Enigma: Parallax View
What is real and what is reflection in this picture? Is the photographer inside looking out, or outside looking in?
More interestingly, what is he taking a picture of? (Hint: this is all about viewing angles and parallax view...he is not taking a picture of his OWN reflection....).
There is a slight crop in this picture which has been adjusted for white balance and contrast. There is no "trick processing" like adding/removing elements. Taken at Hoover Dam, Nevada.
HOW THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN:
(OK, I'll tell...the building wall is not at right angles, and has reflective glass that we are also able to see through. Most of what is seen here is a reflection of what is behind the photographer, and some of it is a reflection of a reflection. Since the building wall is at an obtuse angle, we see reflections of two different scenes as well as a "ghostly image" of what we can see inside. BUT THE ANSWER TO THE INTERESTING QUESTION: he was taking a picture at another angle, of a reflection that can't be seen from the angle I was shooting at, one that included me, hence the "parallax view" reference...we both used the same area of the "mirror" to get a completely different picture.)
Enigma: Parallax View
What is real and what is reflection in this picture? Is the photographer inside looking out, or outside looking in?
More interestingly, what is he taking a picture of? (Hint: this is all about viewing angles and parallax view...he is not taking a picture of his OWN reflection....).
There is a slight crop in this picture which has been adjusted for white balance and contrast. There is no "trick processing" like adding/removing elements. Taken at Hoover Dam, Nevada.
HOW THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN:
(OK, I'll tell...the building wall is not at right angles, and has reflective glass that we are also able to see through. Most of what is seen here is a reflection of what is behind the photographer, and some of it is a reflection of a reflection. Since the building wall is at an obtuse angle, we see reflections of two different scenes as well as a "ghostly image" of what we can see inside. BUT THE ANSWER TO THE INTERESTING QUESTION: he was taking a picture at another angle, of a reflection that can't be seen from the angle I was shooting at, one that included me, hence the "parallax view" reference...we both used the same area of the "mirror" to get a completely different picture.)