Hi Dan.

 

Some suggestions to try and help...

 

The images were quite small.  Read about image dimension size and file size (separate but related entities).  Try to use a combination that gives good quality but fills your monitor.  If you want to post to the group email instead of having a link to the image, you will need to keep the image "file size" under 400k in most cases.  The best thing to do is set your camera up to shoot a high resolution picture.  It's better to reduce the size during editing than to enlarge it.  You will have much better quality.

 

Leave more area around your subject...

This will allow you to shift the left and right images to move the subject either forward or backward without cutting the edge of the stereo window, creating a window violation (wv) if the subject is in front of the stereo window.  Moving it forward can establish a "Through The Window" (TTW) that I'm guessing is the effect you want for more "pop".

 

The L & R pairs need better alignment.  If you use the windows platform, I suggest using StereoPhoto Maker (SPM).  SPM is an excellent freeware and downloadable from the web.  SPM allows you to incorporate an auto-alignment feature which usually does much better than the average manual manipulation.

 

I took one of your images and blackened the background so that I could push it forward through the window (TTW) for a more dramatic effect without causing a WV.  (see attached).  With planning ahead, you can reduce editing for things like this by setting up your capture.  For instance a dark cloth for a background and stand for the model.

 

The attached image made from your small dimension size would have resulted in a better outcome had I not had to do a lot of editing.  I hope that it gives you the idea however and help guide you in the direction you want to go.

 

Thanks for getting involved in the group!

Brian