How I Created My Optical Illusion
Jenn
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I thought I'd begin a thread talking about how we created our optical illusions.
Mine was created by using 1 lit candle and 2 mirrors set perpendicular to each other. I set the lit candle on top of one mirror and pushed that mirror and candle up against a 2nd mirror. (The mirrors were like this: |_ ) I set them up on the floor so they could be straight and the bottom one flat. Then I got down on the floor on my stomach and set my camera on top of the bottom mirror and took photos of the candle and the reflections. My #1 photo is the 1 candle with it's reflections. The #2 photo is the same image turned counter clockwise 90 degrees.
In the #2 version, if you look at it closely, you can see the eyes of an elephant and its trunk, or you can see a koala bear looking back at you, or a couple of aliens with alien eyes staring at you. 
1. "Follow the Yellow Brick Road"
2. "Eye See You" (Can you see the eyes staring at you? It also looks like an animal.. Which one?)
Mine was created by using 1 lit candle and 2 mirrors set perpendicular to each other. I set the lit candle on top of one mirror and pushed that mirror and candle up against a 2nd mirror. (The mirrors were like this: |_ ) I set them up on the floor so they could be straight and the bottom one flat. Then I got down on the floor on my stomach and set my camera on top of the bottom mirror and took photos of the candle and the reflections. My #1 photo is the 1 candle with it's reflections. The #2 photo is the same image turned counter clockwise 90 degrees.
In the #2 version, if you look at it closely, you can see the eyes of an elephant and its trunk, or you can see a koala bear looking back at you, or a couple of aliens with alien eyes staring at you. 1. "Follow the Yellow Brick Road"
2. "Eye See You" (Can you see the eyes staring at you? It also looks like an animal.. Which one?)
Jenn (from Oklahoma)
Panasonic Lumix 10x DMC-TZ3 :photo
Leica Mega O.I.S./28mm WIDE :smile6
Panasonic Lumix 10x DMC-TZ3 :photo
Leica Mega O.I.S./28mm WIDE :smile6
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Panasonic Lumix 10x DMC-TZ3 :photo
Leica Mega O.I.S./28mm WIDE :smile6
label of "This is not a pipe" . I knew I couldn't duplicate the writing in a font.
I found an image of the original Magritte painting online and saved it. Then,
in Photoshop, I removed Magritte's pipe and signature, printed that out large
enough to work with, and fastened it to a clipboard placed vertically as a
backdrop.
I used a pipe I had and positioned it about 6" in front of my backdrop (to
eliminate shadows) using a wire to hold it in place and photographed it.
So, the photo is original and current. I cloned out the wire.
The photo is far from a strong contender in this group, but I enjoyed
the exercise of figuring out how to do something more complex than
snapping a shutter.
http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/
I added some strong sidelighting (for deep shadows) and clipped some of the edges of the frame to add to the confusion/illusion. Unfortunately, based on the comments, I may have taken it a bit too far. :lol My only excuse is that some darn holiday or another got in the way of perfecting my idea.