Optical illusion

[fly258]

Can anyone explain this
http://tunteella.org/4chans/1166622255471.jpg
please.

[boink]

with the shadows it looks to me as though the part coming out of the left tower towards the watch is cut at a 45 degree angle to make it look as though it goes into the side of the right tower. its hard to explain

[xraanswerban]

Hi fly258, I have just drawn the puzzle but can not explain it, as you say it's an optical illusion. Try drawing it and you may feel better.

[Clanad]

I would guess that is a composite photograph constructed to appear as an optical illusion. Notice that there is no shadow on the graph paper from the odd cross bar at it's end on the right side of the picture. As xraan states, the shadow is indicated from that crossbar as it exits the left upright and is at about a 45 degree angle.. Someone has photographed that bar placed in the left side, then photgraphed it placed in the right side upright and then joined the two, probably in a computer program rather than cutting and pasting two photos... This is supported if you look at the floor at the rear of the object. There's a power cord or some such, running from the right side of the picture to to the left, however, there's a gap in the cord just before is ascends to it's attached object. This is another indication of a cleverly faked composite. They didn't position the composite exactly right to assure joing the two pictures at the power cord junction...

[Clanad]

Ooops, excuse me, it was boink that noted the 45 degree angle...

[boink]

sorry about the roughness of this but im no artist, this is what i think the illusin is though, from a shallower angle, i wouldnt agree with xraanserban about the photochopping though as i searched on google for real life optical illusions and found a few of the same type on a website.

hope this helps though.

http://QuickPhotoHosting.com/Image/ooimdgec

[boink]

grrr sry i meant Clanad

[mibn2cweus]

Fantastic!

The middle cross member coming out of the left post does not physically intersect with the right post but is cut precisely to give the illusion that it does and the stub coming out of the right posts completes the illusion.

A slightly different camera angle would quickly reveal the anomaly. Notice the shadow created by the offending cross member falls short.

Thanks for sharing the illusion!

[knobbynonuts]

Nice watch just a shame its stopped though

[fly258]

Nice one, mibn2cweus, a very good explanation.

[mibn2cweus]

I printed this picture and masked the area where the middle section appears to go through the right post and the illusion fell apart.