Operation Betsy one - My photos 1
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| Kroombit Tops forest | Winding road ahead | 1877 survey blaze | Folklore - Frank Lenz |
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| Kroombit Tops road | B-24D engines | One of the engines | Propeller hub |
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| Terry at an engine | Betsy's tail | The area of impact | Col Benson |
Some of the photos taken during our trip from Mackay to see Beautiful Betsy in Kroombit Tops National Forest. I took more than 150 photographs, so others will be added in due course. I used a Nikon F-60 camera and 35-200 mm Tamron zoom. Most were taken using Kodak 400 Max 35 mm film ... it is excellent under most lighting conditions.From seven rolls of 24 exposures, I had two failures that were taken in the forest from within the vehicle bouncing along the mountainous road.
Before our brief commemorative service, on 13th February 2000, I changed into the "Oshkosh 1998" t-shirt that was a gift from a friend in Wisconsin to wear "something American" in honour of Beautiful Betsy's crew.
See the accompanying story for more details about our trip.
The following are stereo images produced by Col Benson. Follow the instructions to see them in 3-D.
I have been interested in stereo-photography since the mid-1970s when I was studying scientific and technical photography atthe Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, in Melbourne, Australia. In 1981, I devised a way to make and view stereo images for engineers to gain a better impression of sites they were unable to personally visit. I purchased a Nimslo, four lens camera, in 1984, that needed special processing to produce a viewable image. Unfortunately, the system was obviously not sustainable and Nimslo dropped out of the picture. In 1999, I adapted my system to computer viewing, as detailed below. I don't wish to publicise the methods used to make these pictures.
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| Stereo Left | Stereo Right | Stereo-pair image |
Two of Beautiful Betsy's wrecked engines, about 140 m forward of the bulk of the wreckage.
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| Stereo Left | Stereo Right | Stereo-pair image |
Beaufiful Betsy's tail ... Inverted and facing the way it came. It is the most identifiable part of the plane.
Viewing these 3-D pictures. There are a few ways you may attempt to visualise these stereo inages. In each case, the concept is the same .. you must stare ahead through them into the distance to break the lock on your binocular vision. Each eye will then take in the image immediately before it and the viewer's brain combines the separate images to give a 3-D/stereo effect. If you are unable to see "magic pictures", you may have difficulty in seeing these. Be persistent .. the rewards are worth trying until you succeed. When you succeed, you will see three images, the middle one being 3-D.
1. Stare at the above small images ... either the separate stereo images or the stereo-pair ... from about arm's length.
2. Click on a stereo-pair and stare at the larger image from a distance.
3. Using a graphic editor. Copy a stereo pair ... Stereo Left and Stereo Right. Open into a graphic editor and display both at the same time. Adjust the size until about 85 - 100 mm (3 1/2" - 4") wide. Move the images until they touch each other ... Stereo Left on the left, etc. Stare ahead as though looking beyond the images ... move the right image so it almost overlaps the left ... slowly move the right image to the right as you continue staring.
4. Copy and print the images about 100 mm wide (4 inches) then pin up on a wall and view as in paragraph 3 from about one mtere (3 feet).
Feedback would be appreciated from anyone who has tried to view these images, expecially from anyone who saw them in 3-D.