By Vurdlak on July 22, 2010, with 146 Comments
Just a quick newsflash here – after more than a month, finally I have managed to fix the “Top Rated Illusions” section. I’m talking about that nice little block at the end of our sidebar, one that gives you a list of all time highest rated illusions. The list is now automatically updated once per hour, so if you think some illusions deserve to be there, be sure to rate them accordingly! For the illusion part, you may think these stairs below were digitally manipulated, but I dare to day it’s just an illusion. Can you figure out how the author did this?
(120 votes)
he made the steps shorter and narrower until it came to a point likely
He’s right…
I meant she.
…thats cool
No, I can’t figure out how they did this? How?
0
Looks like it could be a pyramid? That’s the only thing I can think it might be. Great illusion though…
Is a sculpture
nice one but it appears to be a pyramid shaped structire with grooves cut into it made to look like stairs
looks real
is it an arch? that’s a possibility. altho it really looks digitally minipulated…
its a stairway to heaven.
Isn’t it a pyramid?
Wait a minute…we think that it’s a stairway to heaven but it’s just a sculpture right before our eyes
This is cool man! I wouldn’t have a clue as to who the author may be…
Haha madd. First comment? <3
You should have called it ‘Stairway To Heaven’. Pretty nice. I like how the black and white has made it look artistic.
I was thinking it is actually a sculpture of a pyramid with fine gradients getting smaller each time.
Is it a tower / pyramid or what is it? Very strange…
How long will it take to reach heaven? ;-)
i think its actually a pyramid or something that has a stair-like pattern on it
cool.
its never ending D:!
Its just a stone statue :)
A very nicely made, soild stone staircase-statue?
a ridiculously well painted picture hanging from the sky?
I’m guessing it just goes directly up
and is only a metre or so high
(it’s not actually going
diagonally upwards towards the sky)
wow this is awesome it is like the stair way to heaven :) very cool illusion !!
the stairs are not stairs in real, its just a cone/ tower/ pyramid. when shot from an angle looks like stairs to eterniy… nice illusion!
I need to appreciate the photographer for the angle, the angle covers nicely the stairs on all sides except the front and little on left
-Nesar
Awesome.
Much better than some of the stuff you have showed over the last month.
this is just a tower cleverly built to look like some stairs to heaven with the tiers gradualy getting smaller i presume a photo from the back would look the samen as this
same*
it is a photo-montage
hey think I’m the first to comment
by the way i suppose it means that “one has to travel along way before reaching heaven”
its a-long
spoiled my first comment
it looks like its bin painted on a wall
wow that is awesome
I don’t know if this is a legitimate term or not … (and if it isn’t, I’m taking credit for coining it) … but I’d call this technique: “forced parallax”
It’s just a pyramid but the illusion was nice :)
it is a very stratigically placed “pyramid” if you will… just look at it closely it is rather interesting to see something like this though. kudos… i give it 2 thumbs up.
It’s just a photograph of a folded paper :D
@Tom; There’s no Parallax in a photograph. You need two different perspectives or motion, as I understand it.
This would be called “Forced Perspective”.
nice!
i agree with those talking about the angle of the object being shot at
this is a wall painting made to look real i wish it really was real but thats too bad
My guess is the 4/5 first steps are real and they’re stuck in a wall….the wall is painted or got some huge photograh with the sea and rock glued to it..
im thinking its a forced perspective illusion. do like :D
That is just amazing! I can’t believe it looks like it’s going to heaven!!!
its a pyramid shaped statue not stairs
lol it’s sidewalk art…..wher someone uses chalk sets, specific ones, and different shades of some colors to add the effect, because do u notice the line that is on the background that goes thru the bush and the stairs? it’s drawn ona sidewalk….
its a pyramid with jagged edges shot from an angle
but it looks really realistic
its just one straight sign that looks like stairs
Just a hint… there’s a suspicious line running through the bottom half. I dunno what for.. maybe a mirror beside a mirror?
Chuck Norris Can Complete These Stairs Without Taking A Break
It’s just block piled up vertically on top of each other, progressively getting smaller and smaller, up until the top brick is barely visible from the perspective the photo was taken.
painted statue ?
i think it is a triangular statue in the shape of a pyramid . and was cracked or maybe painted for the cracks, because if you look closely , the only steps with cracks on it is the first two . id say its just a slanted pyramid type shape .
its a statue. GET IT!!!!!
this one looks so cool. i would want to see whats one the other side.
Excellent photoshop work.
looks like a staircase to heaven!
lol thats a pyramid and made it smaller and smaller till no more plus its a point of view
i think he did a paper triangle standing up with a drawn stair case
i think its a pyramid statue shot from a different angle
I vote for a solid sculpture about 2 to 3 meters high and perfectly vertical
Also I keep hearing this old Led Zeppelin tune in my head.
It’s obviously a pyramid, guys! Anyone here 11 years old? I rule!!!! BunnyGirl is in the HOOOOUUUUSE!!!!
Think it’s a pyramid, only took me about 10 secs to see that