I POSTED THIS TO FUJI 3D BEFORE TODAY BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THIS GROUP BEFORE.  I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION THAT CAME UP SINCE I POSTED THE MESSAGE BELOW:  My anaglyph below may have a "defect".  The first this is that I HAD to move the red thumb CLOSER together because there was ghosting with the big thumb in the center----not a good place for a ghost, right?  But, now there is a ghost to the right side of the center persons face...but it is better there...just looks like the right side of the center persons face is "in the shade".  BUT, WHAT IS REALLY BUGGING ME ABOUT THIS ANABLYPH IS THIS:  IT TAKES ABOUT 30 SECONDS OF STARING AT THE ANAGLYPH BEFORE IT "CLICKS INTO 3D"....AND THEN THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME SLIGHT "EYE STRAIN" AS THOUGH YOUR EYES HAVE TO "MOVE" SOMEHOW TO GET THE FULL 3D EFFECT. HAS ANYONE EVERY NOTICED THIS PROPERTY OF ANAGLYPHS...AND IS IT A "NORMAL" PHENOMENON....OR SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE ANAGLYPH ITSELF?

 

FOLLOWS MY ORIGINAL ENTERY:
 
I know what I'm going to write below will seem "elementary" to some of the professionals and long time 3D experts in this group.  But, my hope is that it might inspire a few of the members to "give it a try" themselves and put some 3D photo or photos on their walls, after they have the "permission" of their wife or husband or course, and my hope is that they will perhaps think of the person who suggested this to them when they look at the photo on the wall.
 
I have been trying for several days to take one of my "better" 3D Photos... make an anaglyph out of it.... printing it as a 16X20 print at Costco for about $6.00...with the final goal of the plan to hang the anaglyph 3D photo on one of my walls in my house.  The
"hang up" has been that my first anaglyph was TOO DARD....the secone anaglyph was TOO LIGHT...but today I edited it again using Picasa editing...and came out with one that was "right on" as far as the exposure or "density" of the print.
 
I have quite a few 2D large prints on my walls now.  I LOVE to put them on a wall where I can see them and enjoy them EVERYDAY.  Plus, when visitors drop by I can show the photos to them and sometimes receive a "positive energy" "atta boy" type of reply.....or, with some fellow photography hobbyists, I might receive an envious look as if to say, "Gee, I wish I had a photo like that in my house.".....or that's the attitude I project from my mind to their mind because, of course, I can't read anyone elses  mind. 
 
What I learned was that the anaglyph can be "too dark"...or "too light" both of which mistakes I made.  But, since the cost of the 16X20 at Costco was only $6.00, the cost of these mistakes was minimal.  BUT NOW I HAVE A PERFECTLY EXPOSED VERSION AS OF TODAY! What I'm going to do is to have the 16X20 print mounted on white cardboard...then have "stretcher bars" glued to the back to keep the board flat and keep it from bending...attach screws to the back with a wire between them to hang the frameless photo on a wall using a nail in the wall.  Then, have a plastic pair of red/cyan glasses available near the photo with which to view the anaglyph... to hand to visitors so they can view the photo in 3D...AND MARVEL AT THE SOPHISTICATION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHER WHO MADE THAT PHOTO!!!...or at least that's my hope!
 
I write this just in case someone else might be interested in decorating their walls with a 3D photo...or perhaps has done something similar themselves....or maybe they know of "a better way" to do it.  I am also looking into lenticluar 16X20 posters....as another possibility.  The benefit of the lenticulars is that you don't need any glasses to see the 3D photo.  I saw a 3D lenticular at my local Michelin Tire Store this week...with "The Michelan Man" dressed in white THROWING TIRES AT THE VIEWER...wow...I thought that was very good!  There are some "lighted from the back" picture frames worth looking into also.
 
All questions and comments about this project or other suggestions will be very welcome.  Thanks.  John Boland,  Thousand Oaks, CA