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Your brain is lying to you – These eyes aren’t blue

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Optical illusions are a lot of fun, particularly when they’re based on colour. Ones such as this, posted by Dean Jackson on TikTok, is a great one that shows how our brain tricks our eyes into seeing colour that isn’t really there. This particular video starts off as a black-and-white image of a lady which then has a red filter placed over it, except for the eyes. Suddenly, we now see her eyes as blue.

Except they’re not really blue. They’re still grey. Our brain has tricked us into thinking that they’re blue based on the warmth of that red filter. It’s an interesting quirk of our brains that allows us to see beyond colour inconsistencies and fill in gaps for information that isn’t really there. A quirk that has real implications for photographers and filmmakers, especially when it comes to colour correction.

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These drone photos look like an island is about to be sucked down an underwater waterfall

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One of the beautiful things about aerial and drone photography is that you can appreciate the earth from a completely different perspective. You can often see things from an angle that from the ground you just can’t appreciate. These images that photographer Stefan Liebermann captured recently of what looks like an underwater waterfall do exactly that.

Stefan was visiting the Island of Mauritius and flew his drone over the Le Morne Brabant peninsula. The peninsula is on the far most South Western tip of the island and boasts its own microclimate. But don’t worry, the island isn’t in any imminent danger of being sucked down a waterfall under the sea, it is, of course, an optical illusion.

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This guy’s mad video editing skills hilariously turn him into random objects

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Kevin Parry is a stop motion animator and video creator known for his short and fun video clips. In his recent series of videos, he magically turns himself into random stuff: a snowball, a pumpkin, or a pile of balloons. And no, he doesn’t use magic – only some clever video editing skills he’s famous for.

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This creative photo series turns clothes into endangered animals

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You’ve already met Helga Stentzel and her unique photos earlier this year. This talented artist turns ordinary into extraordinary, transforming everyday objects into something completely new and unexpected.

In her latest project, Helga created endangered animals out of clothes, but that’s only a part of it.  Working remotely with other creatives, Helga’s creations “traveled” from London to Ecuador and became a part of a conservation campaign.

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This artist turns everyday items into hilarious optical illusions

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Scrolling through my Instagram recommendations the other day, a strange horse appeared on my timeline. It was made of clothes on a clothing line; it made me smile and made me curious about the artist behind it. And that’s how I discovered Helga Stentzel. She creates fun and quirky images from everyday stuff, turning something we see every day into photos we definitely don’t see every day. Her photos amazed me and amused me, and she kindly shared some of them with DIYP readers.

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This fun optical illusion will make you see a black and white image in color

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I’ve always found optical illusions fun and intriguing. In fact, I like them so much that I visited the Museum of Illusions three times. In this video, Andrew Steele shares an interesting optical illusion that tricks your brain into seeing a black and white photo in color. Of course, I tried it. It works, and it’s really trippy. Take a look at the video below and see for yourself.

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Can you tell which of these two zebras is looking at the camera?

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We love optical illusions, no matter if they were made with forced perspective, colors, or makeup. Indian wildlife photographer Sarosh Lodhi made one by snapping a photo at exactly the right time. He photographed two zebras, and people can’t seem to agree which one is looking at the camera. Can you guess which one is it?

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The Pentagon has released “UFO” videos but is there an optical explanation better than aliens?

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On Monday, the Pentagon released three declassified videos of “unexplained aerial phenomena”. That’s a fancy term for “UFOs”. The Guardian reports that the Pentagon released the footage to “clear up any misconceptions by the public” on whether or not the footage that had been previously leaked was genuine. It turns out that it was.

The three clips are referred to as Flir, Go Fast and Gimbal, which are shown in the video above. But I wouldn’t necessarily go pointing the fingers at little green (or grey) men just yet. There may be perfectly reasonable optical explanations for strange speed and movements shown in the clips.

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Photographer creates Photoshop-free optical illusions using only his imagination

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When you have a vivid imagination, the world around you becomes magical even on the dullest of days. The work of Portuguese photographer Tiago Silva is a great example of this. He observes the world around him and looks for unusual perspectives, compositions, colors and shadows. As a result, he ends up with plenty of fun optical illusions created on the spot, in-camera, and without Photoshop.

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This artist uses makeup to turn herself into creepy and dark optical illusions

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Makeup is an art form on its own, and as photographers, we all know how important it is to work with a good makeup artist. But some artists take their craft to a new level and turn it into amazing optical illusions. Serbian makeup artist and skin illusionist Mirjana “Kika” Milošević is one of them. She uses makeup to transform herself into stunning optical illusions. Most of them are dark, weird and creepy, but there are also many of them which are funny and amusing. But they all have one thing in common – they all look fantastic!

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