Do you notice anything peculiar about the kid in the hat?  Does he look a little too old to be carried through the water? The faces kind of merge together in an ambiguous way from the angle this photograph was taken.  It also looks like it might be time to get some sunscreen on that […]

Some experts project that the total economic damage from Hurricane Sandy could be as high as $50 billion.  One person affected by the storm was able to capture an optical illusion compliments of Sandy.  Can you tell what is going on in this picture?

Is this man climbing a large white ladder?  What is going on here? Perhaps this is just the case of a man on his hands and knees on the pavement with a camera tilted at an angle to give the impression that he is climbing.  This photograph was taken by Erik Minnema.

A very large finger disturbs the calm surface of a pond and creates a series of ripples.  Or… a man throws a rock into the water, quickly positions his finger in front of the camera, and then takes a quick forced perspective photograph.

In 1754, William Hogarth produced the following engraving for a pamphlet about linear perspective.  It features many deliberate perspective problems.  How many can you find? Continue reading the full post for a short list of some of the problems with this picture.

The Eiffel Tower, named after its engineer Gustave Eiffel, was erected in 1889 in Paris, France for the 1889 World’s Fair.  The tower measures over 1,000 feet in height.  From 1889 to 1930, it was the tallest man-made structure in the world.  In the photograph below, a giant man shows off his height by playfully […]

Why would a home builder construct houses at such an angle?  Surely a leaning house, such as this one, would be somewhat difficult to live in. To see another house that would be difficult to live in, you might want to revisit Orosz’s Corner House.  This forced persepctive photograph is courtesy of Panoptikum.