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I am short sighted and always have to wear either glasses or contact lenses. The optical correction can be seen through the lenses of my glasses as they refract the colourful lines.
It seems to keystone ... I could see it in the viewfinder too.
- Rosa's Garden of Earthly Delights, Keefer Lake, Ontario, Canada -
I wanted to try some longer duration shots but I didn't take my full filter set with me to Homer this time - swift kick to self! I did happen to have a circular ND filter as part of my kit, so I gave it a try. I ended up only being able to expose for 20 seconds as any more would have overexposed the image. Even so, I was pleased with the interesting effect it produced both in smoothing the waters of Kachemak Bay as well as making the fisherman look like a ghost. He also spent some time near the chair, giving a lighter ghost image there. In a way this represents a metaphor for us, we're just a blip on the radar. Here today, gone tomorrow!
Taken 6 May 2023 at Homer, Alaska.
De Museumfabriek in Enschede, voorheen de Twentse Welle.
Het gebouw staat altijd gedeeltelijk in het water.
Gezien tijdens voorbereiding op de 40 km sponsorloop van Nacht van de Vluchteling. Voorbereiding: Hengelo- rondje Enschede 24 km
The big eruption of Mount Corona happened around 3000 years ago. The liquid stone shot out with a tremendous force and covered a big area in the Northeast of Lanzarote Island. The lava cooled out quickly on the surface, but underground it continued to flow towards the Atlantic Ocean. The lava ebbed away, the empty tunnels stayed, building the worlds biggest lava tube. Parts of this tunnel system can be visited on a guided tour. You climb down 50 meters through a huge hole into this mysterious underworld. At the end of the tour you arrive at this spectacular, steep abyss...or is it a reflection? However that may be...the tour guide allowed me to stay longer than the group to take my photographs in a calm and lonely setting.
Panoramic view made out of 6 single shots.
* Explored 17/04/16 #98 *
For MACRO MONDAYS, this week’s theme: "Corner".
Setting: a 15mm Optical Cube Prism was placed on a white plastic board. The rainbow colours were from refraction and dispersion of sunlight.
HMM!
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Lamp in the waiting room of my ophthalmologist. The light is originally much softer on the eyes, but I am in the mood to slide, and I suddenly have a crave for a creamsicle.😁 HSS!
It appears we are looking up a hill at an Elk with the sky in the background but what we are actually looking at is down a hill with a lake behind her.
female broad-billed hummingbird on the patio heading for one of the many feeders.
The shadow of her wing looks like she is mounted on the patio wall, which is in fact at least 10 feet away.
Tucson, Arizona
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Although beautiful statues and cathedrals filled my brain during travels to Italy, I found myself enchanted with the architecture of each town we visited. I especially loved the windows with their all the exquisite details.
As I was waiting on the corner for a friend to return from a shop, I looked up and noticed one window across the street seemed to be gleaming. Initially I thought the black shapes were two cats facing each other. A closer look much later actually showed me something totally different.
Light patterns on a flat ceiling.
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I created a photo and - accidently - an optical illusion. The left side appears longer but that's only because of the arrangement of the lumber. And I like the symmetry of the snowy cup cakes! St. John's, NL, Canada.
Skyrim - NLA ENB profile by Confidence-Man, free camera, time stop, time and weather control, custom FOV.
I am doing something I have not done before on this site and that is, posting the same picture twice. But I am intrigued by the optical illusion in this shot. It was taken in the early morning light which causes our brain to see it differently than it actually is. Here's the science behind it.
Brain's Assumption: The human brain is evolutionarily wired to assume that light, especially from the sun, comes from above.
Shadow Interpretation: When we look at ripples or footprints in the sand, our brain uses the shadows to determine if a feature is raised (a hill or a ripple crest) or indented (a depression or a footprint).
The Illusion: If an image of sand ripples (or dunes) is lit from below (e.g., in a photograph taken from a specific angle or a picture that is inverted), the shadows fall on the "wrong" side. The brain, still assuming the light is from above, misinterprets the shadows, causing the crests to appear as troughs and the troughs to appear as crests. The image appears inverted.
I invite you to look at this shot and tell me if you see ridges and small concave valleys or do do you see rounded crests of sand with narrow valleys. For me it switches back and forth between the two. And for me there is sometimes a third view my brain gives me and that is, the dark shadows become the raised parts of the picture. It may take a minute for your brain to switch from one to the other. When I first look at this shot I see sharp ridges which is an illusion but when I bring my eyes over to the toes of my shoes it switches to what it should be.
I would appreciate hearing about what you experience.