#11. What is going on with these pictures?
September 13, 2008//
Quick…
- What is going on in these 2 pictures below?
- Is there some element out of place?
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there is just a mirror in front of people which makes a picture of a full train.
Socks! The people are only wearing socks on their feet in one picture and they’re wearing shoes over their sicks in the other picture.
It took about 3 seconds.
The people are wearing shoes in one picture and no shoes in the other.
It took about three seconds to see it.
The people appear mirrored from one side to the other, but the train is not (the posters give it away). Then with closer inspection you see the people are just slightly different from one side to the other. Either the photo was taken twice and photoshopped together with the people switching sides, or this is one photo with a bunch of twins. Saw it in probably about 6 seconds. There is also a woman who is only on one side of the train in both photos. Didn’t see that until I looked at the photo again for a while.
in 1st picture there wearing shoes in the other picture there not wearing shoes
They’re sets of twins on their way to participate in scientific testing…
Improv Everywhere!
These are pairs of twins who participated in an event through Improv Everywhere.
at first it looks like a mirror image but it must be a train of twins because the train interior is not mirrored and there are some slight variances between the like people…and there is at least one extra person without a twin. They could be going to a twin convention. about 12 seconds
It looks like a train of identical twins. In one photo
one set is standing and in second photo they’re sitting. This was just a quick look. I also noticed socks in second photo.
On second look there are a great deal of differences.
Newspapers,yellow bags, white tipped toes, ajusting of what appears to be ear phones,etc.
looks like mirror image of train car passengers, but car is elongated and ovoid; woman in coat standing near rear not in identical position, car is longer than it should be. that’s what i saw in about 30 secs.
they people are mirrored but the walls of the train are different 11:32 PM 9/14
Ed Spradley and George nailed it!
1) Several couples of twins are facing each other in a real train.
2) As part of a prank organized by Improv Everywhere. The effect is called a “human mirror”.
3) There is only one person out of place, wearing a beret, reading a book, who was not part of the prank.
I’ve seen this on a video before. Lots of identical twins gathered to make that joke in wich they would act as if in fron of a mirror.
It took me about 20 seconds to satisfy myself that a large mirror was not involved. I had thought of the twins angle but dismissed it as too complicated. I thought it was two pictures ‘photoshopped’ together.
rearview mirror view from busdriver’s perspective
It is clearly sets of twins, trying to look like a mirrored image
A mirror has been placed aligned with the “z” axis of the photo (parallel to the length of the subway car or bus). This duplicates either the left or fight side of the photo onto the opposite side.
photos are mirrored; each left/right, and top/bottom between the two. Standing female is seated in 2nd photo, and standing male inserted instead. approx 15 seconds
These are photos taken from opposites sides of a train cabin. The lady sitting in the lower photo is standing in the upper photo. And the photo is not a mirror effect they are all twins insisde this train
the man reading the newspaper and the women with the white top and handbag have pinched the seat the cameraperson was aiming for. As well as evryone shuffling to the other side and some being mixed up as to placement. About 30 secs. Slow typing.
I agree with Ed Spradley and if you take a reeeally good look you will notice a lot more differences.
At first glance though the trick does work!
these are mirror images of train from two different ends.
It is a good teaser and i enjoyed it very much though i was not able to participate. Keep up the good work
I couldn’t see where to leave a reply, without reading previous answers. This should not be imediately under the question? Anyway, I thought that there was a mirror down the center of the carriage.