Comments on: Weird Scaffolding Illusion

By: austin

austin — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 23:18:26 +0000

it’s an optical illusion called vanishing point

By: dero

dero — Mon, 23 May 2011 15:04:54 +0000

wow, it’s soooooo simple, when the mind does not see all of the elements like the missing upright, (the one that is hidden by another upright)it (the mind) tries to recreate it’s own reality, which BTW is not always correct.

By: spunkspigot

spunkspigot — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 13:44:10 +0000

Bathysphere told me it’s “losing” not “loosing.”

And the picture is more than just the angle of the shot. It’s somebody noticing it and sending it in, instead of going, “oh, it’s not that cool.”

By: M@$t3r 11Lus10ns

M@$t3r 11Lus10ns — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 22:28:54 +0000

Heh, What?

By: anonymous

anonymous — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 16:21:27 +0000

th bar in the back is at a wierd angle thats all

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:44:00 +0000

totally easy i figured it out in less then ten seconds but still this website is totally awesome!!!!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:10:00 +0000

its simple the left back post is blocked by the front right

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 28 May 2007 02:46:00 +0000

kk….for all you who say ” it can easily done on photoshop” you guys are to put it nicely not very bright. but it is just a really simple illusion using perspective easily replicated….but kudos to the photographer, the angle is perfect

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 27 May 2007 21:21:00 +0000

very cleverly taken photograph, probs to the sender, also great site, im a regular visitor :D

By: Errol

Errol — Sun, 27 May 2007 18:59:00 +0000

solved it in about 2 seconds, i guess you can get excited about this one, but it didn’t really get me going.

By: Brian

Brian — Sun, 27 May 2007 18:32:00 +0000

its real you just cant see the third rail

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 27 May 2007 18:00:00 +0000

First post? woot if it is! I never had one before.

I think I solved this. The bars aren’t attached where we think they are. The camera is lined up at such an angle where it looks like everything is attached (impossibly), but they’re not.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 27 May 2007 17:59:00 +0000

I think it’s genuine. I just think the angle of the photo obscures another pole behind the middle one which links to the pole on the right hand side.

Nice effect and a good spot!

By: booboo

booboo — Sun, 27 May 2007 17:40:00 +0000

Hmm that’s pretty clever. I don’t think all of the scaffold pipes are in fact connected. They’re just lined up really well. In my humble opinion anyways.

Would love to be able to design as illusion of any kind! This site rocks!

By: Japanime

Japanime — Sun, 27 May 2007 16:54:00 +0000

i dont get it…