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Paris in Stereo - Page 2

Louvre - Sully Wing - 1st arrondissement - This was taken under ideal weather conditions, but as you can see there were people walking. If you look closely at the two images, you can see that they've moved inbetween exposures. This might cause problems when you try to fuse the two images. If so, then just concentrate on the upper half of the images, and you shouldn't have any problems.

The Sully Wing of the Louvre is one of the oldest parts of the Louvre - originally a fortress built by Philippe August in 1200. The I.M.Pei Pyramid is at my back in this perspective. The afternoon sun is as well, and it illuminates the façade bringing out the color of its stone. From a stereo point of view, this image is rather "flat" - but once the two images are fused, it is easy to detect the relief of the columns, windows, and decorative details of the structure. (single image)

Tuileries - 1st arrondissement - Les Jardin des Tuileries is just to the west of the Musée du Louvre. Originally a beyond the city walls, in 1564 Catherine de Médicis built the Palais des Tuileries at the eastern end of the gardens. The Commune of 1871 burned the palace and in 1882 what was left was torn down.

This particular stereo pair has a strong 3D effect due to the statue in the foreground, and the Denon Wing of the Louvre seen in the background. (single image)

Opéra Garnier (Detail) - 9th arrondissement - This is the upper left corner of the front of the Opera. It was taken on an overcast day in January 1995. I know very little about architecture, but I had started to take "detail" images of Paris buildings just in case they might be interesting to art historians and/or architects. After taking this "detail" image, I thought that I might as well take a second stereo image. Once again, because there were no people or cars in the frame my primative stereo technique would work well. If you look at the two individual images, you'll notice that the flags on the left did move, but this doesn't actually cause any problems. This particular pair is one of my favorites. (single image)

Montmartre - 18th arrondissement - This was one of the other pairs that I took while on the roof of Galeries Lafayette with Ric Erickson. Montmartre was off in the distance and I didn't have my long lens. I'm not sure it would have helped anyway since to it would have been difficult to properly "register" the second image properly with a long focal length lens (I never carry a tripod either).

In any event, it was obvious that I should "give it a try" and so I used the 50 mm lens that was on my camera. As it is, this pair is "okay". The 3D effect is satisfactory, but probably it would be good to retake these and try for a bit more detail in the Basilique itself. (single image)

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