Perhaps an easier one to see in 3D?

Hey, my friend Dan suggested that the distance between the shots was too great and might make it hard for people to merge the images to see in 3D - He also correctly predicted that if the shots are taken closer together the flattening into planes (or "multiplane effect") would be less.  These shots were taken from the same window about 12inches apart.  Let me know what you think....

Janice and Marty come for a visit...

We had a blast last month when my sister Janice and Marty came for a visit.  They were in Paris (Marty was working) and chose to come down for a couple of nights to Lyon.  We toured around and had some great meals and great laughs together.  Unfortunately I didn't take too many pictures of our time together.  Here's a couple of the first night when we had dinner at our apartment.  Thanks for coming to visit you guys!! love ya.

cross-eyed stereos...

Hey, some people have requested cross-eyed versions.  I had already made a couple so I'll post those "tout de suite"

There are some advantages to cross-eyed viewing but I find that there's a subtle psychological effect when you use the cross-eyed method.  It makes the apparent image feel small and the effort required feels a bit straining.  The parallel method feels the opposite.  (not sure if it's the case for everyone but it's definitely true for me)  At any rate here's a couple of cross eyed ones... (I'm curious what you think - please let me know.  If people prefer these I'll post the others and future ones in cross views)

Here's a few stereo images I've taken from our view of Lyon...  To view, relax your gaze as if you're focusing on something far away - you'll see 4 images overlapping.  Continue until you can merge the two middle images together to form the 3D stereo image.  It might help some people to use the word "Lyon" with the red dot at the bottom to merge the images.  Try it! (click on the image to see it larger - it's easier to merge if you back away from the computer screen a bit too)  Let me know how it goes.

2 months in

My first post.  Lyon is amazingly charming.  I love the renaissance and medieval architecture, the cobblestone streets, the cafe's, the french culture in general, which is so different from the states.  The whole experience has been quite an adventure.  We have had some great family time exploring our new city.  Here are a couple of pics:

J'aime la baguette, le fromage, et le vin!  We live in the old part of the city, and are so happy every day to walk out our door and be here.  Every day we walk by the beautiful Cathedral St. Jean. There are things that I don't like:  I do not like the taggers, (not artsy, pretty much just defacing property), or the strikes (vive la France!), or the dog s**t in the streets.  Sierra loves her school!  She is off to Barcelona this week on a 3 day field trip.  Her next field trip is skiing in the Alps! 

We love living here, although we do miss our family and friends, and think of them often.

We're pretty much settled in now. S. has been in school since early September - we've found our patisserie, our boulangerie, our favorite cafe, etc. We have our metro passes, a local credit card and we're learning the language. We've been able to rent our house in Yarmouth and things seem pretty buttoned up at this point. I'm just starting to get some drawing done and it really feels like "normal" life here now. Hardly a day goes by without saying, "Wow, I can't believe I live here!"

Finally taking a few minutes to get this blog off the ground. The overall experience has been fantastic but I've been really busy with the recent release of our new game on Tagged. If you're already on Tagged check out our "Cafe" game.

Vieux Lyon

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Our Space in Lyon (click 2 see in Picasa)

No we have not dropped off the face of the earth...yet..

Hey we're alive and well!