Back Street Boys

Hehe, I got much laugh with this photo, and it instantly reminded me of once-popular girlie band (in the title). Observing this photo won’t give you a hint where the illusion hides, but after jumping inside to second and third photo, you become surprised. Notice the resemblance with Ladder Illusion? I thought so! Now jump to similar illusions: Going Up, Dog on Stairs, Going Down?



49 Replies to “Back Street Boys”

  1. Does anyone know how it’s done? I still have no idea, lol. I have looked at many like it, but still can’t get it :P.
    I thought it was just their strength or something up until picture #3, then I”m back where I started from ^_^

    -Ashton

    1. The photo has obviously been flipped. The two guys must be balancing on their arms sideways(I can do that, simple) and the other guy would’ve been on his back with his legs up. Make sense?

  2. This one is really god. I had a hard time trying to find the illusion. Of course, after seeing the third photo it was obvious, but even then, it is clear how good the illusion is.
    Congrats!

  3. you can tell on the first picture by the man who’s sitting down. His butt isn’t on the ground completely and there is a shadow beneath him.

  4. Well if you look at the newspaper the guy is holding, it is leaning towards him. Also the Two guys behind him have at least one foot leaned right against the wall.

  5. @ashton

    I think they do it by simply lying down. The sitting man is laying on his back with his legs bent to look like he’s sitting, and the other two are holding themselves up on one hand and their legs. Turn your head to the side to get a better idea.

  6. In response to Ashton, this type of illusion is simple to do, but very effective when done well. These pictures were taken with the camera rotated 90 degrees.
    You were right, they are just holding themselves up, although you’ll notice they’re resting their legs as well to help.

    After figuring out what the illusion was in the second and thir pictures, I noticed there were some giveaways in the first pic. First, the guy reading the paper seems to be ‘hovering’ over the bench. Second, there are no shadows on the ground.

    This is a great illusion and the gradually widening pictures make it more effective.

  7. it was pretty obvious. if you look at the brick wall in the back ground or the graffiti on the “floor” you can tell something is wrong.walls are never bricked like that and most of the time graffiti is on a wall or at least a horizontal surface not the ground. there’s also the way the newspaper and the flap form the middle guys’ hood are pulled by gravity.

  8. Its really not that complicated Ashton, their legs are resting on the ledge so they have support. and the man who looks like he is sitting down just has his back on the ground and his legs on the ledge, its easy.

  9. cool!!!

    but i think its easy. if u tilt ur head to the right u can see that the guy “sitting” is really just on the floor. and the two guys “standing” r really just supporting themselves with their hands. then u just rotate the camera

  10. This illusion is easy as hell. For example: on a 90 degree angle, with your back to the ground, hold the camera sideways and take the picture.

  11. Just rotate the image 90 degrees to the left, and you’ll see that they have hands on the ground and feet on the wall. The people in the back are on another surface higher up.

  12. Notice that they are all leaning on the “wall” which is the ground. Not one of them is just standing, so the picture must have been taken sideways.

  13. I could tell not all was as they seems because in the backround you can see wood that is layed vertical, which is unlike any wood i know of

  14. The guy holding the paper has his back on the ground and has his feet propped up on the bench,you can see that he is struggling to sit up and read the paper.The other two have their legs on the bench and are laying with their arm supporting them………cool illusion.

  15. to be honest, at first glance everything seemed ordinary. Once the caption said they wouldnt give a clue to what the illusion was, i was determined to figure it out. So on the first picture i guessed that the illusion is what it is. I’ll tell you what gave me the hint. No one that would paint their name or tag would do it on the ground or upside down or where someone couldn’t read it. Take a look at the writing under the middle man, it looks to say TO-KA.

  16. yeah this one took me a minute too… but i totally got it… the three men are really liein on a bench and they are holding themselves and like they are posing… but yeah great illution…

  17. its obvious. the dude with the paper is lying down, and the other dudes are supporting themselves with their arms. the picture was taken a t a 90 degree angle.

  18. OMG! i saw it in the first pic! One: the wood/stone planks in the back are rotated 90 degrees! i mean who puts planks in like that?
    Two: It’s Obvious, the graffiti is on the floor not the wall. Very clever and very fun, Thanks for the illusion!

  19. I already saw and figured out the illusion’s answer, but when I looked back at the first picture, I did notice the oddity of havin graffiti on the sidewalk which might give it away for others.

  20. hmmm, actually it was very easy. these guys are actually lying down the sidewalk, and the camera was tilted to show the illusion that the men were standing and sitting. if you complain about the newspaper and their shadows, maybe the time of the day was just right to let the sun shine right on the direction of their heads, and the newspaper was held in a different way as to show that he was really sitting the normal way though he’s not.

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