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How is this mirror illusion done?

ilzho — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 14:53:30 GMT

This is a famous pic and I have heard that the artist said that it wasn't photoshopped.

I think the artist used the clone tool or something similar to get to the background on the mirror. 2 pictures, one with the artist and one without.

Was this mirror photoshopped or were mulitlpe mirrors used?

Thank you,

David

Re: How is this mirror illusion done?

diverhank — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 19:05:17 GMT

I think it's definitely photoshopped. The mirror isn't big enough to hide the girl's entire body. Something like this would take me less than 5 minutes to do in photoshop and I'm not even an expert.

Re: How is this mirror illusion done?

dhammond1 — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 01:22:29 GMT

First thing that stands out - there is no reflection of the back side of the girl's leg or her fingertips in the miror. That is a physical impossibility. What else was done, not sure, just that the photo has been manipulated...

Re: How is this mirror illusion done?

Waddizzle — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 12:30:29 GMT

It does not necessarily have to been photoshopped.

The girl could have her shoulders turned, to hide her body, which she seems to be doing. The mirror seems to be leaning slightly towards the camera, which could explain why we do not see her right leg in the apparent reflection. I think the mirror has been carefully angled to reflect what is behind and to the right of the photographer.

Re: How is this mirror illusion done?

dhammond1 — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 12:36:06 GMT

The mirror has to look over the girl's leg to see the grass, which means her leg's reflection has to be in the mirror..

Re: How is this mirror illusion done?

Waddizzle — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 18:14:07 GMT

@dhammond1wrote:
The mirror has to look over the girl's leg to see the grass, which means her leg's reflection has to be in the mirror..

Which leg?

I do not see that. The mirror is leaning toward the camera, so it would hide the right leg, and the left seems to be out of view. If anything, the fingertips not being visible could be an issue, but the frame is also fairly thick.

Re: How is this mirror illusion done?

dhammond1 — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 18:21:36 GMT

Have someone try and recreate the picture without using photoshop. There is no way a person can sit on the ground cross legged with an oval mirror in their lap, held by their hands and not have a portion of their body visible in the reflection.

Re: How is this mirror illusion done?

kvbarkley — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 13:49:08 GMT

And why would the mirror show what is *behind her*, it is clearly a double exposure

Re: How is this mirror illusion done?

Waddizzle — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 22:51:14 GMT

@kvbarkleywrote:
And why would the mirror show what is *behind her*, it is clearly a double exposure

You could be right about a double exposure. But, I do not think what you see in the mirror is necessarily what is behind her.

Re: How is this mirror illusion done?

JonKline — Sun, 01 Apr 2018 17:28:49 GMT

This is a photomanipulation. It might be close to an actual photo, but mirror effect aside, vignetting and the glow around skin tones, you're not getting that in camera, even with a Petzval or similar. The mirror reflection is done digitally, too.

If you're that curious, you should ask the photographer! https://www.laurawilliamsart.co.uk/

Here's another one of her shots that plays with frames inside the frame.

Re: How is this mirror illusion done?

Mik3e4 — Tue, 08 May 2018 20:28:37 GMT

It's not a mirror, that's the illusion.

Re: How is this mirror illusion done?

Uzmas — Tue, 30 Oct 2018 09:28:49 GMT

The mirror illusion looks great. Inclined to think it is not Photoshop.

Re: How is this mirror illusion done?

Den_ThePen — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 01:02:10 GMT

I believe that what's confusing some people about this image is that the mirror is actually tilted towards the girl, not the camera, and turned so the ground reflected is to the left of the camera, not the right. Because it's tilted back, the reflection of her right leg is low enough that her actual leg is blocking it from view and her left leg is not reflected because it's behind the mirror. Her finger tips are not visible in the reflection because of the mirror is turned away from her left hand and her right hand fingers are barely touching it except maybe for the "ring" finger. It seems to be extended a bit further than the others so if there's a higher resolution version of the image and you zoomed in on it you might it's reflection just under the actual finger.

Re: How is this mirror illusion done?

Waddizzle — Sun, 17 Mar 2019 13:42:21 GMT

Any image editing software can do similar stuff.