Optical Illusion

Now this is the best optical illusion I have seen.
Which is the biggest 4 x 4 ? scroll down for the answer .............





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They are all the same size ! - They really are - measure them :D

 

ooo-er ! so they are :D

Best one I've seen for ages.

 

So how is it done smiffy? Are they toys? Are they really all parked in a road?

Please tell.


cheers

 

Is this off a web site, are there more pics with explanations? C'mon, spill the beans Smiffy

 

we need to know

 

I have no clue how they did this. The 4x4's are cut and pasted onto a street scene. At work we even printed them out and cut out a 4x4 to compare it - it really is a mind blower :eek: . I found it on this site Mighty Otical Illusions

http://www.moillusions.com/2008/03/human-statue-of-liberty-illusion.html

 

optical even (sp)

 

My guess is that they've stretched the street widthways at the front or squeezed it in at the back to give a false perspective. The path gets narrow far too quickly, making it look longer than it really is. You then expect the cars to get smaller at the same pace, but as they are superimposed on top, they don't, making it look like they're actually getting bigger.

 

I reckon that by putting three the same size onto a normal picture of a street, the brain tends to think the furthest one should appear smaller, as it doesn't, the brain tells us it must be bigger.

If you cover up the rest of the picture, you can see they are the same.

 

I tried blanking out the rest of the pic and the first one still looks bigger. If you compare the three vehicles, although they are the same size, the perspective is slightly different on each one, gradually tilting towards you. Try staring at the telegraph pole for a minute or so, the vehicles gradually take on equal sizes. This is really one of the best I've seen in a long time.

 

Think I've sussed it, the distance between them is different, ie. the furthest is showing less rad grille than the second, and the first is showing the whole grille.

 

So.... sorry Pete explain in full. I can see (!!!) what you mean but how come the background doesn't change. I mean if it's not pasted onto a background how was the pic taken not to show the difference? Is it just (& i don't mean that dismissively) the way the photo was taken? Steep hill? I'm not joking, i love learning so please tell me.

Blooming good!