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27-JUL-2014

Ames Illusion

3D Interactive Art (Trompe-l’oeil)


My favorite in the museum has to be the Ames Illusion
which is an optical illusion whereby a person (the daughter in my photo) standing
in one corner appears to the observer to be a giant, while
a person (the mother) standing in the other corner appears to be a dwarf.


Watch this video explaining Ames Illusion:





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Zoltán Balogh13-Aug-2014 19:24
Amazing...I've never seen anything like this! Wow... V
Sam_C10-Aug-2014 03:43
Wow, that is a really cool effect! Great shot Fong. V++
Julie Oldfield07-Aug-2014 03:29
Cool!
Simon Chandler06-Aug-2014 18:25
Excellent capture and presentation of the optical illusion. v
Tom LeRoy06-Aug-2014 17:10
Superb capture with a magical illusion. Very interesting to watch the video.V
Frank Brault06-Aug-2014 16:01
A fabulous optical illusion, so perfectly captured! V
Bryan Murahashi06-Aug-2014 04:58
Very cool capture of this neat optical illusion. V
Dennis Hoyne06-Aug-2014 02:26
What a neat shot! The explanation is so interesting.
Gill Kopy06-Aug-2014 01:36
SO cool ! These shots just keep on getting better :) V
Pepe Lugash06-Aug-2014 01:03
Fantastic image. I've seen more convincing videos with two different people exchanging places of I wouldn't have believed it :) BV
Jean D06-Aug-2014 00:36
Excellent capture of this illusion, Fong. ~V
Being Me05-Aug-2014 23:54
This was used in the movie Temple Grandin. What a fun illusion. V
1moremile05-Aug-2014 22:24
Great illusion. It looks real to me. V.
Hank Vander Velde05-Aug-2014 22:01
A beautiful illusion image Fong. Interesting video too.
Char05-Aug-2014 20:29
What an amazing Alice in Wonderland experience. Great capture, Fong! \/
Colin Storey05-Aug-2014 20:10
That's a fantastic illusion and superb image of it. v
bill friedlander05-Aug-2014 18:50
Amazing how well the illusion works. A very convincing image of it! V
Helen Betts05-Aug-2014 17:01
What an amazing illusion, and you've captured it quite effectively. Another super addition to this entertaining series, Fong. V.
jychamberland05-Aug-2014 16:23
very nice work!
Walter Otto Koenig05-Aug-2014 16:00
A very effective illusion. I can see why it's your favorite. Really enjoying this series Fong. "V"
Tom Munson05-Aug-2014 14:33
That's pretty cool, Fong.
Buz Kiefer05-Aug-2014 14:15
Very nice. Vote.
Pierre05-Aug-2014 14:00
Une illusion tout à fait spectaculaire et une vidéo qui explique le phénomène! V
Milan Vogrin05-Aug-2014 12:44
Nice image!V!
Guest 05-Aug-2014 12:35
This is a great lesson on Ames and the trapezoid. Wonderful image and exciting new knowledge. V
Jim Coffman05-Aug-2014 12:34
This is so fascinating. Thanks for that video,Fong!It really made me understand how this works.