A very interesting angle. Don't know if it qualifies as an illusion though. Photographically your focus is a touch soft. Were you zoomed all the way out? Lenses tend to be soft at both ends of the zoom. Also since this was a member challenge, I woulda cloned out that darp spot on the wing by the leading edge towards the body...
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looks kind of fake...what I mean is, it doesn't look like it's really flying because of the angle of attack: if it weren't pointing up as high, that would look more realistic..
First Impression: Very nice ! Feels nice!
Was I fooled? Close! The dof on the wing, and that nosewheel damaged it. Still very nice and completely in the spirit of the challenge!
Picture nicely done, except I would have liked to see more of the plane in better focus. Also, the plane seems to have a yellow cast to it that, if removed, I think it would make the picture more crisp. Also, in advanced editing, that spot on the wing could be removed. The sky background is pretty and the angle of the plane in the picture is good. 6