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The Magic Behind Photography: Behind the Scenes of Incredible Photos

Toy Cars

This is a pretty simple photo. It’s just three old fashioned cars casually driving down the street, right? Wrong! Sure, this looks like cars on the road, but that’s exactly what the photographers want you to think. As soon as you see the other picture, you can see exactly how they created this illusion, and it wasn’t with Photoshop.

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That’s right. Those are actually just toy cars. The trick behind this picture is the power of the human mind. Our brains see things based on size and distance. If you manipulate these things and take the photo at the right angle, this is the amazing result! This clever idea was used in movies way before photo-shop and CGI; back when people had to be really creative to trick our minds!