The Woman’s Eyes in This Photo Are Not Blue
A mind-bending optical illusion tricks the viewer into seeing a woman with blue eyes in a photo -- when her eyes are actually gray.
This Bizarre World War II Photo with ‘Floating Trees’ is Not Photoshopped
This mind-bending World War II photograph with "floating trees" may look like it is an optical illusion or cloned on Photoshop -- but it is actually a real image.
This Optical Illusion Photo Was Not Taken from Space
A viral photo has internet users scratching their heads as an apparent image of Earth taken from space isn't what it seems.
This Bird Photo May Break Your Brain (And No, It Wasn’t Photoshopped)
This mind-bending photo of a bird is making the rounds on the internet, and people's brains are having a hard time processing what exactly the photo shows. It is a real single-exposure photo, though, and not the result of Photoshop manipulation.
Photographer’s Optical Illusion Photos Make the Moon Look Gigantic
Photographer Nina Wolfe shoots gorgeous photos using forced perspective to show the Moon illusion, the optical illusion that causes the Moon to look much larger when it's closer to the horizon than when it's higher in the sky.
The Square in This Optical Illusion Isn’t Actually Changing Color
This optical illusion reveals how a person's brain can change the color of the objects that they see.
Bizarre Floating Tanker Ship is Rare ‘Superior Mirage’
Lizzi Larbalestier was out walking her dog when she looked across the sea and spotted a giant tanker ship floating in mid-air off the coast of the British Isles.
Woman Captures Cloud Formation That Looks Like an Ocean in the Sky
A woman driving home in Minnesota recently captured an incredible photo of an unusual cloud formation that looked like a stormy seascape in the sky.
Photographer Captures ‘Space Photos’ in Parking Lot Gasoline Puddles
Finnish photographer Juha Tanhua has been shooting an unusual series of "space photos." While the work may look like astrophotography images of stars, galaxies, and nebulae, they were actually captured with a camera pointed down, not up. Tanhua created the images by capturing gasoline puddles found on the asphalt of parking lots.
Photographer Captures a ‘3-Headed Deer’ Optical Illusion
Wildlife photographer Renatas Jakaitis was shooting in the forests of Lithuania when he managed to capture this unusual optical illusion photo of a "three-headed deer."
Camera Lens Makes Carters Look Tiny Next to Joe and Jill Biden
Picking the wrong camera lens can lead to unintended consequences in your resulting photos. Case in point: this new photo of President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden meeting with former president Jimmy Carter and former first lady Rosalynn Carter.
‘Floating Ship’ Photographed in the Sky Off the U.K. Coast
A man was taking a walk this week along the U.K. coast when he was stunned to see what appeared to be a large ship floating across the sky in the distance. His remarkable photos actually show an optical illusion caused by a rare "superior mirage."
This ‘Hole in the Clouds’ Photo Looks Like a Glitch in the Matrix
Kentaro Fukuchi was walking on a sidewalk in Japan on Monday when he captured this mind-bending photo that looks like a Photoshop job or some kind of glitch in the Matrix.
I Shoot Snow Portraits by Sticking My Face Into Snow
My Snow Portrait series consists of photos taken using a technique I "invented" 8 years ago that utilizes the "hollow mask" 3D optical illusion. All the shots in this article are imprints of my face in fairly deep snow lit from underneath, almost like a lithophane. No Photoshop. No filters.
This Optical Illusion Tricks Your Brain Into Adding Color to a Black and White Photo
Photographer, computational biologist, and science presenter Andrew Steele just released a fascinating short video about his favorite optical illusion. By manipulating a function of your visual system, he shows you how you can trick your brain into "adding" color to a black-and-white image.
Photographer Shoots Epic Formula 1 ‘Race’ in His Bedroom with Toy Cars
25-year-old toy photographer Benedek Lampert isn't gonna let a pandemic stand between him and Formula 1 this season. Since he can't go to a Grand Prix, he decided to build his own using cardboard, card stock, water, dust, smoke, and some toy cars.
This Photo Shows Flat Farmland Turned Into a 3D Illusion by Windblown Snow
Check out this photo captured from a plane over Colorado. It looks like strange blocks arranged in a grid across the Earth, but it's actually ultra-flat farmland that has been turned into a 3D illusion thanks to windblown snow.
This Black-and-White Photo Uses Color Grid Lines to Trick Your Brain
Check out this photo. Although it may look like a color picture upon first glance (and even more so if you squint or view it from a distance), it's actually a black-and-white photo with thin color grid lines overlaid on it to trick your brain into filling in the missing color.
Photoshop Fail or Lighting Illusion? Apprentice Photos Cause Stir
The UK reality game show The Apprentice is being mocked over what people are calling a hilarious Photoshop fail. But is it actually a case of unfortunate posing and a trick of the light?
These Surreal Photos Were All Created Without Photoshop
Photographer John Dykstra says he believes in the power of perspective. His surreal photo style is created entirely with practical effects and simple ingredients -- things like paint, chalk, and glass -- rather than digital image manipulation techniques.
Vanity Fair Gives Reese Witherspoon and Oprah Extra ‘Leg’ and Hand
Vanity Fair just unveiled its latest Hollywood issue, which features a cover photo of 12 Hollywood stars captured by photographer Annie Leibovitz. But people are talking about the photos today for all the wrong reasons: the cover photo (shown above) appears to show Reese Witherspoon with a 3rd leg and another photo definitely shows Oprah with a 3rd hand.
This Guy is a Master of Mind-Bending Camera Illusions
Back in May, artist Kevin Parry released a viral illusion video of himself walking into a mirror in a forest and emerging out the other side. If you liked that one, check out Parry's new video above featuring a compilation of many similar illusions.
This Photo Has No Red Pixels: A Fascinating Optical Illusion
I initially refused to believe it when this photo came across my feed. My eyes aren't broken! I can see they're strawberries, and they're definitely red. They have to be trolling us with this image, right?
This Photo of ‘Shiny Legs’ is Confusing the Internet Like #TheDress
Remember #TheDress? It's the viral Internet photo from early 2015 that divided public opinion: some people thought it was a photo of a black and blue dress, and some people thought it was a white and gold dress. Now there's a new viral image that has people talking. It's called #TheLegs.
These Creative Water Glass Photos Were Made In-Camera, No Photoshop
These water glass photos are not created in Photoshop. In fact, all photographer Alexandre Watanabe needed to shoot these striking shots was water, two colored plastic sheets, and a little bit of refraction.
This Optical Illusion Changes the Way You See Famous Photos
Want to see something mind-bending? Here's a simple optical illusion that will literally change the way you see famous photos.
This Freerunning Video Uses Perspective and Optical Illusions to Mess With Your Head
Professional free runner Jason Paul recently teamed up with Red Bull to create this wild optical illusion video that you have to see to believe -- or not. The video’s description says that “Life as a free runner means the world is your playground… or is it just one big illusion?” It's a mind-bending visual experience that will have your brain questioning reality.
What Color is This Dress? Is it Under or Over Exposed?
What colors do you see in this dress? Is it an underexposed photo of a white and gold dress, or is it an overexposed photo of a black and blue dress? It seems everyone has a different opinion on these questions, and this photo has seemingly become the most talked about thing on social media over the past day.
Yovo Photo Sharing App Uses Slatted Fence Optical Trick to Prevent Screenshots
In the ongoing app battle to keep private photos safe and sound from unintended recipients (and the general public), a new app called Yovo – You Only View Once – brings an interesting technology to the table.
It's called D-fence, and is based around the idea that your eyes can see what's behind a slatted fence as you're driving by at a high speed.
Behind the Scenes of OK Go’s Viral Optical Illusion-Packed Single Take Music Video
Indie rock band OK Go's recent music video for the song "The Writing's On the Wall" was a smash hit, receiving some 6.6K likes on PetaPixel alone and currently boasting over 7.6M views on YouTube.
But just in case the claim that it was all shot in a single take without any cuts has you skeptical, the band yesterday released a spellbinding behind-the-scenes video to show you how the optical illusion magic was made.