Sat 25 Jul 2009
Gateway Arch Stereogram
Posted by Ken Atherton under vacation
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Sandi says I have been posting too many stereograms recently, and it’s true, I have been going through our old pictures and building stereograms when I can find pictures that work. Most of the posts I’ve made since late May have involved a stereogram in one way or another. For me, though, it is a way to get a second chance to post about things we passed by the first time. Plus, I love the 3D effect that, in my opinion, preserves the moment in a special way.
So, I’m probably going to continue posting stereograms — but now that summer is in full swing, we’ll also be posting more traditional pictures. We’re already falling behind on some events that have happened this summer such as the theater camps that the girls have gone to.
Sandi and I spent the last few days in St. Louis with a visitor we have been hosting for the last week from France (by way of Spain), Tiphaine. Tiphaine is the oldest sister of Colleen, who was Carissa’s best friend at school in France. We’ve kept in touch with the family over the years, and were happy when the Auvignes suggested that Tiphaine come to to visit us for a few weeks this summer.
A trip to St. Louis was on the agenda so that we could show Tiphaine the Gateway Arch, the tallest monument in the United States. The first two days we were there, it was too cloudy to go, but on Thursday, it cleared up, so we headed out bright and early. After our trip to the top of the Arch, we took a short cruise on a riverboat (from which I sent this postcard). While we were waiting for the trip to start, I took a couple of quick photos with my iPhone, since the battery in my little died during the trip up the Arch (I accidentally left the charger in Indy!)
As usual, the photos aren’t of the greatest quality, but I was able to salvage a decent shot with some filtering using one of my favorite iPhone apps, Camera Bag.
This shot has been altered using the Helga filter, designed to replicate the characteristic vignetting of this camera. It creates an elegant shot that highlights the center of the picture. I used this photo to create the postcard using another iPhone app, Postman. It’s amazing what you can do with a few on-the-go tools.
Finally, here is the stereogram I built from the same set of shots.
Stereogram of the Gateway Arch, as seen from the SS Tom Sawyer, July 24, 2009
Local Tags: 3d, carissa, France, gateway arch, mississippi river, missouri, sandi, school, spain, st. louis, stereogram, stereograms, summer, tiphaine
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