Some folks may feel that this is not the year to be sending out “Merry” Christmas cards, so I’ve put together some alternate versions that may do the job…for the nervous, oblivious, and everywhere in between.
BTW, Merry Christmas from #klohecat #banksythecat and #fearlessfreddycat !
#cats_of_instagram #catsofinstagram #historicmarkerville #christmascards2020
Dave was VERY happy with the results of this latest kiln firing. These were several pieces that have been isolated waiting patiently for a year for the right time to have a gentle dip in some glaze or some careful touch-ups with a sprayer and brush to finally get blasted at 1980°F for a bit. Magic.
Meanwhile, #klohecat, #banksythecat and #fearlessfreddycat are continuing with their social distancing. Freddy seems relaxed, but the other two are showing some signs of impatience. Or they may just enjoy being overly dramatic.
My niece BonnieAnne shared a graphic from “Pete the Cat” on Facebook and I couldn’t resist taking a screenshot to add to this post.
#fearlessfreddycat: trying to sleep…
#banksythecat: trying to sleep…
#klohecat: what part of trying to sleep are you not understanding!?
#otterpottery: last minute touch-ups and loading the kiln for firing.
#byronius45: getting ready for the move!
Info on Social Distancing
I purchased a used Fujifilm Finepix Real 3D camera and have started experimenting with it. I have my first grainy #anaglyph and #stereocard of one of my favourite subjects, #Klohecat. I’m hoping for lots of sunny days before the snow flies to practise outdoors.
If you have some red/cyan glasses handy you’ll see the above image works okay.
I’ll need to research and test the best size to use for stereocards. Many of the old images are side-by-side “squares”, and I have seen some wider images. The example above has each image too wide to work easily. There are card holders to help with viewing, and with practice you can even just hold up stereocard images and let your eyes merge them into 3D (yay brain!). I can usually accomplish this using the Free Viewing technique (#1 below), but for the image pair above the second method, cross-eyed viewing, seems to work best. The resulting 3D image is backwards, though, with Klohe seeming to be leaning away from you.
Compare it to the one below: as well as cropping it a little, I’ve also reversed the right and left images. Now with the cross-eyed method, Klohe looks correct with her head leaning towards you.
Click on any of the images above to see larger versions.
