Originally published at: http://boingboing.net/2017/08/03/optical-illusion-or-ghost-dog.html
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Bark, bark bark.
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That’s creepy.
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This heres the internets, so with apologies, skepticism uber alles: a couple of them dry bushy bits look twisted in a “just a bit more down on the left there – now get out of the frame” fashion. …and yes, i do own some Amazing (James) Randi socks.
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Camera work says staged. But i clicked, didn’t I?
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Even if staged it’s still clever.
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I assumed the doggy on the headstone was indented and optically appears raised at the right angle. Was not expecting the flower/shrubbery to be the illusion. Made icy spine tingle feelings seeing the doggy’s illusion dissipate as the camera approached. Emotive moment.
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So, we’re all in agreement here. It’s a ghost dog.
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Could it be a red fern?
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It is an optical illusion, but one that the ghost dog created to let us know he’s there.
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I thought it was kind of sweet.
Silence! I’ve buried all memory of that book. If I cry at work, it’s on you.
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There is really only one Ghost Dog.
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Whether it is nicely observed or well posed, that is one pretty cool and sweet simulacra.
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Is that you, Gaspode?
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To answer the question, it’s an optical illusion.
Yes, I enjoy crushing children’s dreams.
And because it’s one of the greatest songs evar:
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Yikes.
I remember all the trouble the people down the hall from me had trying to draw mattes for the pass-through effect opticals.
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