Ed, Once you have a good 3D setup that works there are numerous software programs that will take 3D images from several perspectives to determine various dendromorphometric variables including VOLUME.
Gary Prof. Gary A. Beluzo Systems Ecologist Holyoke Comm College 303 Homestead Ave Holyoke, MA. 01040 On Aug 5, 2009, at 5:19 PM, Edward Frank <[email protected]> wrote: > Joe, Barry, ENTS, > > You can take stereo photographs with a single digital camera > provided that the subject is not moving. Here are some sites that > talk about the process: > > Making your own 3M Photos > I presently use four methods to generate 3D images of the real > world. I refer to the real world to differentiate from computer > generated 3D, such as ray traced images. The four methods I employ > utilize a standard camera, a video camera, a scanner, and a QX3 USB > microscope. > http://www.3dphoto.net/text/taking/taking.html > > Digital Stereo Photography > The art and science of twin camera digital stereo photography. > This site features digital stereo photographic pairs, along with > practical details for creating your own digital stereo photographs: > techniques, cameras, controllers, flash, sync monitors, and mounts. > http://www.ledametrix.com/ > > http://www.studio3d.com/pages/stereophoto.html > > http://www.photostuff.co.uk/stereo.htm > > http://home.att.net/~osps/tutorial/ > There are quite a few more sites on the web that talks about 3D > photos and even a 3D forum. > > Ed > > > "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. > It is the source of all true art and all science." - Albert Einstein > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Barry Caselli > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 4:36 PM > Subject: [ENTS] Re: A good day in the field > > That would be awesome. I never knew of anyone having a camera like > that. > > --- On Wed, 8/5/09, Joseph Zorzin <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Joseph Zorzin <[email protected]> > Subject: [ENTS] Re: A good day in the field > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, August 5, 2009, 4:40 AM > > when I see such pictures- and they are very nice- I wonder how > they'd look with a fish eye lens? anyone have one? > > another camera option I'd love to try if I could afford it is a > double camera designed to take 3-D images, which you then look at > with a viewer, as we all did as children- I still remember how much > those viewers blew me away- I'd love to use one for forest photography > > Joe > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Randy Brown > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 9:28 PM > Subject: [ENTS] Re: A good day in the field > >> >> The next image looks high into the canopy of the Algonquin Pines. >> The sight is inspirational. When I go to the Algonquin Pines, I >> frequent the location of this image. There is a substantial >> difference between looking up into the canopy of 90 to 100-foot >> trees versus those near and above 150. This brings >> me to a point. > > Ahhh.. beautiful canopy shots. Here's a few good ones I've gotten > in Ohio. > #1 Is looking up into a ~120' Tulip trees in Mohican State Forest. > #2 Is a grove ~140+' white pines in Hocking Hills State Forest. > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
