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Optical Play and Suns II

(Intro from Optical Play and Suns I

Over the years I have found many optical images. I call them optical because they play with your eye and demand close attention. In some instances here I have paired them off to make the point more clearly.

Suns is a collection of suns I shot with lenses ranging from 50mm to 2000mm.

Optical Play No 41
Optical Play No 41

Floating power tower—shot from above.

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Optical Play No 42
Optical Play No 42

Peaked glass roof looks convex, but actually moves away from you.

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Optical Play No 43

Dark blue shapes (bottles) are positive in the foreground; yellow is negative space of light that can appear as long-stem glasses.

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Optical Play No 44

Playing with shadows and light. Have fun.

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Optical Play No 45

Sheet of checkered paper bunched with many color changes.

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Optical Play No 46

Blind slats reflecting red shirt of guy outside window.

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Optical Play No 47

Multiple images are not mirrors, only a fragmentation of parking lot through lattice wall. 

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Optical Play No 48

Vibrating colors.

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Optical Play No 49

Perfectly flat floor in lobby shot from sixth floor.

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Optical Play No 50

Often times reflections can complicate things. Here my friend, Hale, is not wearing carpet pants.

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Optical Play No 51

If your windshield obscures you view, take advantage of it.

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Optical Play No 52

Me at my dentist's office: this is a close-up of the overhead light.

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Optical Play No 53

Contrary to all physical measurement or visual cues, the width of these stacked crates does not expand at the rear.

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Optical Play No 54

The larger the image becomes the more the subjects dissolve into abstract shapes. 

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And one moon.

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