I’ll let Charlie Tyack explain this illusion by himself! This is what he wrote: “Hi there, I thought I might submit these photos in case you would like to stick them on your blog. It’s me and my pal Paul pretending to levitate whilst dressed as conspicuous spies at Duxford Air Museum in the UK. If you do put it on, please link to my website: www.charlietyack.com Thanks!”
Can you solve how this illusions were done? Second picture is inside this post, just click on the title to jump inside this article.
Are they jumping
They are jumping!
hes not flying its just that there is a hill and he went on his tippytoes so the illusion makes it look like there is no hill and then your mind balances it out to make it look like hes “flying”
They look stiff and silted. I think they just jumped flat footed and the photog captured them at the top of the jump with fast film.
They just jump!
they seem to be on a zip wire!
jumping on some sort of trampoline or something it seems :)
No clue, would love an explination. :)
I think they simply jump. it’s a very nice effect
These russians are just jumping; I DIDN’T KNOW JUMPING WAS AN ILLUSION.
To be honest, I didn’t even get why you would think they were levetating at all.. Until I tried really hard… Which I think is opposite of what is supposed to happen…
He jumps and he retirethe feet :)
The picture was taken in the mid-air while you jumped. Nothing special. :(
I have two theories on their levitation:
1. They simply jumped and used a fast shutter on the camera to capture them in mid-air.
2. There appears to be a contraption on the wooden post that could be holding them up using a thin wire.
Just my 2 cents worth.
It looks like they’re jumping… especially the second picture.
They’re just jumping infront of a camera with high shutter speed.
Second one is most obvious.
Well, Charlie & Paul,
If you photograph somebody jumping in the air, that is not an optical illusion, that’s a photograph of sombody jumping in the air.
And that is the reason you named your photos ‘MeJump.jpg’ and ‘PaulJump.jpg’.
Next!
How about they jump up and the picture is taken while they are in midair?
The 2 dudes are jumping and a high shutter speed was used on the camera. You can tell by the tension in their hands and the shape of their clothes.
It seems the pictures where taken whilst jumping up, especially the second picture reveals this fact.
this thing is crappy its so dumb retards
They’re jumping. simple. Done this one myself. I’m brilliant.
I think that they’re just jumping… On the second picture it really looks like it because his left hand is in a really weird position.
Either the photos were edited, or these were taken while the subject is jumping. Got it from the photos’ filenames: MeJump.jpg and PaulJump.jpg ;)
they jumped into the air
………photoshop?
It looks like he jumped and the camera had a fast shutter speed.
thats weird
They’re jumping in front of a high-speed camera.
I dont know…but the way You keep Your body, so tense… You must have jumped and just shot the picture at the right time ..?
this doesnt even look like they r levitating…-.-‘
blue screen background offset, right ;) ?
Nice. how was it achieved?
I’d say they jumped up and as they were at the “top” of the jump, the camera took their pictures.
They just jumped in the air!
Waouh ! Very impressionnant !
Photoshop (they have moved the shadows), I guess…
JUMP!
i guess he took the shadows out in photoshop.. that’s why it doesn’t look real?
um yeah this ones easy, lock your knees, and jump with your feet
I would venture to say that a jump is involved in both pics. The first gent has his hands in his pockets yet stretching the trench coat, there some force that is being applied on the coat from straining, I presume. The 2nd pic, the left pant leg is not following any gravity physics that I can see in the picture, the pant leg has an upward motion (notice the creese at the bottom of pant leg). Again, this is just my opinion, I could be wrong. :)
i think i know how they did it but im not really sure..
does anybody else know?
its obvious that they are standing just right and they twist there feet in such away that it appears that they are floating. The first one’s secret is the little puddle that looks like a shadow.
This is purely a guess, but since their clothes seem a bit ruffled, I’m suspecting that the pictures were taken in mid-jump. Or, it could just be wind ruffling their clothes, and they really are levitating. :)
Interestingly, the structure behind them seems to be an anchor point of a zip-line, which may be used for army training purposes. They *may* be hanging from the zip-line in a harness hidden by their clothes, and then Photoshop’ed the harness’s straps. That’s fairly easy to do, even in grainy photographs like these.
Just my two cents. Keep the change.
Cheers,
-Dan.
what a good idea!
I’m baffled as to how this is done.
I’m more convinced than ever that they’re in mid jump, since the images are named: MeJump.jpg and PaulJump.jpg. :) The platform and structure are misdirections.
Cheers,
-Dan.
its one of those childs toys where they are on a swing and they fly along a wire
i think that you guys are just standing and at it angle it looks like ur levitating, the deal with the shadows probably edited, but idk
yeah its realy simple.
all these guys did was jump in the air and try to keep a straight face and body, and
bigo.
you’ve got the floating picture….
its been done..before
nothing new.
but its a realy cool trick to take a picture of and show your friends and family..
they will be blown away.
I got it!
They are on the back stones and the stones in the middle are darker looking like the shadows
so it looks like they are flying.
Their Jumping
Well, I live fairly near Duxford and have been there a lot on school trips and such since I was a kid..
That looks a lot like where I remember there once being a zipline..
Can’t see any cables to the line overhead, but it could have something to do with it.
I think It is either a greenscreen or not an illusion at all…………..
their both standing on the ground, but because of the color of the tiles you can’t tell. Not the best illusion, somewhat lame.
I think this is achieved by the subject jumping and the photo taken at the highest point.
Gee, could it be they jumped in the air?????
it doesnt even look like theyre levitating theyre just standing on the block behind the one it looks like theyre levitating on
you were jumping when the picture was taken. Easy :)
It’s quite apparent that the spies in question were simply caught in midair by the camera after they had jumped and attempted to look like they were only standing. The second spy doesn’t look quite like he’s just standing, as his hands and arms are a bit too rigid.
They just jump and take a picture when they are in the air.
The file names gives it away, The people are jumping and the camera snaps at just the right moment.
i dont get it!!
it appears that they might be hanging from something, or a fast shutter as they jump.
Erm . . . he’s not “levitating” under the wooden poles, but in front of them? and the shadow and gorund are all painted making it look impossible lol? And I maight be first comment.
Looks like they are just standing there.
weird
So you jump up and try to look as motionless as possible . . . .
Isn’t this just a matter of taking the picture at the right time?
they jump….
Considering that the files are called MeJump and PaulJump… I would guess a jumping snapshot…
Both of you have no shadows, so I think It’s a photo montage.
I think they take the picture just after have jump
Why has no one responded in a while? And whats the illusion??
why has no one posted for recent illusions? And whats supposed to be the illusion??
jumping!!!
erm.. i dunno it looks like theyre standing on the ground to me….
All they did was jump and take a picture, keeping their bodies completely straight. Look at their clothes. They are rustled and moving, liked they jumped. This is stupid.
Ahh the jump technique
I cant see any levitation?
I’ve got two ideas:
A) it’s a simple poster where you can put your head through
B) the persons are hanging on a transparent rope
Shadow
Um… when you call the picture “mejump.jpg” it’s kind of obvious how it was done.
Only the second one looks like it’s floating. Pretty cool though.
Hmmm…it appears that they are simply jumping up in the air. Especially the second one.
I think they simply jumped up and took the picture at the “top” of the jump.
The real trick is trying to look natural when you do that.
That’s awesome! How is this done?
I had to look hard to see levitation. Hmm.
um….no i cant
If I said jump, would they say how high?
Love this site!
they jumped.
reminiscent of a show called The Young Ones.
You are both jumping in the air.
easy. they just jumped. and i can prove my point because if you click on the 2nd picture, the title of the photo is “PaulJump.jpg” it looks cool though :]
I don’t get this illutsion.
wheres the explanation of it?
the second 1 i have no clue but the first 1 it looks like hes standing on the way back of the platform
the first one isn’t very good, really!
the second one is clearly edited in
this is lame, and its supposed to be illusion of the day… not 3+ days
I think they jumped up, and before they came back to the ground the picture was taken. Second picture looks like that (jacket).
But it’s a great idea! :o)
Oh WOW so you jumped up and had someone take a picture. As if that’s never been done before. Just look in any big fashion mag these days…. they do it all the time.
Oh! Is it one of those things where there’s a painted picture and they’ve stuck their heads through a hole?
i really can’t see how the second one could appear to be levitating. for the first one, the spy is standing on the ground, but there is a slant in the ground below, which makes him appear like he’s levitating. it’s really pretty ez, but still an alright ilusion
PhotoShop.
they’re just jumping and taking a pic in mid flight… the shutter speed will be fairly quick…
they jumped
They jumped.
Jump, Jump, Jump, Jump up and down in space….
They jumped
The jump and take a picture while they are in the air.
Look at the funny Russian JUMPING Beans. How interesting that the photographer captured them each in mid-air.
they are jumping
I thin they are jumping, is it right?
they’re standing farther back on the stones and tipping their ankles a little bit
pretty cool
This is kinda lame. Not really an optical illusion so much as a camera trick.
photo shop der
Um, did they jump?
they are simply jumping
Hahaha, nice jumping!
why isn’t the shadow connected to his body
I don’t know, they jumped?
what?
what the hell
they have just taken a photo while someone is jumping and have gaotten a frame when they are at the peak of the jump.
How does he do it? Photoshop
The secret is in the shadows. There is a shadow that suggests the levitating. In fact the persons stand firmly on the ground. Nice effect!
Why, they jumped!
No, you guys cant be THAT blind! STAIRS!!! Their feet are on the edge of a stair!!
has anyone notive that the appars wider in the first one?
wow there is alot on this..i have no clue…but id have to go with jumping…
=^.^=
It’s obvious they’re jumping (mejump.jpg pauljump.jpg) but the could have chosen a better place to do it, it just looks like they’re standing up.
they are just standing!!
Wow, what a response!
We were bored, so we just decided to try and hoax floating. Most of the respondents were right: we jumped up in the air and took the photo at the top of the jump with a high shutter speed. Since the photo was taken at the top of the jump, we weren’t moving much and the shot froze us perfectly.
That’s all there is to it: no photoshop trickery, no wires, nothing. But we were floating in mid air, if only for a split second…
Thery’re just standing there but it looks like they’re jumping – how could all these people not notice that?
Bug, did you read all the comments posted before you?
there just standingin the back
you named the pics me jump and paul jump…… you gave it away i mean come on at least me float and paul float!!
DUH! their feet are still touching the floor! its really easy to see in the second one
it simply looks like they are jumping, when they could simply be standing on the edge of the tiled floor thing.. no jumping
ok then aaron expain how the shadow lies if there on their tip- toes
Its quite simple really, the man in the white coat is sat on the fence, and the man in the black coat is balancing on the fence on his finger tips! Click on the image to enlarge it and you’ll see!! The fence seems further away because of the camera angle!
Um it just looks like there standing…
i is standing on top and the walk is slanted down so that is the result
This is no jump
They are goasts
the “shadow” is painted/drawn on the floor already and they are standing behind it.
youe all ******* dumb they are simply standing around when the persons taking the picture above about 2 feet off the ground below the hill there standing on DUH P.S. theres a wind blowing to the west…
ok… either you people are all INCREDIBLY STUPID or VURDLAK HAS STRUK AGAIN.
If it’s you guys: READ THE COMMENTS BEFORE YOU GIVE THE SAME EXPLANATION AS THE 100 PEOPLE BEFORE YOU!!!!
And if it’s Vurdlak: FIX THE DELAY WITH THE COMMENTS!!!
WHY is there such a long delay? Its not like Vurdlak actually seems to bar any of the comments- why not just put them up immediately and block them afterwards if necessary???
And why do my comments always go on and on and on and on…? I annoy even myself.
(And I don’t reckon they’re jumping- if they are why bother with the wooden frame?)
i think the real question here is why do these pictures look as if they are drawn????
THE SHADOW!!!! THE SHADOW OR WET DARK SPOT ON THE FLOOR CREAT THE ILLUSION AS IF IT WAS THE GUYS SHADOW… THATS THE ILLUSION
They are not jumping…
I’m really surprised the vast majority of you guys didn’t notice the fact THEY ARE SIMPLY STANDING on the back part of the wooden platform, giving you the illusion they are levitating or jumping, as your brain gets centered at the center part of the wood.
Not impressive; in fact, from the beginning, I knew they were standing in the back part, now if you look at their feet, they’re just positioned in an unorthodox way.
Simply that, nothing more.
Now the shadows…those could have been edited, but if you look at the bottom of the shoes of the guy in the second picture, you’ll notice a shadow ON the wood.
THEY ARE NOT JUMPING!
if you cover up everything exept for their feet you see they are clearly just standing.
p.s.notice how they are both in the same place.
No….. THEY ARE jumping.. at least TWO people have pointed out it says mejump.jpg and pauljump.jpg
Unless thats supposedly part of the “illusion” -.-
der feet are on the ground lol no jumpin its jus da angle they take da photo from
This is what I think:
Either they are jumping (Clothes suggest this), they are standing still (shadow suggests this), or they are suspended from that wooden post.
oh my goodness its not that hard they are on a slope and the angle the camera is at it makes it look as if they are floating but really it is just a hill they are NOT JUMPING!
its just he angle of the camera, they are standing kinda further
I cant even see them off the ground
“Aaron
hes not flying its just that there is a hill and he went on his tippytoes so the illusion makes it look like there is no hill and then your mind balances it out to make it look like hes “flying” “
BS !!!
He is jumping. If they stand on a hill, there would be shadows on the ground ending on their feet.
It looks like they are standing back or standing on their toes. The ground is shaped weird, but i can see their feet are on the ground. Only someone with terrible eyesight could think they were not touching the ground!
dumbasses its the tiles.
they painted them to look like they are really flat
there not
lame
I went to school with these two and was on that trip with them. Quite simple really, they just jumped and we took the shot at the right time. The one of Charlie is the better of the two, but when you look at Paul it’s obvious from his posture that he’s mid jump. We weren’t clever enough to do it any other way and others have suggested.
LOOOL “Only someone with terrible eyesight could think they were not touching the ground!”
only a no brainer could not realize that the shadows don’t match if they were STANDING. ridiculous idiot. brain usage beats eyesight by far lol
BOO!
They are look like photoshoped because there is no shadow on the ground.
ok all u morons.. cant u see the shadow??? its a dead givaway that theyre jumping!
if they were standing there shadow would meet there feet, they’re obviously jumping. no camera tricks or illusions.
wow, you people are stupid.
the people are standing reallly far back and it makes the other people look big like me lol xxxxxxxx
no no no you are all really cose but here soulotion:
ok its all the shadow.Really.No lying.The truth
lyes withen you .Vurdlack,am i right about the shadows?
If you cover up the shadow with your finger, it appears that the subjects are standing on firm ground. When you see the apparent shadow, it appears the subjects are levitated.
I think it’s more likely they were caught jumping than that the shadow was doctored.
Check it out. They’re jumping. The first fellow’s coat creases in on his legs and around his hands in his pockets. If the wind were blowing, wouldn’t his scarf blowing? Go jump in a trench coat, you’ll see.
Second dude. Obvious jump. The left pant leg is flared towards the camera and flat against his skin. His other pant leg is not, it is flaring outwards. The way the fabric rolls is obvious that it was caused by a sudden downward force. Like jumping. Plus he looks a bit scared. He’s too tense and awkward to just be ‘levitating’.
Last. The pictures have the word ‘jump’ in them. Srsly?
Btw, you just been CSI’d
they are jumping! you can see their shadows are further away from them than they would be if they were just standing! Thes second guys feet look like is in the air also!
As someone pointed out before, they are not jumping or anything, it’s not even a real picture. It’s photoshoped.
Please look at their shadows, they have none.
Just cover there shadow.
You will just see them standing on the ground.
ffs you dumb arses, they are jumping!
the shadow proves they are not on the ground
the shadow also proves the ground is not curved, if it is the shadow will be curved too
Ok lets settle one thing. whatever else may be true, they are absolutely not standing on the ground. Look at there shadows. They don’t meet their feet. Your shadow always meets your feet if you are on the ground. that’s just the way it is. It doesn’t matter about angles or size, or perspective. Anything that is on the ground will be toughing it’s shadow. ALWAYS
P.S. even if you cover the shadow it still looks nothing like them standing still. Look at the second guy’s feet. their position does not match the contours of the ground.
They’re jumping. Notice the slightly stressed postures of the 2 men, and the dynamics of the clothes.
Also, notice the shadows of the 2 men in the right bottom side of the men.
They jump, immediately posing like they’re standing normally, but the clothes, posture and shadows give them away.
I don’t get it. It just looks like their standing on the ground with weird poles and a string in the background.
the slabs 2 the the right r lower down than the ones they r stood on u cann see this by the foot in the second pic
They cant be standing; the shadows of the feet are not right next to the feet themselves, but they are disconnected. They might be jumping, but it doesnt look like it. But I might be wrong. Im only 13. :P
I’m not saying that they’re jumping, but their feet are off of the ground. Just look at the shadows
cover the shadows and you will see they are standing… water can make it look like shadow
the second guy is turning his feet up and outwards
I think they jump for the clothes effect,, but for ‘fly’ effect they just use an angel. just saying :D
They are jumping. The illusion lies in how the shot was taken. The photos were shot pretty much the same time they took off, so the final shot captured them in the air before they reached their maximum jump height.
It’s best executed by Natsumi Hayashi (Tokyo’s “Levitating Girl”).
WOW!! that’s effective ;-)
if the light is coming from directly above, then there is no visible shadow. the first doesn’t even look like he is levitating, and the second guy is standing with his feet turned out.
It’s the puddle. It’s really close to the edge, and the guys are standing behind it. The position in which this picture is taken makes it look as if the guys are levitating.
I’m with Tam,.. Puddle :)
Did it ever occur to anyone that are simply standing still? The ‘shadow’ could easily be made by putting some water on the ground.