2006 Holography contest sign-up thread

ron olson · Post by **ron olson** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 10:12 pm

John,

You an take 2 photos; you can take 20 photos: it's not an issue of how many points of perspective you have - it's the medium and how it's perceived. Things that have a dimensional nature require a different type of visualization than do things that are flat in nature (I sometimes refer to it as active visualization vs. passive visualization) and this is what I object to in looking at holography through any representational medium. As something of an aside: I have a good friend who has studied how people who spend too much time staring at flat screens indeed show impared abilities to see volumes: their occular muscles don't perform up to speed and they eventually have difficulty in adjusting from near-field to far-field.

HoloM · Post by **HoloM** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 6:12 am

Hi!

I am sorry, but as it seems at this time, I think I don't manage to make a hologram till the end of the contest. I don't have much time for holography in this weeks. So maybe I can't enter with a own picture. Just want to let you know in advance.

Matthias

MichaelH · Post by **MichaelH** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 8:15 am

Don't give up yet. You still have 2 1/2 weeks before the deadline.

Speaking of which, I know Andres has been working hard on his entry and I'm about to do some lighting test shots this morning for mine. How are the rest of you doing?

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 9:02 am

Progress report: Two H1 masters done, need to change table over to copy mode. Hoping to do video for submission, but I've never done that before.

JohnFP · Post by **JohnFP** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 2:01 pm

ron olson wrote:John,
You an take 2 photos; you can take 20 photos: it's not an issue of how many points of perspective you have - it's the medium and how it's perceived. Things that have a dimensional nature require a different type of visualization than do things that are flat in nature (I sometimes refer to it as active visualization vs. passive visualization) and this is what I objec! to in looking at holography through any representational medium.

Ron, I think you misunderstood my statement about two photos. I was speaking about a stereo pair (cross eyed, far focus, etc...) that would allow one to see a pretty good representation of the 3D-ism of the hologram.

I agree that a flat medium does not do holography justice but unfortunately that is what we are stuck with for the time being on computers. That's why I support stereo pairs, videos etc... as apposed to a single flat image. Not great, but better.

I am going to try to include one of these for each of my new holograms I want to show.

dave battin · Post by **dave battin** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 1:52 am

MichaelH wrote:How are the rest of you doing?

my chemicals are set, i just acquired an image, and its now time to start shooting!

jcfolke · Post by **jcfolke** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 9:51 am

We'll give the contest a try!

Kris Meerlo · Post by **Kris Meerlo** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 6:23 pm

Sorry I am out.

I have no time to make the best ever dog hologram this month.

dave battin · Post by **dave battin** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 3:38 am

Kris Meerlo wrote:Sorry I am out.
I have no time to make the best ever dog hologram this month.

sorry to hear this kris......

now it sounds like we are down to around 13 entries .......

I guess, time will tell

John Klayer · Post by **John Klayer** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 2:50 pm

I'm tossing in the towel.

I haven't had the results I hoped for and I doubt it will get better in the next couple of days.

My idea was a dog house made of reflection holograms so as to see a virtual dog inside.