tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81866322011-07-08T04:14:33.936+01:00Photographs and <A HREF="http://orchids3d.blogspot.com/2006/01/why-photograph-orchids-in-3d.html">Quicktime VR object movies</A> of orchids, particularly <I>Dendrobiums</I>. <BR> Images and text copyright <A HREF="http://orchids3d.blogspot.com/2005/12/about-author.html">Dr Chong-Yee Khoo</A>. All rights reserved. <A HREF="http://orchids3d.blogspot.com/2005/12/terms-of-use-of-this-website.html">Terms of Use</A>.Chong-Yeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02307325087763082906noreply@blogger.comBlogger271100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186632.post-38967332017165382402008-07-17T02:35:00.002+01:002008-07-17T03:26:33.480+01:00

The largest orchid show in Singapore!Competitive Classes and Prize Winners’ Display: Individual plants and landscapes in 145 classes judged by 60 orchid judges from 15 countriesSchools Landscape Competition: Displays from 10 schools on the theme of ‘Flights of Fancy: Orchids for National Day’Orchid Talks: Learn more about orchids and how to grow them from our experts (free)Orchid Quizzes and

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The Orchids in 3D website is being moved to a new URL, www.dendrobium.org. This website contains a 3D orchids, and a whole lot more (digital photography, articles on orchids, orchid photographs etc).Please amend your bookmarks and visit the new site!

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Dendrobium (Northmead x Star of Riverdene) x (Emma 'Bliss' x Aussie Starlight)This is one of two plants of this cross bought from Stonehurst Nurseries before it sadly closed down a few years ago. It has a complex parentage, mostly of Australian Dendrobiums of the Section Dendrocoryne. Perhaps because of this, the flowers of the two plants are very different: this particular plant has purple

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Since this website was launched earlier this week, I've received some very valuable feedback from visitors (thank you - you know who you are!). It turns out that many people do not have Quicktime 7, and one of the things asked for was support for versions of Quicktime earlier than 7. Another was for larger images with higher resolution.I pleased to say that I've now made higher resolution

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Dendrobium gonzalesii x cuthbertsoniiThis is another miniature jewel, with large flowers on a small plant. Bought from Warrarnambol Orchids back in the days when they attended the RHS Orchid Shows.Dendrobium gonzalesii is a Philippine species, also known as Dendrobium ceraula. Dendrobium cuthbertsonii is described and shown in 3D in another post on this blog.Dendrobium Misty Magic has inherited

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Here's another rendered CGI of an orchid, the leafless "ghost orchid" Polyrrhiza lindenii.Compare with a photo of the real thing.

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Dendrobium Ellen x tetragonumA lovely plant when in bloom, with green-yellow fragrant flowers. Unfortunately, the spikes are pendent, no doubt due to the Dendrobium tetragonum heritage. Blooms in early spring, but flowers are produced sporadically throughout the year. Grown as a Dendrobium kingianum, but with a little more water over winter. Drag your mouse around the image to

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Typically, there are three different images for each 3D orchid; Quicktime detects the speed of your Internet connection and presents you the most appropriate version.Each of the three versions is at 320 x 240 resolution, unless otherwise indicated. They only differ in amount of compression and in the number of frames contained in them. The higher the compression, the smaller the file and the

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Here's a list of all the 3D images on this website.Complex Dendrobium HybridDendrobium Misty MagicDendrobium Hilda PoxonDendrobium KunikoCadetia chionanthaDendrobium cuthbertsoniiElephant Napkin Holder

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Orchidea displays a 3d-morph, which keeps changing its shape from one orchid flowerto a different one. The screensaver constantly createsnew and ever changing orchid flowers with shining colors.This will give you an uplifting, hypnotic and euphoric experience. I haven't tried it, but Orchidea sounds intruiging. Especially the promise of a euphoric experience - everyone needs one now and then!If

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You need to have Quicktime installed on your computer, and it needs to be Version 7, in order to view the orchid images. Version 6, for example, won't work.Here's how to tell which version of Quicktime you have:On a Mac, launch Quicktime Player in your Applications folder (or via a Spotlight search), and select the menuitem About Quicktime... from the Quicktime Player menu.On a Windows machine,

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Dendrobium Kuniko is a hybrid between Dendrobium goldschmidtianum (i.e., Dendrobium miyakei), which comes from Taiwan, and the Philippine orchid Dendrobium victoriae-reginae. Drag your mouse around the image to see different views of the object. To zoom in and out, press the + and - buttons. Clicking on the Maltese Cross changes the cursor and allows you to pan around a

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I see from 3D Imaging page of the ETI Bioinformatics website that ETI "is considering including stereo images in a forthcoming title in the Flora Malesiana: Orchids of New Guinea series".I have both Volumes I and II of these CD-ROMs, which are excellent. I recommended these as gifts for orchid lovers in my 2005 Gift Guide, published in the Nov/Dec 2005 edition of the Orchid Review.Steroscopic

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Floats like a butterfly (or should that be a moth?)...

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Cadetia chionantha is a member of the Dendrobiinae subtribe, which includes Dendrobium. Like Dendrobium cuthbertsonii, to which it is related, Cadetia chionantha is also found in the cool, misty mountains of Papua New Guinea. The leaves are about 5 cm long, and the flowers only about 8 mm across. It thrives in the same conditions as I keep my Dendrobium cuthbertsonii. Drag

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This is a rather different type of 3D visualisation technology - a bit old-tech, but it works well when it works.Here's a bit about how it's done. A pair of images is captured from two positions offset from one another, representing the two images seen by our two eyes. A composite image is generated with one view in one colour, and the other in another colour. The viewer dons a pair of glasses,

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Inspired by the actual blooming of one of my orchids, Angraecum magdalenae, the flower was modeled (using splines and patches) and rendered in LightWave 3dAlthough the image is two dimensional, the CGI technology used to generate it requires the creation of a three dimensional model of the flower on a computer. Think Toy Story, but in a single frame without the animation. A partially rendered

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A New Guinea native, coming from the highlands. Gorgeous in full bloom on a specimen plant, this plant is a youngling with two flowers. Notice how large the flowers are compared to the size of the plant! The flowers are long lasting, staying in good shape for several months. Flower colour is variable, from yellows to oranges to pinks to purples and even alba (white) forms.The leaves are covered

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Through this website Naturalis offers remote access to its extinct birds. For purposes of study and enjoyment you can view every extinct bird kept in Leiden from all angles by rotating the 3d-images. An excellent use of Quicktime VR object technology, in my opinion. As explained at the http://nlbif.eti.uva.nl/naturalis/help.php?lang=uk">help pages, the site offers you several versions of the

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Yes, of course the elephant is NAFO (Not an Orchid)...

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Here's the first Quicktime VR Object movie I made, captured over the Christmas break.The object is a napkin holder in the shape of an elephant, from a friend's wedding. The elephant has a coil of wire on its back, topped with a crocodile clip (not visible) for holding the napkin.

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For the past five years, I have been documenting the orchids in my collection (primarily Dendrobium species) using digital photography. These photographs are archived and annotated as part of the documentation and record keeping of the collection. They are also shared with members of orchid groups and used to illustrate talks I give to societies.However, the 2D digital images have inherent

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Most of the movies on this blog are available in several versions; these have different sizes and therefore different resolutions and quality. Quicktime will detect the speed of your Internet connection and will automatically download the most suitable image for your connection.In order for this to work at its best, please make sure you tell Quicktime what speed you're connecting to the Internet

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This website and its contents, including all text and images therein, is protected by copyright. No part of this website may be copied without the express written consent of Chong-Yee Khoo. Moral rights are asserted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.While all reasonable care has been taken in the preparation of the material on this website, I disclaim all liability for any loss or

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Dr Chong-Yee Khoo was brought up among tropical orchids in Malaysia and Singapore, and now lives and works in Singapore as a Chartered Patent Attorney and European Patent Attorney, specialising in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and the life sciences. Chong-Yee has been cultivating orchids as a hobby since 2000, with an emphasis on South East Asian orchids and Dendrobium species in particular. As

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You need Quicktime 7 to view the 3D orchid movies on this blog.To download Quicktime 7, please visit the Apple website. The update software feature in (at least) the Windows version of Quicktime does not seem to work reliably, so please visit the website and download the software directly.If you don't want to download iTunes with Quicktime 7, download the standalone installer.Quicktime 7 is a

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This blog documents and publicises a project to capture 3D images of orchids as Quicktime VR object (QTVR) movies as well as showcasing the results. The project was made possible by a generous grant from the Barbara Everard Trust for Orchid Conservation.Select an orchid image from the Gallery on the left of this page (and all pages). For full instructions, see this entry.Please let me a comment

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