World Unseen by Azzam Merchant: http://www.flickr.com/people/azzammerchant/
This photo by Azzam Merchant captures a young girl jumping over a stream of some sort. Her body is reflected into the water for a second as she soars through the air over top of it. The picture freezes her in the act, and her reflection. The angle at which this photograph was taken makes the girl’s reflection appear as if it is upright and leaping. It is quite dissorienting, but makes the photo much more interesting.
BMW Daydream by AmsterS@m(blog): http://www.flickr.com/people/amstersam/
This photo captures a BMW relfected into a puddle on the street. The patchiness of the water against the street make it appear as if the car is lost within a flurry of autumn leaves. The framing of the photo also makes the reflection in the puddle appear real, it seems that the picture is a straight on shot of the BMW, not just a picture reflected within water.
Bridge Illusion by Vision~A i r y~(Blog): http://www.flickr.com/people/visionairy/
What makes this photo more interesting than every other picture of a sunset reflected onto water, is the way that the water contrasts with the hill the people are on and the angle at which the photograph is taken. The arc in the puddle of water creates an illusion. It appears as if the land is creating a curved bridge and the people are walking across it. The reflected sunset in the water just seems like it is the remainder of the sunlight peeking through the bottom of the bridge. This illusion keeps me interested. It takes a second to realize what is actually being photographed.
Sneaker Shadows by Sam Cornet: blogs.targetx.com/pbu/Sam/2009/03/
This picture of sneakers by Sam Cornet creates an awesome optical illusion. Although four pairs of shoes are the only things being photographed, the shadows that they cast somehow appear to be the shadows of actual people. What is strange about these shadows of people, is that there are no legs connected to the shoes. Normally if you saw a picture like this with full body shadows you would see part of the person that is casting the shadow. All that is shown are empty, ghostly pairs of shoes. I still have no idea how this illusion was created.
Master Hands by Russ and Reyn: http://www.russandreyn.com/#/portfolio/portfolio/9
This photo “Master Hands” by Russ and Reyn, a photography team based in NYC, plays with the use of set lighting and blows things out of proportion, casting shadows that look gigantic. In this image the shadow, a hand, has a life of it’s own. It appears to be plucking a woman off the ground by her jacket. This creatively plays with the use of shadows and proportions, it creates the illusion that either a giant hand is picking up a normal sized person, or the normal hand is picking up a tiny person.
Balloon Reflection by Timothy K: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bestrated1/244646885/
This photograph by Timothy K pefectly reflects hot air balloons across water at what seems to be some sort of a fair. The evening light mixed with the colorful glow of the bustling fair creates a sense of mystique. Reality is seen in the picture, but the wide eye lens allows you to see this reality in a new way, and the photograph begins to seem unreal. It almost appears as if you are looking into a kaleidoscope. It amazes how something as simple as an image reflected onto water and a wide-eye lens can morph the ordinary into unoridinary.
