I just read on a forum that the Pro Ana/ Pro X glasses actually better and show less ghosting than the Pro View I am using. And they are actually cheaper on Amazon.
I ordered a pair and will report, as they probably won't fit as well over my reading glasses.
Also, let me mention that I got the Pro View Professional Clip-on shown above thinking they would be more practical over my glasses, but it turned out the cyan lens has more blue, and produces strong ghosting. Don't waste your money.
I was taking the last composition apart, and thought I could do something else with the dog skeleton... The result was"Dead Dog Shrine". I adjusted the Anaglyph so the whole scene would be just behind the window this time. Click here for a full screen version.
I shot the scene with the camera at a 45 degree angle to the tabletop, so I could also make a Phantogram. I straightened up the sides to make it a rectangular image with the same ratio as the sheet of paper. I had to copy and paste the front corners of the paper to fill in the missing parts. I could have shot a wider view, but would have lost definition. Here is the resulting Phantogram, which you have to look at on your monitor placed flat on the table. On a laptop, click on the image to get a full screen version and push your screen as far back as possible.
On a regular monitor: Click here to get a full sideways screen image.
Fill the screen with the image and turn your monitor the long way flat on the tabletop. It looks like a garbled mess. But put the 3D glasses on, stand and look down at it at a 45 degrees angle, moving left, right, front and back till you hit the "sweet spot" where everything stands straight up above the surface of the screen. When you do, it is amazing, almost looks like a hologram, except that you cannot turn around the virtual image.
I need to try a print, but I know it won't be as good for lack of contrast. May be if it is spotlighted in a dark room...
I also worked on a Phantogram version of my "Dad's Violin and Stuff". I made many tries to get rid of the ghost as best as possible, but with that much contrast and a black background, it is not quite possible. Click here for a full screen version. You have to lay the monitor down, stand up, and look down at it at a 45 degree angle. Move until you find the "sweet spot".
I decided to do a more elaborate composition with the dog skeleton, and made both an Anaglyph and a Phantogram version from the same shots looking down at it at a 45 degrees angle. I had to replace the red in the plumb string and ribbon by blue and purple in order for the images to work in color. Click here for a larger view.
In order to see the Phantogram above correctly, you will have to lay your monitor flat on the table, stand and look down at it at a 45 degree angle. Move around to find the "sweet spot". Click here for a full screen version.
Because of the redish tones, this image worked best in black and white. I had a lot of problems with ghosting on the black background, but manage to distort the images so they coincide better and practically eliminated it. It took trial and error and time, and I suppose it would be easier to shoot on a more neutral textured background, but I do like the starkness of the deep black. Click here for a full screen version.
But I also love the OOB version, which sits partly in front of the screen, but shows a little ghosting. It works because nothing touches the frame. Click here for a full screen version.
The position of the subject within the window can be manipulated in from behind to in front within either Stereo Photo Maker(Windows) or the French Anabuilder, as shown by these two examples. I prefer the interface of the Mac Anabuilder, and it does a great job, but the size of the images is limited, while clunkier Windows only SPM handles large sizes and auto aligns the images them much faster.
