Kurt found this photo on flickr and thought instantly of our community. He added: “At first I thought it was just a picture of someone’s shadow but it didn’t really make sense once I saw his feet in the picture and realized where the angle of the pic was taken from, and that with the feet in the picture, and where the sun shines and makes the shadow, the cameraman should be in the shot, right? Even if it was shot over his head, we should see it. Please let me know if you know how he took this picture, I’m stumped and it’s starting to bug me. Thanks.” Can we answer Kurt’s question? Let’s try. Today I found out the official date I’m arriving back to my hometown, Zagreb. You should expect daily updates after September the first. In the meantime few more illusions will be posted. Enjoy ;)
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I found the picture the text refers too, click on the blue link “photo on flickr” a list of blue links will pop up, click on the one named, “walking on water, part II” that will get you to the picture that goes with the text, it a good optical illusion,so go through the steps i told you, it worth it.
I FOUND THE PICTURE THE TEXT GOES WITH
lick on the first blue link inside the text “photo on flickr”
then find the blue like in the list of them called, “walking on water part II” that will get you to the right picture.
it a good picture too
At first i was confused. But now i just think it is 3 kids jumping into the pool. the first two kids just happen to be at the same height and the third kid went in backwards.
photographer is holding his camera in his left hand in front of a pole or building corner. He has most likely a 14mm lens and poits down at his shadow and got lucky with his aim (or he’s persistant) cool shot.
You can see the shadow in the water
illusion? maybe dillusion.. They are just jumping into the pool, man!!! There is nothing to figure out.
first of all
this is the stupidist illusion iv seen all day. you can see there shadows, and if nobody else can then you should get your eyes checked. there just jumping into the pool and posing as if they were walking on the water. its as simple as that :]
I think you’re all a bit dumb with this one. I first thought it was just a quick shutter pic, but look at the feet they are badly cropped. Its a very amature attempt at making it look like they are walking on water. It is two pics, the first of the pool and the second of kids messing about. The one of the kids has had its bkg removed… nice try… but try harder
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BUT ITS SHIT
its 3 kids JUMPIN IN A FOOKIN POOL
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Intruiging. It was taken at a VERY good angle at a VERY good time. But the guy with the back of his head facing us, his hand is slightly blurry so you can see the action.
Umm the point is they LOOK LIKE they are walking/running ON the water surface :P Clear now?
That’s what makes the illusion. Kinda like that picture where someone appears to be “holding the sun” or “pushing the leaning tower of pisa”. They were not actually holding the sun or the tower — that’s why it’s called an “illusion”. They took the picture at the proper angle and hence made an illusion. Lrn2ReadTheDictionary!
In this one, the photographer took the picture at a certain angle and time and so he got the illusion -> kids walking/running on the water surface.
Nathan, if it was in his left hand, it wouldn’t appear at that angle. The camera is centered on the shot.
I really don’t think this is photoshopped (like AgainstMe said), the angles all do match up fine, the bumps and such are all normal looking as clothes or something in a pocket would make. Also, the cement and shadow color all match perfectly whereas with photoshop, there would probably be some change.
jesus crist dude there jut jumping into the water doesnt take a two year old to figure it out!
Thee shadow picture?
(follow this link : http://flickr.com/photos/imaginemichael/466444861)
Is no problem if the photorapher is standing high enough and uses a lot of zoom to take this picture.
His shadow then is far above the shadow u see.
omg, ppl. The text is different from the picture. Go to http://flickr.com/photos/imaginemichael/466444861 to see the picture the text is talking about. Then post how they did it. IU can’t figure it out either.
there r either 3 kids jumping in a pool or they just used Photoshop to paste the kids into the picture. it doesn’t look very real to me
lol all these comments are hilarious!! “i dont get it, whats the illusion”
http://flickr.com/photos/imaginemichael/466444861
There is the real picture. Could be a zoom lens or the camera could be on a timer around his neck. Didn’t really seem like an illusion to me.
PS – THE WORDS DON’T MATCH THE PICTURE HERE. CHECK THE LINK
http://flickr.com/photos/imaginemichael/466444861
To Kurt, on the intended pic: I think the photographer is actually standing at the “top” of the picture, a few feet in front of the subject. It looks intriguing from the current angle, but when I turn my laptop upside down, it looks very straightforward to me.
“i submitted this. right description, wrong picture. this is the shadow picture i can’t figure out.
http://flickr.com/photos/imaginemichael/466444861“
In case no one read this comment, thats the wrong pic, the actual picture is on that link.
And i think that the person stood right behind the other person and took the image maybe. The right arm doesnt fit with the shadow…
Very weird picture though
if you guys look down through the comments, you will see the poster said wrong pic and left a link to find the correct pic, and the description matches with the link he left….
This photo and commentary was posted by Miss Teen North Carolina.
The photo that was meant to be there was of a guy photographing his shadow, without the apparent shadow of camera, because the road surface hides the camera shadow in his left hand (The shadows right).
Hee, see his shadow is holding up a wall! Where is the camera? Oh! what! An! Illusion!
The links added to the comment seem to be playing on a walking on water theme, perhaps due to a shot of kids jumping into a pool being attached. I assume the commentary was originally posted by the submitter of the photo, who happened to submit the wrong photo, and the links were added by the person blogging on it here.
The picture that is being described is at
http://flickr.com/photos/imaginemichael/466444861
this is a simple one if you look the kid on the far will eventually get hurt at the velocity he is moving and wont land in any water. the girl is leaning backwards with the other boy to make it look like they jumped off the ledge. the shadow is obvious too its in the water for all of you dumb over lookers but the neat thing is that the shadow doesnt match the girls feet. someone else was jumping from this side of the pool wile the kids pictures were taken with a pool behind them. the last thing that happened to this photo was photoshop, the only way to do such a thing. i congratulate the way he photoshopped it because it looks real but is not by my thoery.
JC, JC you’re so cool
Walk across my swimming pool
It’s cloudy out….there will be no photographer’s shadow, excellent timing on the shot though
does nobody know anything about angles here? you can clearly see that the photo is taken from the center of the shot and from where he is standing. if it was taken with his left hand, it would he skewed and if it was taken from the other side and flipped, it would not have his feet and shadow in the location it does and that angle. it had to be close to his body and centered. take a friend out and stand across from them when you take the pic of their shadow, you’ll see what i mean. and you can see that his left hand is flat against the “edge” so he’s not holding a camera and there would still be some shadow on the darker part of the walkway or lot or whatever. and there’s not two people — you can see his feet so there’s nobody in front of him and anyone behind him would have to be skinnier and shorter in order not to have their shadow interfere with his a little. i say it’s around his neck, but it’d have to be with a wide angle lens to get all the shot scope that it contains.
3 kids r jumping into a pool and the one that looks like he is jumping back onto the ledge is jumping backwards.
the illusion is supposed to be that the kids are walking about the water…but really it’s three kids jumping into the water and the camera man used a high-speed shutter and got them just before they hit the water and the way they happened to be posed makes it look like they are walking
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um its kids jumping in a pool. duh! the discritpion is rong and so is my spelling but overlook that please. i serouisly li9ve nnear this pool!
you guys, are you dumb or what!
the person who took the picture took two pictures, one of the kids walking and one of the swimming pool, then he put one picture on the other and it looks like kids walking on water!!!!
:-D
I don’t understand the shadow (you can avoid any shadow with zoom) but to me all the kids appear to be walking on water
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I'm think that he did take the picture from above, you can tell by the feet, since you can't see much of the underside of them. Also, since I don't see his/her shadow reflected on the water, I think it's possible he took the picture from far off, zoomed, and had a quick click camera.
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I love these things <3
its just 3 kids jumping in a pool.
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well from what i see the picture appears there walking on water but i only see it like that because the one kid is jumping in from a different angel from the other two and facing toward the camera were as the other two are facing Away from the camera. and the right timing along with that adds the illusions of water walking. but photoshop neh, shadows are there but the lighting from the 3rd kid is to far to notice the shadow
haha cool. They had to jump at the EXACT same time…Idk how the camera man took it though.