more about the stuff, the sunflowers, and signage.

Abandoned Adobe

Velvia worked wll for this lighting scenario – side sun. I love how it saturates the colors.

One Man’s Junk

I was absolutely awestruck when I came upon this scene. The picket fence, the metal barn, the broken glass, even the wires in the sky… and wow, what a sky.

 

Foliage

by Boris Starosta

Last fall, I got on a foliage kick.  Finally, after many years of dismissing foliage imagery as “beneath me,” I thought, okay, it does look pretty spectacular, and maybe MF3d would be a good way to capture the beauty of some of our foliage here in Central VA.  So for a couple of weeks I went around shooting foliage.  Most of the shooting was digital video, actually, and there’s a video I ended up publishing on YouTube, best seen on a 3DTV in HD:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1mU646qYeM

But some of the trees I found were SO spectacular, digital could not do them justice.  One of them is in the view I’ve put in this folio “Foliage.”  I loved the structure of the tree, and the many different colored leaves that it had on display: lots of yellow and red, to be sure, but also greens and browns.  The mid-morning sun was backlighting the leaves to brilliant effect.   I had first been attracted to this tree, because it was dropping leaves.  I was trying to get video of leaves coming down towards the camera(s).  But then I noticed the tree for its own sake…  The next day I went back to the tree, bringing the Sputnik and some rolls of Velvia, and it really captured the colors beautifully.

This view is almost as it would be if you were lying on your back underneath the tree.  And I could have done so all day!  Who needs TV, with trees like this right outside?  The tree was in a busy part of UVA campus called “The Corner,” but you’d almost never see anyone taking notice of it.  Truth be told, I had not noticed this tree until this fall, when I was really looking for foliage imagery, and I’ve been in that general area thousands of times over the past 30 years.

Submission 3

by Nik Sekhar

This is my 3rd submission to the folio.   It is an honor and privilege to share my slides and view the wonderful work of the other participants. It was fun to meet some of you at this year’s NSA and I look forward to meeting you again soon.

 

 

 

 

 

Koi: This was shot at the Mission  San Juan Capsitrano during the NSA field trip.  All are shot with TL120,  This was Velvia 100 at f 16, 1/125

Alice and Mom:  This is my wife and her mother Efke 25, sb28 flash at auto f8.

Flower arrangement: f22 1s velvia

Hummingbird and Quen Mary:  This was shot during the NSA trip.  I was lucky enough to catch this Hummingbird fly into the scene.   I love the contrast in scale.  Velvia f22 1/60

 

 

Submission 2

by Nik Sekhar

Ducks Lake Winnebago

Velvia 100 and TL120(used for all)  Exposure f16 1/30

I used the reeds as a 3d frame for the ducks.  I like to underexpose velvia a bit to saturate the color.

My son, Efke 25, Nikon Sb 28 flash on auto f8

I love this film for portraits, grainless with excellent latitude.  Please try it and DR5 if you haven’t yet.

Purple Tree at Riverside Park Neenah Velvia 100

Also slightly underexposed to saturate the color.  I think trees are the perfect subject for 3d,  I think this was f16 1/125

Myrtle Falls Mt. Rainier Velvia 100

I used f8 and 1/500 for this to eliminate the need for the tripod.  Probably one of the few shots that I’ve used the top shutter speed for.  Still adequate depth of field at infinity, but if you are really looking for it. Some forground needles are slightly soft.  I love this place and hopefully will get to use the Tl- 120 in  few more National Parks.  Long Live Slide Film!