At CSNS, I had a chance to shoot a Wiener Synagogue medal. It's pretty rare, from what I understand, and the only synagogue medal he did. I couldn't resist making a stereoscopic picture with it, since the relief is so cool on these. Not everyone can do this, but if you cross your eyes until the "center" image snaps into place, you'll be able to see the relief of the medal. It helps to concentrate on a single reference point in the image while doing this. I probably should have separated the left and right image a little more than I did, which would exaggerate the relief a little more. Click on the pictures to get a larger, sharper image, and it looks a lot better. Thanks to Dave Wnuck for having me photograph this.
Cool! For those who can cross their eyes and are still having trouble... 1) Make the picture as big as possible but still see both obverse images 2) Cross your eyes 3) Touch your nose with your index finger 4) Slowly move your finger towards the computer monitor until you see a 3rd image appear in the middle. And I'll admit, with a title like that, I simply *had* to see what the heck you were talking about!
Wow. That is cool. If you can do it you'll see 6 images. The middle two are the "3D" images. Now, if you're really good you will be able to move from top to bottom pic without your eyes going out of focus. Very cool JB!
Great medal! And yes, I agree about the relief ... although trying to do what Dougmeister suggests gives me a headache, hehe. That synagogue does not exist any more by the way. Shortly after the construction (completed in 1861 as the medal says) it burned down, in 1867. But it was rebuilt according to the original plans shortly afterwards. In 1938 it was destroyed during the November Pogroms (see my earlier comment here). Unlike the main synagogue in Cologne, this one was not rebuilt or restored again. In case anybody is interested in what the Glockengasse synagogue looked like: The "virtual reconstruction" project has some images, so to say, here. Use the Fwd/Back buttons at the bottom, or click any of the preview images. Exterior (Slides 22 to 34) http://www.cad.architektur.tu-darmstadt.de/synagogen/inter/en_Koeln/sld022.htm Interior (Slides 35 to 47) http://www.cad.architektur.tu-darmstadt.de/synagogen/inter/en_Koeln/sld035.htm Christian
The Magic Eye stuff doesn't work well for me. Those work best when you diverge your eyes -- left eye looks left, right eye looks right. When I do the stereoscopic images, I generate both the cross-eyed and parallel image pairs. The latter are viewed like the Magic Eye pictures, or could also be viewed with Google Cardboard on a smartphone or printed and viewed on a 19th century Holmes stereoscope.
Are you saying it's two different things your eyes are doing to see your image and the image on the book @Evan8 posted JB? I can do both quite easily. I just blur my eyes and refocus them until the effect shows or the images blend. I guess it's like second nature for some and impossible for others. Strange.
Yes, two different things. With the Magic Eye stuff, I cross my eyes and the image is recessed into the background. Since your brain doesn't like seeing wrong depth information like this, it's harder to see the secret image.
