What is truly amazing is the fact that he was able to capture and weigh light with these scales.
This is a great effect caught in a photograph and to top it off this photo has not been manipulated in any way.
Below is an ambiguous image illusion similar to the Necker Cube illusion.
Which angle is pointing up?
As you look at this image your view point will shift as the image keeps changing focal points.
First published in 1832 by Swiss crystallographer Louis Albert Necker, The Necker Cube is an ambiguous line drawing.
Is the blue face the front or back face of this cube?
Is the blue dot inside or outside the cube?
Peggy's Cove Nova Scotia, Canada home of the smallest light houses in the world.
Alright you got me this is another play on perspective. A Do-it-Yourself illusion that we can all try to create.
This painting-in-progress blends into the landscape well. This photo has not been manipulated in any fashion.
When I first saw this photo I thought the whole thing was a painting due to the shadow pattern created on his face by the hat. Strange how even with the simplest things your eyes can play tricks on you.
Here is another anomalous motion optical illusion created by Herman J. Verwaal.
I love the way the planets appear to orbit the central star. Excellently done Herman.
The Photo Artist shed this enlightenment on this photo, "Fish eye lens? No. Extreme macro shot? Nope." I'll add that there was no manipulation of this image.
How else could this effect occur?
I honestly don't know what this is but it reminds me of an x-ray of a mythical creature.
"I did a photo like this once, too. I's a television, shot while moving the camera."Tags: photos, optical_illusions, illusions, art
I love this visual oddity. We've seen this with craters on the moon and foot prints in the sand. The photographer has this to say about the photos.
"This is two copies of the exact same photo, rotated 180 degrees from each other.What do you think?
Are the letters on the marker raised or imprinted?
Is the marker itself slightly concave or slightly convex? "
Here is another anomalous motion optical illusion created by Herman J. Verwaal. I love the colors Herman chose for this illusion. It is amazing how many different color combinations can be used to give the illusion of motion.
The below video was created by Eugen Erhan. He has created a 3D journey in a world of paradox and illusion. A must-see for fans of M.C. Escher.
Here is another excellent classic optical illusion. Would you believe that this hat is as wide as it is tall?
Pull out a ruler and measure and measure for yourself.
Here is another painting by Rob Gonsalves. He never fails to impress me with his excellent eye for transitioning from the normal to the surreal.
Here is another anomalous motion optical illusion created by Herman J. Verwaal.
The illusory motion makes the heart seem to come alive and pulsate with the feeling of love.
Here is another excellent optical illusion from Sarcone & Waeber. Look at the two sign poles below, Sarcone & Waeber ask one question, "are the poles straight and parallel?"
What do you think?
Pull out a ruler and measure the gap at the top and bottom and you'll prove to yourself that they are in fact parallel.
What do you do when you desperately need to boost your grade in Physics?
Yup, you guessed it make a music video about optical illusions.
One note when it reaches the ending credits go ahead and pause it, unless you like Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass then get down with Herb for the last 112 seconds.
In North Carolina at dusk you can often look up and see the Horned Wombat flying between the trees.
Kudos to Flickr Artist jamie B for this wonderful illusion.
This might possibly be the smallest cell phone yet.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - The Ponzo illusion is an optical illusion that was first demonstrated by the Italian psychologist Mario Ponzo (1882-1960) in 1913. He suggested that the human mind judges an object's size based on its background. He showed this by drawing two identical lines across a pair of converging lines, similar to railway tracks. The upper line looks longer because we interpret the converging sides according to linear perspective as parallel lines receding into the distance. In this context, we interpret the upper line as though it were farther away, so we see it as longer – a farther object would have to be longer than a nearer one for both to produce retinal images of the same size.
Here is an excellent neon color spreading optical illusion from Sarcone & Waeber. Every yellowish square below is the exact same color, yet most of us will see a pale orange neon heart. If you can't see it step back from your monitor and look again.
Keep in mind that the orange color doesn't exist as pixels on the screen only in your mind's eye. Each square below has the exact same yellow background.
Here is another anomalous motion optical illusion created by Herman J. Verwaal. He expressed to me that this wasn't one of his favorites, but I absolutely love this illusion. It has multiple illusions incorporated in this image. First there is the illusion of depth. These tiles appear to be 3-D. Second he states that the center slowly rotates clockwise but I see the whole image attempting to tilt clockwise with the center even more pronounced.
This is a fun illusion that everyone can create. Take a look at the world around you and see what you can come up with.
Here is a wonderful mural found on the streets of Pointe St-Charles, Montreal. It sort of has the "Who framed Roger Rabbit" feel to it.
Here is another impossible figure illusion created by Herman J. Verwaal. This illusion is a lesson in perspective and juxtaposition. The concept is simple, but it is amazing how many ways you can take this idea.
This is Katie, she lives in the Rideau Corridor located in the heart of eastern Ontario, Canada.
How is this possible?
Here is a little fun with perspective. There was no manipulation done to this photo. There are actually a series of three photos where she gets bigger as she approaches, Click on either link under the photo to see the series.
It is amazing what some paint and a couple of signs will do for a building. This mural is the work of Dominique Antony a self taught mural artist.
This mural is a complete makeover of the Theatre Saint-Georges in Paris. Run your mouse over the image to see his final masterpiece and how he completely transformed the front of this building.
In honor of Independence Day I have posted Miwa Miwa's fireworks Optical Illusion.
Miwa Miwa has generously allowed me to feature a few of his pieces here. This is just one (check the sitemap for his others) of many.
Hugo, the photographer says he took this amazing picture,
"from the stairs leading to the Sacré Coeur on a Sunday: it was packed with tourists, all shooting the monument, and they were looking at me really weird, taking this big piece of lawn ! lol"What could have caused this building in Paris to sink? A massive sink hole? A broken water main? Perhaps very large gophers?
Herman was kind enough to modify this illusion for my site. This clock just doesn't want to stand still. As I look at this clock time flies without being animated in any way.
The below video is the sand fantasy creation of Ilana Yahav, a sand animation artist. Using only her fingers, Ilana draws with sand on a glass table. The ebb and flow as she changes from one image to another is absolutely amazing. Go here to visit her site.
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