Comments on: Flamingo Group Photo Optical Illusion

By: Becky

Becky — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 11:06:05 +0000

Flamingos making a flamingo :)

By: Iman Azol

Iman Azol — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 12:26:29 +0000

http://www.earthweek.com/2010/ew101126/ew101126c.html

It’s a real photo.

Emma: I’m pretty good with Word and I can tell your post is fake. See those light areas around the letters? That’s a typical sign of something called “copy and paste.”

By: toxic sandwich

toxic sandwich — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 00:06:29 +0000

fake and boring i iwsh there were more illusions that keep’ya starin for eva

By: coolez2001

coolez2001 — Mon, 10 May 2010 07:53:27 +0000

not cool :P :P :P its actualy ugly it took me 1 hour to get it :P :P this stinks :P

By: tacos

tacos — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:48:01 +0000

lol love it why cant flamingos be purple that would be much better

By: Millie is da bomb digidy. ily Kathryn

Millie is da bomb digidy. ily Kathryn — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 02:10:18 +0000

Looks like flamingos making a duck shape with long legs!!

By: Emma Gustavsson

Emma Gustavsson — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 17:03:40 +0000

I’m pretty good at photoshop and i can tell that this picture is fake. You see the “light” area just around all the birds, where the water has a brighter color, that’s a typical sign of a photoshop-trick called “patching”.
What you do is that you “mark” a bit of the picture you want to clone, then you use this little area as a sort of resource and just patch over the flamingos. Woila! Not very hard to do but with good result.

you can clone without the brighter/greyish result but it’s a lot harder! And in a environment like this (brown water), why bother?

GREAT SITE BTW!!

By: Detective Kitty

Detective Kitty — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:24:00 +0000

I don’t think it was accidental. The edges are too sharp (like the tail and beak) to be accidental, usually birds just like to group in big circles. It’s possible food was plaed in this formation so the birds would make it, but that’s just my opinion.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 08:46:00 +0000

I think it doesnţt matter if itţs a big flamingo or a big duck or a big whatever. I find it nice that itţs the form of a bird ;)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 23:36:00 +0000

Don’t you think that if the image was faked, he would have made it look like a FLAMINGO, instead of a DUCK! Grow Up

By: Juanma

Juanma — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 09:25:00 +0000

To Grammario:

If you want to focus on grammar, good speech and pedantry, go and write your own grammar blog, and stop bothering us with your unsolicited lessons about what you consider to be 'truly insufferable'.

Thanks.

If there's something I like is freshness, and this site has it.
Vurdlak, keep on doing such a great work.

By: PecosPeet

PecosPeet — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 03:02:00 +0000

Grammario: When one comments on another’s grammar, it is wise to ensure your comments are grammatically correct.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:42:00 +0000

Wow seriously guys it is a very cool picture. y do u have to point out every little wrong detail to ruin it 4 everyone else. And plus all the shadows are facing the same way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 13:25:00 +0000

Of course this photo is a fake. What are the chances of this occurring in real life? And with a photographer accidently being in the neighborhood?

First of all, I’m no expert in recognizing fake photo’s from real ones. But what strikes me is that there hardly is any shadow on such a bird itself. The birds are fairly close to each other and the sun seems to be quite low (because of the stretched shadows) so especially in the middle of the group all birds should have shadows of the birds next to them on their bodies. But all shadows lay on the ground.

Last of all don’t bother correcting my grammer/spelling.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 10:11:00 +0000

Some birds in the front have NO shadows……..
Fake….??
yesss