Frisbee Shadow Illusion
March 04, 2007 by Vurdlak
Tonight I did hell of a job updating this site. It took some amount of time to update Outdoors category, the biggest section in Mighty Illusions sidebar. This category consists of almost hundred illusions. There I usually place all the illusions I can't find other proper section for. Help me, and browse through that category, and see if all the links function properly. Now let's find out what todays illusion holds for us:
Brian Morphy sent me this photo, and wrote an explanation: "I stumbled upon your site recently and, as a big fan of optical illusions, I am really enjoying your postings. I snapped this photograph at a Frisbee Golf tournament at the school where I work in Ottawa, Ontario (Canada). It appears as if both the black and orange Frisbee are simultaneously airborne yet in actuality, the orange one is lying on the ground but the position of the shadow of the black Frisbee makes it seem as if the orange disk is flying too. I have seen the shadow illusion illustrated in other pictures but I was delighted to catch it myself (though totally by accident)."
Brian Morphy sent me this photo, and wrote an explanation: "I stumbled upon your site recently and, as a big fan of optical illusions, I am really enjoying your postings. I snapped this photograph at a Frisbee Golf tournament at the school where I work in Ottawa, Ontario (Canada). It appears as if both the black and orange Frisbee are simultaneously airborne yet in actuality, the orange one is lying on the ground but the position of the shadow of the black Frisbee makes it seem as if the orange disk is flying too. I have seen the shadow illusion illustrated in other pictures but I was delighted to catch it myself (though totally by accident)."
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Quite the serendipitous snapshot !
Wow!! that's really cool!! :) A very nice pic!
the frisbe is larger than it appears to be and its shadow is(or would be) cast on top of the shadow of the tree the man reaching out for it is just to make you think its closer than it is
hmmm....oh, OOOHHH!!!! cool!
pretty cool!!
awesome
Great timing!
Is that Tim the Toolman Taylor throwing the 'bee?? Ug-ug-ug-ug-ug.
"Brian
on 9:29 PM
the frisbe is larger than it appears to be and its shadow is(or would be) cast on top of the shadow of the tree the man reaching out for it is just to make you think its closer than it is."
Did you read the description and the notes posted by the photographer? The Black frisbee is the one in flight. The yellow one is on the ground. It's the shadow that makes the illusion work. The shadow of the black frisbee makes it look as though the yellow one is in flight too. If you look close enough, you can confirm this by the grass blades around the yellow frisbee.
Give it a shot..
That is too cool! I didn't get it until after I'd read the narrative and looked at the pic AGAIN. Very nice timing there! =)
really cool!! @first, I thought the black frisbee was lying flat on d ground and the yellow one was flying. just convinced myself that its the opposite because of the sun reflects directly on the black one when its underneath the shadow of the tree.. tricky.. nice shot!! :))
This blog is mesmerizing. Just found it for first time tonight. Thanks for the fun. Great job. Namaste, Thea
anyone can do that =(
I love ironic little chance happenings like that . . . Makes life so much more interesting.
its cool...but how come the shadows of the 2 people go in different directions to the frisbee shadow???
@medge
the black frisbee would have to be very big! and + the shadow is smaller than the yellow frisbee :P but still, great timing :D
OOOOH...hehe....pretty fly diska....hehe...america hav pretty grass
Cool, at first glance I was like, so it's 2 frisbees in flight. But we have to do our reading to reap the rewards, right Brian? Cool pic and yes great accidental timing.
i don't see any illusion unless you are colour-blind person. But funny candid show, won't argue.
caught me off guard! found out after I read the descriptive article... <[^_^]>
you should tell people how to look at the different pictures, because I don't know what I'm looking for here. lol.
That what the first time I saw a swear word that you said!!. You should do it more And I thought I was the only fucking person that swore.
thats a real cool picture.
Dang!!! This website is addicting... Something, if you cover up the shadow beneath the yellow frisbee, it becomes very obvious that the yellow frisbee really is sitting on the grass.