The shading on the underside of the white King seems to be an inconsistent lighting angle with the shadows on the board. Additionally, the depth of the board (the blue frame), is the exact same number of pixels at the far end of the board as it is at the near end, which would be a strange thing to naturally occur given the perspective. I agree this is probably a photo of a computer generated image being displayed on a screen.
I think it shows that this image was computer generated. Maybe it`s a photo of a computer generated image. Still, the jagged edges show taht it was computer generated...
My guess, as a frustrated artist ;), is that it's all done with the color shading at the corners; and, that the ivory colored pieces are layed flat under the upper edge of the chess board. Definitely an optical illusion, and very well thought out and photographed. Congratulations on your well deserved win!
im venturing to guess this was done with a combination of a print-out and a real photo. nice effect : ) colors and lighting could have been done a little more exciting, though : ) .. mag99
The illusion is a 100 out of 10 and the photo quality is a 90 out of 100. This has got to be the number one illusion of the week or year. I LOVE IT. Sorry I can't give it more than a 10.
Appears to be a little over-sharpened as indicated by the highlighted edge between the board & the background or between the light & dark squares * also, the white "pieces" don't have the same reflected light as the REAL black pieces * however, you at least thought about putting in a little effort this week (7)
Spectacular photo! - there's a version og this illusion at //www.optillusions.com/32.html which I doubt could have been achieved without breaking dpc rules ... I look forward to hearing how you created this shot.
At first one thinks there is a mirror and now I see you cut the board on a diagonal and then glued the yellow pieces on top or bottom that is if you flipped the pic upside down ...hold on I'm not sure if this would work....except for two seperate pictures which would explain the lighter blue trim on the yellow side....anyways great work I give you 10
Highly spectacular and my favourite so far. But I can't believe, that there will be a more impressive illusion under the submissions I've not voted on so far. Brilliant idea and well done shot too! - nds
I am looking for a flaw in this one to show how you did this.... I can't find it. Too good. On a technical aspect, I would have liked to see all four corners of the chessboard. Also, all the story of the picture is off... no chess game could end up like this (knights facing the wrong way, everyone in the corner). Just a thought - great picture (8) MarkRob
Excellent. Very well done. Good Illusion too, which has been hard to come by this challenge and probably why the entries are down. Nice lighting and framing. - Good job - Inspzil
Woo hoo! My first and only 10 of the week! Very impressive. This one gets my new "Alan's Surefire Pick of the Week Award," something which I created last week (and correctly predicted as the winner! Let's see if I can go 2/2 with this pick!) - 10 alansfreed
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