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Optical Illusion: Going Up or Coming Down?
Optical Illusion: Going Up or Coming Down?
boomer


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Parallel Lines (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Canon PowerShot A70
Location: San Diego Convention Center
Date: Mar 13, 2004
Aperture: 4.8
ISO: Auto
Shutter: 1/1000
Galleries: Cityscape, Urban
Date Uploaded: Mar 14, 2004

 This was a shot that I had NO time to prepare. I was walking toward these steps thinking about composing something for the challenge, when I noticed this guy GOING UP the staircase. I whipped around with the camera, composed, and fired. He almost got away. All week I'd been looking at optical illusions, trying to figure out how to replicate one in a photo. When I got THIS shot on the monitor, I couldn't believe it. I'd created an optical illusion! You really can't tell whether he's ascending or descending. Anyway, not a perfect picture and the railing is blown out, but it was fun!

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Place: 166 out of 325
Avg (all users): 5.0755
Avg (commenters): 5.2000
Avg (participants): 4.9110
Avg (non-participants): 5.2576
Views since voting: 1360
Votes: 278
Comments: 11
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/23/2004 01:33:01 PM
going up
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 03/23/2004 01:23:26 PM
going up, I reckon.
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 03/21/2004 02:07:51 PM
up... duh
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 03/19/2004 09:01:26 AM
I would say he's going up, it looks as though you can see the hole in the back of his hat. Nice job.
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 03/18/2004 01:49:46 AM
Going up. It looks like he's wearing a baseball cap. Nice photo, and good to see a central focus point to complete the image (the guy)
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 03/17/2004 02:34:32 PM
Going up
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 03/17/2004 11:50:15 AM
Good...very good, my decision:...8
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 03/17/2004 06:09:24 AM
Going up...
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 03/17/2004 01:36:57 AM
Going up
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 03/16/2004 10:01:30 PM
And the answer is: Coming Down, of course!
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 03/16/2004 07:31:29 PM
Whoa, that's freaky! Cool! 9
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