Some cool photo book images:
(animated stereo) Relaxing in the Dead Sea, early 20th century
Image by Thiophene_Guy
To see the small (column width) animated version scroll down to the first comment; to see the large (1400 x 1012) version view original size (click all sizes).
The purpose here is not to duplicate the original image, from the Library of Congress website, but to generate a downloadable animated gif to assist viewing and presentation.
The library of congress offers a multitude of historical images online, many needing no license to redistribute. The original Matson collection stereoview is titled Around the Dead Sea. Man floating with book and umbrella in hands.. The approximate date of capture is 1900-1920. There are no known restrictions on publication. Library of Congress digital ID: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/matpc.01738
Image rotations, resizing, alignment, cropping and animated gif generation done with StereoPhotoMaker, a freeware program by Masuji Suto & David Sykes.
Pink skies over Denver
Image by Jim Nix / Nomadic Pursuits
During my early morning photo walk in downtown Denver, I came across a lot of really interesting buildings to shoot: the Capitol, the art museum, the Denver Mint - lots of stuff. The challenge was that I was running out of time and into too much light, so I was booking it to squeeze in all that I could before the sun really got up there and got busy. In this case, I was shooting the Denver Art Museum, which is a really interesting looking building, and I happened to turn around for a second. When I did, I saw this scene with this amazing pink color in the sky and just had to capture it. The building you see there is the central branch of the Denver Public Library, and like a lot of buildings in the area, it has some really great architectural elements. After getting this shot, I ran back to the Capitol, thinking I could get some nice pink light behind it, but to no avail - the heavenly display was over. I was thankful I had taken this shot when I did.
From the blog at: www.nomadicpursuits.com/blog/
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