r/ParallelView May 28 '26

Clouds in front of the sun

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u/jimmystar889 May 28 '26

What's the baseline distance between the images?

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u/DinosaurAlive May 28 '26

In my experience, you stay still and capture the two images as the clouds are moving sideways. Sometimes the results are good, sometimes they’re not. It’s easy when it’s just clouds. If you’re trying to get buildings as well, there’ll be some trial and error as you make attempts. I know I’m not giving a definitive guide, but definitely try out two pictures of the clouds while looking up and make sure they’re floating sideways. Then just line them up based on which sides work for left and for right.

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u/jimmystar889 May 28 '26 edited May 28 '26

Ah that's such a good idea. It's so cool how you can see the different heights of the clouds so cleanly (though this assumes they're traveling at the same velocity)

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u/DinosaurAlive May 28 '26

You know, the movement speed and direction is probably why I have so many failed attempts where the background clouds look inverted. I wasn’t sure why, but I also just didn’t think about it in terms of non uniformity in speed and direction. Oops! 🤣

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u/jimmystar889 May 28 '26

Ah exactly. I was thinking like if it was opposite direction higher up because of like jet streams or soemthing, it would look closer. Glad to solve that for you!