This is an ad for ramen in the causeway Bay Station in Hong Kong. I love this kind of art. I would love to see this from a angle that reveals how distorted this image needs to be to get this one perfect view.

Trompe d'oeil Ad
Flickr Artist: djwerdna
Like the impossible triangle illusions of the past here is a modern day impossible object. Utilizing legos, a Sony Cybershot camera and some old fashioned know how the artist created this exceptional optical illusion.

Impossible!
by bbzippo
(c)2004
He isn't the first to create illusions out of
Legos. Andrew Lipson has done some amazing optical illusions using Legos...
Here is Escher's Balcony


(c) Andrew Lipson ........................ (c) M.C. Escher
Here is Escher's Relativity


(c) Andrew Lipson ................................... (c) M.C. Escher
The amazing aspect of Andrew's work is his behind the scenes photos and explanations go to his site and check out all of the illusions that he has created.
Judging from the story accompanying this image this photograph must have been taken in the 1930s. The timing was excellent. I wonder if they got this on the first shot. I am also curious what the conversation was like working up to this shot.

Bob jumping over Adgate's house
Flickr Artist: gnosis / john r
Used w/permission
Some rights reserved. Flickr user John Robinson shared this with the community under the Creative Commons license. John commented on this photo as follows,
"My uncles loved playing with cameras and even had a darkroom in the basement of the house in the picture. This is my Uncle Jim, who, last April, drove me all over Manhattan in his Buick at 86 years old. He and my Aunt Delores are hardcore New Yorkers - they have lived there since after the war, minus a decade in Tel Aviv."
Thanks for sharing John and and best wishes to Uncle Jim.
I love the amazing colors and superb composition of this photo. The silhouette suggests this is a young lady saying good night to the sun, but we can never really be sure can we?
Great work Nicole!

souffler
Flickr Artist: Nicole.Tags: photos,
optical_illusions,
illusions,
art
This is the third item that Dave Barlow sent me. He took this photo while on holiday at Fountains Abbey, UK, last year. When he got home he realized there was an illusion that the obelisk seemed as tall or taller than the church.
My question is, how tall is the obelisk seen here?
Taller than the church?
As tall as the church?
3/4 as tall as the church?
1/2 as tall as the church?
1/4 as tall as the church?

Dave Barlow
copyright 2006
used w/permission
Now view the following from a different angle. How close was your guess?

St Marys Church @ the Abbey
Flickr Artist: JuanJTags: photos,
optical_illusions,
illusions,
art
Another Do it Yourself (DIY) optical illusion. Send in your own and you to will see yourself here.

coke balancing
Flickr Artist: kneilpTags: photos,
optical_illusions,
illusions,
art
This is a fun picture that might cause a second look to figure out what is actually going on.
By the way, there has been no manipulation of this photo

Proportions
Flickr Artist: the_good_old_hakuTags: photos,
optical_illusions,
illusions,
art
Every time I see a do-it-yourself optical illusion with the Leaning Tower of Pisa the people are trying to hold the tower up.

SerĂ¡ que cai ?!
Flickr Artist: André GustavoIt is refreshing to to see someone trying to kick the tower over. I think with a couple more well placed kicks we can finally be rid of this eye sore.
Tags: photos,
optical_illusions,
illusions,
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Approximately 200 years in the making and about 800 years since the first block was laid the Leaning Tower of Pisa has stood as a unique architectural land mark.
Recently it has been discovered that in fact the Tower is not leaning it just looks that way due to a unique optical illusion effect of the surrounding buildings. You can see in the below image that the tower is relatively straight it is obviously the building to the right in this photo that is leaning.

And to think of all of the time and money invested over the years in trying to keep the wrong building from falling over. The city council is embarrassed and promised to immediately hire a consulting firm to study the new situation.
In 2002 Professor Lastra of the University of North Carolina was invited to speak at SIBGRAPI, the Brazilian graphics conference, in Fortaleza. While there he photographed this bridge which lead to the Cultural Center. At first glance this seemed like an extremely long foot bridge. He was kind enough to allow me to use these two pictures he took.
Anselmo Lastra
Copyright October 2002
Used w/permission On his web page he stated "Interesting illusion that also works when you're actually there."
Anselmo Lastra
Copyright October 2002
Used w/permission