The Footprint Illusion

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Euan says:

Wow. I had to really struggle to see them as concave rather and convex - amazing!
Posted 56 months ago. ( permalink )

Wunder Blunders says:

amazing indeed!
Posted 56 months ago. ( permalink )

aarthyr says:

how in the world? Hehe, awesome!! I want to be on that beach! That's it, when I come down to Chennai you're giving me a buh-loody tour!
Posted 56 months ago. ( permalink )

Pandiyan says:

Neat trick!
Posted 56 months ago. ( permalink )

Sandheep says:

gr8 idea... u deserve pat on the back...
Posted 56 months ago. ( permalink )

VivSriAus says:

Unbelievable snap da!
Posted 56 months ago. ( permalink )

limemintcooler says:

thanks people! :-)
great that u liked it as much as I did.
Posted 56 months ago. ( permalink )

bijesh ks says:

gr8.. really tricky...
Posted 56 months ago. ( permalink )

Vivek says:

Two curious things. For one, it seems as if someone went under to ground to make footprints that point upwards. And then, for some strange reason, both are impressions of right feet...

Nice pic.
Posted 56 months ago. ( permalink )

limemintcooler says:

way to go vivek.. you're the first one here to point out that both are impressions of right feet! :-)
Posted 56 months ago. ( permalink )

krishna kumar y [deleted] says:

i get it now, how the hell did you manage to do it - if it was actually concave - how come the shadow?

amazing one shiva.
Posted 56 months ago. ( permalink )

Today is a good day says:

Convex only for me - no matter how hard I try.

Vaguely worrying!
Posted 56 months ago. ( permalink )

limemintcooler says:

haha... same for my dad too, TIAGD!
Posted 56 months ago. ( permalink )

nepenthes says:

Love this one.
Posted 56 months ago. ( permalink )

kans says:

hey kewl pic da... highly commendable...

I guess the pic is a foot impression with the sun’s rays from bottom right (SE)... I guess the shadow is within the foot impression... what ever the reason is... this picture just amazes me.... :)
Posted 56 months ago. ( permalink )

... has left the building [deleted] says:

Great illusion! Previously we had some other footprints in the illusions group - the effect is amazing every time ;-)

Thank you!
Posted 56 months ago. ( permalink )

Michael Prassanna says:

i also thought tht it is convex bcos of the shadow...good pic da...
Posted 56 months ago. ( permalink )

limemintcooler says:

Thanks a lot!
Posted 56 months ago. ( permalink )

nepenthes says:

Excellent!!!!
Posted 56 months ago. ( permalink )

searchingforsunshine [deleted] says:

You are a very gifted guy! Great effect! I love this one! =)
Posted 56 months ago. ( permalink )

limemintcooler says:

thanks nepenthes and sfs!
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

Perfecto Insecto says:

i totally thought they were sticking up, not indented.

fun!
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

limemintcooler says:

:-)
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

Hardon [deleted] says:

Manmade
Posted 53 months ago. ( permalink )

austenhaines@23hq.com says:

Dear Applaud me! member,
Thank you for posting your latest picture, I love it.
Now it is up to you to applaud others in the group, after all that is the main purpose of the group, it is better to give than to receive here. So would you please now go to the last page or two and comment on at least five pictures.
As a side benefit to improving your encouraging skills your picture will therefore sooner get its own applauding comments.
Thank you.
Admin.
#1(from applaud me)
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

annecyhs says:

This really turned my head. How was this accomplished?
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

Misha Logvinov says:

Very cool!!!

#2 (from applaud me)
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

xenonb. (in Christmas stress) says:

It drives me crazy! A nice "rope of sand"!

#3 (from applaud me)
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

Bailey & Muppet says:

It has al been said already: amazing illusion.

#4 (from the Applaud me
group)
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

asouthbrooky says:

that is really cool. Looks like they are standing up...

#5 from Applaud Me
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

back to Carol Kathleen says:

Wow! How did you achieve that? So great!!!

#6 (from the Applaud me group)
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

limemintcooler says:

haha.. thanks people! its just a trick of sunlight falling at an angle on the footprints.
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

photofixation says:

this is a nice tricky image ..
It did take me a couple of minutes to actually understand whether its impression is in the sand or otherwise.. good one.
Posted 49 months ago. ( permalink )

Ravages says:

Woah!
Great, but once you find the point in which to see it as an imprint, you can't ever get it back to looking like bas-relief

great shot
Posted 49 months ago. ( permalink )

limemintcooler says:

thanks, photofixation and Ravages.. :-)
Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

jimmymac363 says:

nice shot

Score 7/10 (from the Score Me!
group)
Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

Girl4god says:

Sweet.. nice shot

Score 7/10 (from the Score Me!
group)
Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

Yderoux says:

sorry...
Score 4/10 (from the Score Me!
group)
Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

tilo driessen says:

i do like the concave/convex thing, it is puzzling. aside from that, I don't find much in the picture. don't see how the two feet have anything to do with each other. Score 4/10 (from the Score Me!
group)
Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

Lali° says:

Cute.

Score 5/10 (from the Score Me! group)
Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

Gary* says:

nice clarity

#7 (from the Applaud me
group)
Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

Digital Trav says:

Good capture of a neat effect.

#8 (from the Applaud me
group)
Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

Suresh C Nair says:

Nice shot
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

limemintcooler says:

Thanks a lot for all your appreciative comments and faves..

And thanks for the fave, tuto.
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

limemintcooler says:

Thanks for the fave, Major Clanger.
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

Major Clanger says:

I found that I had a similar image on my hard drive (stumbled accross it by accident):

Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

divya babu says:

oh no, shiva! here's another one similar to one on kaushik ac's stream!! now, this is scary, don't u think?
hehe..just kidding..
nice one...do pics of sand imprints always have the same effect? i also have a similar shot..was baffled when i saw the outcome!
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

limemintcooler says:

haha.. I took this long long before Kaushik's, divya.. so this must've inspired his shot! Pictures of sand imprints with the sun falling on them have that effect, I guess. Where's your shot?? I wanna see it!
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

divya babu says:

don't worry, shiv, i saw the date, so due credit to you!
actually, my pic has a reverse effect..i made a sand sculpture (trust me, it sounds better than it was! "sand sculpture" :P) of a face, and when i took a pic, it looked like an imprint, rather than projecting out!! it's a stupid photo, really, not worth wasting space on that! :)
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

limemintcooler says:

:-D If you say so! I'd still like to see the awesome artist's shot at 'sand sculpture' :-)
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

Ankur_Sardana says:

did you do it intentionally ..whichever way.. it is, its just marvellous
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

JJAY PPRADEEP says:

u really stamped ur authority over this shot. good one.
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

Suresh C Nair says:

infact i also have got this ... but took a series of footsteps.... and i had a tough time convincing people that I didnt do any phtoshop work and it is concave :) Well am not here for copyright imfringement..

but urs seems to be done with someother purpose.. a pair.. with two diff legs :) better half???!!
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

limemintcooler says:

:-) good guess, Suresh.. Those are my brother and sis in law's footprints. Better half indeed!
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

AsianTulip says:

So are they concave or convex?
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

crispshooter [deleted] says:

I liked this one the most of all ur snaps!
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

limemintcooler says:

thanks, crispshooter.. keep coming by! :)
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

garethfw says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called The Best Optical Illusions, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

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