Institute for Paradoxical Shadows
The models from the previous pos when in rude health…
IPS in its pomp
Leave a comment
Paradoxical Shadows
Institute for Paradoxical Shadows – down
IPS damage
IPS damage
IPS damage
IPS damage
The Institute for Paradoxical Shadows took a bit of a hit in our return across the Atlantic. The buckling of the frames is quite pleasing, though, a little like the photographs of twisted electricity pylons after ice storms.
More Paradoxical Shadows
Institute of Paradoxical Shadows
Institute of Paradoxical Shadows
Institute of Paradoxical Shadows
Institute of Paradoxical Shadows
Instrument Six
Paradoxical Shadows
Instrument Six (Nat Chard)
Stereo Submarine
The stereoscopic view of the submarine interior above is very similar to the one that revealed the possibility of making paradoxical shadows that float in mid air – the earlier version was a portrait frame but these are landscape and have a sharper floating shadow. Go cross-eyed so that similar elements int he photographs register with each other and then relax until the full three dimensional image resolves itself. Then look just below the periscope handle for the floating shadow.
The top image is of Instrument Six that makes such floating shadows, both photographically and in real time (as shown here, working with candles for a light source).
Early IPS
Institute for Paradoxical Shadows
Institute for Paradoxical Shadows
Institute for Paradoxical Shadows
Some early shots of the Institute for Paradoxical Shadows, before the ground was given a variety of textures.
Instrument Six Details
Instrument Six (Nat Chard)
Instrument Six (Nat Chard)
Instrument Six (Nat Chard)
Instrument Six (Nat Chard)
Instrument Six (Nat Chard)
Another View of Instrument Six
Instrument Six (Nat Chard)
Institute for Paradoxical Shadows
Institute for Paradoxical Shadows
Institute for Paradoxical Shadows
Institute for Paradoxical Shadows
New Pictures of Instrument Six
Instrument 6 (Nat Chard)
Instrument 6 (Nat Chard)
Instrument 6 (Nat Chard)
Instrument 6 (Nat Chard)
I have been reshooting Instrument Six – the earlier photographs were too saturated. Here are some tests. The surface on the folding picture plane is a material that retains polarisation, made by Da-Lite Screens. The instrument is seen here in real time mode – to see a shadow floating off the surface on which it should, by rights, land.
Instrument Three in Stereo
Instrument Three (Nat Chard)
Instrument Three (Nat Chard)
Instrument Three (Nat Chard)
Looking through some photographs I found some of the stereoscopic shots I had made of the instruments. Here are a few of Instrument Three.
See also:
https://natchard.com/2011/09/14/drawing-instrument-three/
https://natchard.com/2011/12/26/more-instrument-three/
To view the images in three dimensions, go cross-eyed until you can register one image over the other. You may need to reduce the size of the images a little and perhaps tilt your head a little to keep the horizons together. When you have the image, try to relax to get the full stereoscopic depth.
Nat Chard 