Update 3: I have removed the author’s name and link due to his request.
Update 2: Unfortunately, original author asked us if we can remove his photo of the site, which we are obligated to do, so instead I’ve added this magnificent installation by Fred Eerdekens.
Lydia Roe found this peculiar photo of some band I never had the opportunity to learn of. The illusion is more fun orientated than being puzzling. Still, it turned out fine. What you see here is a singer and guitarist Laura Marling casting an unlikely shadow. Any clue how this happened? More similar fine illusions can be found via #shadow tag!
Looking over her shoulders, you can see the mic, horn, and head of the horn-player behind her. The shadow on the wall is not of her, but of the horn-player.
Where her shadow is, I’m uncertain
I can’t believe I didn’t see that…
light focus is behind her (on the ceiling), as the singer is a step near to the audience than the horn-player there is no shadow for her
You can see the horn over the guitarist’s right shoulder so it’s not too tricky to figure out. The bend in the wall means the guitarist’s shadow is probably along the floor instead of up the wall.
yes the hrn player is behind her. but the light you can see is coming from the right side of the frame. so her shadow would be casted out of veiw to the left on the wall.
are you kidding me? there is a guy behindp him i can even see his hair on the back of her’s which means he is right behind her
you can see a little bit of the guy and his instrument behind her, that’s the shadow you see is the guy not hers
you can see the horn-player behind her, he is casting the shadow…
but still… where’s her sahdow anyway?
I agree with Blaise. I similarly have no idea where her shadow would be. :/
ummm did u not see the person behind her… its not very visible but their is a guy behind her who is the shadow!!<3
Lucy is right! Look closely at the top of the guitar player’s shoulder and you will see the end of the horn!! Great image though!
The “cyborg cello player” … Another optical illusion isn’t it? It’s another microphone. But, ja, first glance makes me think Star Trek:-)
definately!
I think she is far enough toward the front of the stage that her shadow falls on the floor not the wall
there is a saxophone player behind the singer if you look closely we are seeing his shadow not the singers
A flugal horn!!?? Really!
It is the musician behind her… obvious..NEXT!
The shadow behind the bass player does not match the bass player either… look at the arm on the bass player extended down, but the shadow is cut off at the elbow indicating possibly holding something up… perhaps that shadow is the one which belongs to the singer with the guitar, and judging by the angle in relation to the singer, maybe the horn player is off-picture to the left and the light is off-picture to the left casting the shadow onto the picture alone. Whatever/however, it’s a great illusion!
Anybody who has worked with stage lighting will see this kind of thing a lot. The horn player is lit by the second row of lights. You don’t see the shadow of the gutarist be cause the light is almost on top of her. Her shadow is on the floor. You can know this by where the shadow of her left(stage right) arm goes.
My guess is her shadow is overruled by the horn players shadow as he is more or less directly behind her in the spotlight.
The horn player is behind the guitarist, this is a real shadow, I don’t think it’s accidental.
I see what you are getting at though, it’s a bit like the John Lewis christmas advert from a couple of years ago:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g24W5pPsBts
easy ,guitar shadow set by front lights and horn player in “contrejour” (backlight) right place for the photo,and good lights
is the musique as good?
easy ,guitar shadow set by front lights and horn player in “contrejour” (backlight) right place for the photo,and good lights
is the musique as good?
…that is cool and interesting illusion…but the cake (shadow) is a lie!
I’d be more wary of the cyborg cello player on the left….note her right eye!
Lol @ John Tunnicliffe
There are two separate light sources, one on the girl(spot light) and another light on the man in back of her……..
they are all right!!…it’s the Horn players shadow behind the guitarist. Her shadow is on the floor, you can tell by the shadow of her left arm and coat..
its the horn player behind her,her shadow is along the floor
i guess, even if there wud be a guy behind her, then the shadow must face towards the right direction and not to the left…so there must be some other reason for that shadow
the horn player is at the back of the singer or lady guitarist he is hidden at the back of the guitarist.
Laura Beatrice Marling the band is Noah and the Whale but she left in 2008 and has gone on to do some fine solo gigs.
great indy sounds and check out the web site
http://www.lauramarling.com/
oh the shadow has a name Jack Hamson
On the far right you can see the bottom of the microphone, the horn player is out of the pic on the very right and the light casting the shadow must be behind him yet..I am not seeing a person behind the guitarist.
there is a horn-playing dude standing directly behide her, it’s his shadow that is cast on the wall.
her shadow is the one in the right-hand corner, left of the bass-playing man. and his shadow is on the right of him, you can only see a bit of it though
Maybe she doesn’t háve a shadow? (spooky)
This wasnt really a good illusion.
How about you credit Dave Gorman (yes, that one) for his photo?
http://gormano.blogspot.com/2010/11/i-tell-you-what-laura-marling-casts.html
how can you not see the person behind her!! … thats not an unlikely shadow .. thats an unlikely illusion! ….
Behind the sinqers shoulder. yup everyone is riqht
I guess her shadow is the one to the right, next to the guy with the big bass. The shadow left to her is the shadow from the guy behind her. As both are lighted by different spotlights, the shadows are not at the same place.
Good attempt on an “illusion” LOL joking! That’s pretty cool but it’s obvious there’s someone behind her!
Any one who has been in a band knows there is more than one flood light on a band. You don’t see the singers shadow because of the lighting. In the band I was in I was always under a blue flood Light and know one else’s shadow came of the light I was under Only mine
the trumpet player is behind her! It super obious.
clearly the guy is behind her. but no one realises, where the fuck her shadow is!
i think its two lights from two sides
idk its retarded
Well as stated previously the horn player is standing behind her…
And if you follow the mikestand’s shadow down you’ll see the headstock of a guitar. Though I like the singing shadow beside the cello player.
C’mon, the light is horizontal. That’s the key to this illusion. You are used to mostly front & down lighting. So you interpret the shadows incorrectly.
The guitar players shadow is out of the frame past the cellist.
Yeah good job stealing other peoples photos guys…
What are you guys talking about with the lady and the trumpet and everything… All i see is a bunch of clouds, a gray room behind them, and “NEO DEO” spelt out in the clouds.
You’ll have to troll through the comments to understand what happened, along with reading the UPDATES at the top of the article. Was a nice picture, though. : )
there used to be a picture of a woman playing guitar and her shadow looked like a person playing trumpet.
read the update. it says the original photo was removed requested by the original author
Lol read the updates?
BTW that was a trumpet, not horn.
And those are sheep too, lol!
tis z awsme …
i dont get it