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Timacheff · 07-21-2005, 03:16 PM

I've been experimenting with stereograms of fencing images. See if you can "see" this familiar Athens fencing image and let me know what you all think ...

Have fun and don't get as bleary-eyed as I did trying to create it!

Serge

oso97 · 07-21-2005, 03:19 PM

yep, I can see it...

ouch... that hurts on a computer monitor.... much better to print it out!

esskreemr · 07-21-2005, 03:48 PM

That's one of my favorites.

Ironic that the FIE has chosen an image like this for it's home page and added lightning to imply that fencing is a dynamic and athletic sport. They then subsequently changed the rules to remove the action that allows moves like this.

Timacheff · 07-21-2005, 03:52 PM

The home page lightning/jump image that the FIE uses is being changed as part of a redesigned Web site, supposedly this summer or early September (much of the staff is on vacation now). I've supplied them with about 50+ recommended shots from which they're planning to use five or six as key images in a new design that I haven't yet seen. It's my understanding that the current shot is going to be discontinued (I'm not sure who created that image, by the way -- it's not one of mine).

Hamley · 07-21-2005, 05:26 PM

Ok, someone clue me on what im looking at, I can only see a bunch of blue shapes, i dont see anything.

peet · 07-21-2005, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by esskreemr

Ironic that the FIE has chosen an image like this for it's home page and added lightning to imply that fencing is a dynamic and athletic sport. They then subsequently changed the rules to remove the action that allows moves like this.

Kind of like how the USFA logo for a long time was a saberist doing an illegal fleche? (i just had to check, and it looks like they changed it to a foil)

Zilverzmurfen · 07-21-2005, 05:33 PM

I can't see a thing. I've never been able to see those 'hidden' images...

Sooo, any clues..?

Goofy · 07-21-2005, 05:39 PM

Blue squiggles, nothing but blue squiggles, everywhere blue squiggles...........

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hahahahaha
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

edew · 07-21-2005, 05:44 PM

Can I give a hint?

MFT bronze medal match. Tiomkin vs Ganeev.

parrythis · 07-21-2005, 05:52 PM

Cool! I can see it clearly.

For those that have never learned how to view a stereogram, imagine that you can see through your monitor and focus your eyes about a foot and a half (50 centimeters) behind the monitor.

Zilverzmurfen · 07-21-2005, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by parrythis

For those that have never learned how to view a stereogram, imagine that you can see through your monitor and focus your eyes about a foot and a half (50 centimeters) behind the monitor.

I've been told how to do it before, but it never works for me. I can stare all I want and it still doesn't some to me...

(I am very short-sighted, this may have something to do with it.

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oso97 · 07-21-2005, 06:23 PM

try this then. Print it out and put the piece of paper up to your nose (or alternatively, put your nose up to the monitor). Then slowly increase the distance between your nose and the image, and see if it doesn't pop into view.

Sciurus-Rex · 07-21-2005, 06:30 PM

I see a foot-long submarine sandwich handcuffed to former U.S. President Nixon. Three sheep cavort in the background, dressed in what I assume are togas(?), while Santa is being decapitated by one of his angry reindeer and falling from an angry, lightning-filled sky.

Very nice artwork. Good job!

And now I've got a headache.

Morion · 07-21-2005, 06:46 PM

I can see the image but I'm not real sure what I'm looking at. The lower left almost looks like a human figure but as for the upper right image I haven't a clue. Could somebody link the original image so I can compare?

Zilverzmurfen · 07-21-2005, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by oso97

try this then. Print it out and put the piece of paper up to your nose (or alternatively, put your nose up to the monitor). Then slowly increase the distance between your nose and the image, and see if it doesn't pop into view.

Nope!

Thanks for the tip, though!

D'Art · 07-21-2005, 07:41 PM

I'm seeing John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever in the bottom left and some sort of levitational (sp?) guy in the top right.
Taking a wild guess, I'm not seeing it correctly

Elemental · 07-21-2005, 08:27 PM

I can see it just fine but if I didn't know the original picture that was used I wouldn't be able to tell what the heck I was looking at.

Everytime I see a stereogram I think of the movie "Mallrats"

swordsen · 07-21-2005, 09:14 PM

Ditto elemental's comment. I can see it but if I didn't know what it was I'd be confused by the strange blobs.......

parrythis · 07-21-2005, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Zilverzmurfen

Nope!

Thanks for the tip, though!

Try this - position a light to illuminate your face so you can see your reflection on the surface of the monitor. (Note - this works better on an older CRT than on the newer LCD monitors) Position yourself so your reflection overlays the stereogram. Then, stare at your reflection. Focus on your reflection - not the image on the screen. This will cause your eyes to focus on exactly twice the distance from your head to the monitor. Keep staring at your reflection. If you are lucky, the image on the monitor will resolve itself in your peripheral vision.

This is how I first learned to see stereograms.

ThatReallyHurt · 07-21-2005, 11:08 PM

This is the very first stereogram that I've ever been able to see. At least, I think I see it...