Tanzania Africa - Fuji W3 Univeral View Pics plus some info...

Just a sample of what I took in Tanzania, Africa, May, 2016 . These don't do justice to seeing them on a 3D TV. You will note that looking at the free view gives more depth than the crosseyed view at least for me. I think it's because your mind thinks differently when crosseyed, thinking objects are closer to your face. Some of these were zoomed in with the camera and appear flatter than others. I have lots more of course. I have 160 shots altogether from the W3. Some repeats from a different angle or zoom. I also came back with over 2,000 2D shots.

If you do only one more thing in your life, go to Africa, especially Tanzania. You will never ever regret it. I recommend Lion World Travel. You will be on tour with maybe up to 20 people from all over the US if you come from the US--or grouped with people from your country. You eat meals and talk together at the lodges after the days game drives. Each Safari Van holds up to 6 people. We had about 5 in 4 vehicles. You will drive through several cities and various parks including the famous Serengeti, Tarangire Park (biggest Elephant park in Africa),  and the huge Ngorongoro Crater--absolutely amazing. You will also land near the famous Mount Kilimanjaro. The lodges are  very clean and modern. You won't be roughing it, but you can also stay in tented camps--a little more rustic, but still very safe. Meals are good and you get boxed lunches for your game drives, which leave early in the morning after a hardy breakfast and return about supper time for another great meat.

Lioness on Rock in the Serengeti. It's interesting that females do almost all of the hunting for their pride and the males lounge around during the day waiting for their meal.

Rastafarian Lion on Rock in Serengeti - Called that because of it's dreadlock-like mane. This is a zoomed in pic.

Impala (Antelopes) Harem in the Serengeti. Females will herd with one Male.

Another shot of Impalas showing the Male guarding the herd. Impalas are a favorite meal for lions.

Of course, no trip to Africa would be complete without seeing an Elephant. They are becoming extinct because of poaching for tusks, sad.

Masai Giraffes. They have unique oak-leaf like pattern. Note the open safari vans. In Tanzania, the vans have a popup top to stand and take pictures. It's safer if animals start charging the vehicle. In South African parks, they have open seating vans because the animals are much more docile as in a zoo.

Zebra momma with foal. Zebras actually have brown stripes when they are young and they change to black as an adult.

A Cheetah lounging in grass, waiting for a meal to pass by, usually a Gazelle, Impala or Wildebeest.

One lucky shot of a Lioness feeding two cubs. Our van was right next to them. Lions and other animals are used to seeing Safari Vans drive around, so they aren't too afraid.

And, of course there are other exotic things to take pictures of like this Orchid.

Sorry to ask but, why 3 pictures?  Special viewing technique?  When I cross eyes on these ones, I end-up with 2 perspectives, one reversed and one positive!?!

Tourlou wrote:

Sorry to ask but, why 3 pictures? Special viewing technique? When I cross eyes on these ones, I end-up with 2 perspectives, one reversed and one positive!?!

This is the universal L-R-L technique. Two pictures to the left can be viewed straight on with the left eye focused on the left most pic and the right focused on the center pic--not crosseyed for free 3D viewing. The two on the right require crosseyed viewing to see the 3D. The advantage of crosseyed viewing is you can make the images much larger. For free viewing, the center of the images must be kept to about 2.5 inches apart or your eyes will have to turn-out to see the 3D.

Also, some people on the forum have viewers that can view larger L-R images for straight on parallel viewing. Here is an example viewer:

http://www.3dstereo.com/viewmaster/pvn-swv.html

The 3D sensation is usually much better when viewed this way. Crosseyed viewing tends to miniaturized the perception of the images because our brain thinks we are looking at objects up close when looking crosseyed

Hi, I'm a newcomer here. I see four images and the 2nd (from left) is 3d. The third is weird. What is going on? I have only seen two images for this 3D system before.

jules

threed123 wrote:

Just a sample of what I took in Tanzania, Africa, May, 2016 . These don't do justice to seeing them on a 3D TV. You will note that looking at the free view gives more depth than the crosseyed view at least for me. I think it's because your mind thinks differently when crosseyed, thinking objects are closer to your face. Some of these were zoomed in with the camera and appear flatter than others. I have lots more of course. I have 160 shots altogether from the W3. Some repeats from a different angle or zoom. I also came back with over 2,000 2D shots.

If you do only one more thing in your life, go to Africa, especially Tanzania. You will never ever regret it. I recommend Lion World Travel. You will be on tour with maybe up to 20 people from all over the US if you come from the US--or grouped with people from your country. You eat meals and talk together at the lodges after the days game drives. Each Safari Van holds up to 6 people. We had about 5 in 4 vehicles. You will drive through several cities and various parks including the famous Serengeti, Tarangire Park (biggest Elephant park in Africa), and the huge Ngorongoro Crater--absolutely amazing. You will also land near the famous Mount Kilimanjaro. The lodges are very clean and modern. You won't be roughing it, but you can also stay in tented camps--a little more rustic, but still very safe. Meals are good and you get boxed lunches for your game drives, which leave early in the morning after a hardy breakfast and return about supper time for another great meat.

Lioness on Rock in the Serengeti. It's interesting that females do almost all of the hunting for their pride and the males lounge around during the day waiting for their meal.

Rastafarian Lion on Rock in Serengeti - Called that because of it's dreadlock-like mane. This is a zoomed in pic.

Impala (Antelopes) Harem in the Serengeti. Females will herd with one Male.

Another shot of Impalas showing the Male guarding the herd. Impalas are a favorite meal for lions.

Of course, no trip to Africa would be complete without seeing an Elephant. They are becoming extinct because of poaching for tusks, sad.

Masai Giraffes. They have unique oak-leaf like pattern. Note the open safari vans. In Tanzania, the vans have a popup top to stand and take pictures. It's safer if animals start charging the vehicle. In South African parks, they have open seating vans because the animals are much more docile as in a zoo.

Zebra momma with foal. Zebras actually have brown stripes when they are young and they change to black as an adult.

A Cheetah lounging in grass, waiting for a meal to pass by, usually a Gazelle, Impala or Wildebeest.

One lucky shot of a Lioness feeding two cubs. Our van was right next to them. Lions and other animals are used to seeing Safari Vans drive around, so they aren't too afraid.

And, of course there are other exotic things to take pictures of like this Orchid.

JulesJ wrote:

Hi, I'm a newcomer here. I see four images and the 2nd (from left) is 3d. The third is weird. What is going on? I have only seen two images for this 3D system before.

jules

These 3 images are called a Universal 3D view. The Left and Middle images are in L/R sequence for free viewing--letting you eyes stare at them without crossing them to get 3D.

The Middle and Right images are in R/L sequence for crosseyed viewing. When crosseyed viewing, you will see a phantom 4th image. Maybe I should just load two images for crosseyed viewing. You're not the only one confused by this.