simple optical illusion

kdotaylorkdotaylor Registered Users Posts: 1,280 Major grins
edited December 26, 2011 in The Dgrin Challenges
As I was relaxing last night with my glass of wine, I noticed that I could read all my book titles clearly through the glass. Does this work as an optical illusion?
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  • lkbartlkbart Registered Users Posts: 1,912 Major grins
    edited December 23, 2011
    I really like this shot - love that you can read them so clearly, great focus! The orange on the far left seems to draw my attention away from the glass just a bit, but if it were muted a touch I don't think I'd notice it. And as far as the illusion, I didn't expect to be able to read the names on the books since the image in the glass is flipped, so it was a surprise to be able to read the words. If you wanted to play with it, you could use books that are all the same height & put a shelf or board on top of them to make it seem like you're looking at the bottom of the books resting on a shelf rather than the top side of them. But I think the lighting, comp & focus on this shot is great!
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  • kwickerskwickers Registered Users Posts: 310 Major grins
    edited December 23, 2011
    cool, works for me!
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  • DonRicklinDonRicklin Registered Users Posts: 5,551 Major grins
    edited December 23, 2011
    Now you're talking! Great! thumb.gif

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  • anonymouscubananonymouscuban Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 4,586 Major grins
    edited December 24, 2011
    This is good. Couple nits. The light colored book is really distracting. I'd make all the books a darker. The other one is that the vertical line of the books are a bit skewed to the left. I'd straighten them.
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  • anonymouscubananonymouscuban Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 4,586 Major grins
    edited December 24, 2011
    BTW.. what would it look like if you filled the entire frame with the glass? I'd try that.
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  • kdotaylorkdotaylor Registered Users Posts: 1,280 Major grins
    edited December 24, 2011
    are either of these better?

    #2 darkened and straightened
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    #3 cropped
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  • JennJenn Registered Users Posts: 1,009 Major grins
    edited December 25, 2011
    I can't decide. I like them both!
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  • sweetharmonysweetharmony Registered Users Posts: 405 Major grins
    edited December 25, 2011
    Very clever! Works well for me as far as being "on theme." I think I have a slight preference of the 2nd #2.....the darkening was a fine idea. However, I thought that having more books in the background as in the first image presented worked the best....they helped balance the composition (for me, at least.)
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  • torrbraetorrbrae Registered Users Posts: 203 Major grins
    edited December 26, 2011
    Great spotting, well on theme. Prefer #2 darkened & straightened - having the books in the background give context to the illusion, which is lost on the crop, and being darkened do not find distracting.
  • anonymouscubananonymouscuban Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 4,586 Major grins
    edited December 26, 2011
    #2 winner
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  • slpollettslpollett Registered Users Posts: 1,219 Major grins
    edited December 26, 2011
    Another vote for #2. I really like your idea and this image turned out very nice with the crop and darkening.

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