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Camera Magic Yields Fake Fossils

April 19, 2015 by dorannrule

I do believe the best photography tips are the ones that tell us how to look more carefully around our everyday world.

Magic is the ultimate ingredient that negates the necessity to lug around the hated camera’s hieroglyphic instruction booklet.

And magic can elevate the photographer to something above novice status.

You can be an impressionistic art photographer too – in one easy lesson!

To find photographic art in mundane places

peer around in your ordinary world.

The messy kitchen or family room will do

for there is Art (no, not a man!) lurking in every corner!

It’s all in how you look at him/it

or how you resort to camera magic to fool your one eye.

Yes, try closing one eye (Um – I do that anyway)

But the idea is to get a skewed perspective.

Skewed perspective = Magic = professional results!

I tried this yesterday.

Without leaving the chair I simply moved in close to take a picture of the details in a paper napkin! Wow! When enlarged (cropped) it resembled imprints in the sand! With a bit of imagination and one eye I could even see some little swirly creatures too.

The happy result was that yesterday’s post was a mystery photo of fossil imprints in the sand!

And all the time it was just an enlarged rendition of a Vanity Fair paper napkin (available at most local U.S. grocery stores).

Voila!

Photographer graduated to artist proficient in the skill of reflective deception.

BEFORE

AFTER

Posted in Art, Awesome Fotos, Country Thoughts, How To, Humor, Look at This!, Photography, Uncategorized, View Points | Tagged Camera, Camera tricks, Eyeviews, How To, humor, Magic, napkins, Perspective, photography, Random thoughts, Tips for Art Photography, Vanity Fair napkins | 41 Comments

41 Responses

on April 19, 2015 at 3:11 pm earthriderjudyberman

You little devil, you. You sure had me fooled. Great trick. 😉

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on April 19, 2015 at 3:18 pm dorannrule

Yes! 🙂

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on April 19, 2015 at 3:28 pm John

Ha, you got me on this, nice!

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on April 19, 2015 at 3:35 pm lifelessons

“Magic is the ultimate ingredient that negates the necessity to lug around the hated camera’s hieroglyphic instruction booklet.” I love this!!!! it is my philosophy of life put so succinctly. Judy

https://grieflessons.wordpress.com/2015/04/18/my-karma-ran-over-my-dogma/

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on April 19, 2015 at 3:44 pm dogear6

That was a good one!

Nancy

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on April 19, 2015 at 3:48 pm dorannrule

You are making me smile! 🙂

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on April 19, 2015 at 3:49 pm dorannrule

Thank you Judy! That is a wonderful compliment!

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on April 19, 2015 at 3:50 pm dorannrule

It’s what I live for! Thank you John. 🙂

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on April 19, 2015 at 5:01 pm lifelessons

And I do love the deceptive side of your nature!!!

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on April 19, 2015 at 11:08 pm Dianna

You are not going to believe this: right now, one of those napkins is beside my keyboard BECAUSE, when I read your post, I thought about those napkins. But I didn’t think the design was exactly like mine….. GREAT idea!

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on April 19, 2015 at 11:46 pm photosfromtheloonybin

That is totally cool! You sure got me :).

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on April 20, 2015 at 12:03 am Eliza Waters

Wow, I had the lucky guess. 😉

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on April 20, 2015 at 2:27 am Kate Crimmins

When I took a photography class in college I had to photograph something until it transformed into something else. This reminds me of my sweet potato that ended up looking like a lunar landscape!

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on April 20, 2015 at 8:44 am Jill Weatherholt

Tricky! I never would have imagined it was a napkin. Very creative, Dor!

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on April 20, 2015 at 3:40 pm dorannrule

The dark side rarely emerges though!

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on April 20, 2015 at 3:42 pm dorannrule

So funny that the napkins were right beside you Dianna! The post was an accident since I really was trying to follow the advice to look among ordinary things for artistic photography. I was so surprised that the napkin enlarged looked just like sand! 🙂

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on April 20, 2015 at 3:43 pm dorannrule

Got you – really? Withg all those Mystery Photos you do, I was sure you would see right through my little deception. 🙂

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on April 20, 2015 at 3:46 pm dorannrule

You did Eliza… 🙂 I am truly impressed with your powers of observation and your eye for detail and I should have known you would get it. 🙂

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on April 20, 2015 at 3:47 pm dorannrule

Hmmmm! Did you save the lunar landscape potato? I would love to see that one. 🙂

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on April 20, 2015 at 3:50 pm dorannrule

I wouldn’t have imagined it was a napkin either Jill. When I got through enlarging, I almost convinced myself it was sand impressions! Thanks Jill. Your kindness always shines thorough.

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on April 20, 2015 at 9:51 pm Daniela

Brilliant! Imagination is always the key!

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on April 20, 2015 at 11:07 pm photosfromtheloonybin

No, I had no idea. You got me good :).

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on April 21, 2015 at 1:11 am Kate Crimmins

That didn’t survive all the moves. The instructor had us do “creative” things. It was back in the day of real film and darkrooms.

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on April 21, 2015 at 4:18 am Woman in the Middle

Amazing! And I was wondering how you found a photo of such perfect imprints in such white sand!

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on April 21, 2015 at 5:44 am Silver in the Barn

What a fantastic idea! I am so impressed by the possibilities which if you look at the world this way are limitless! This was GREAT.

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on April 21, 2015 at 7:11 am dorannrule

You are so right Daniela! It all boils down to how we see things from our own perspectives. 🙂

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on April 21, 2015 at 7:12 am dorannrule

Oh, I can’t tell you how thrilled I am! 🙂

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on April 21, 2015 at 7:14 am dorannrule

I was sure my broad hint about human involvement would give the whole thing away, but believe me, you are not alone in accepting the napkin as sand.

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on April 21, 2015 at 7:15 am dorannrule

Thanks Barbara! It’s tricky to look at the world in different ways to frame a photo. One of the other ways is the use of light. I haven’t tried that yet. But what fun huh?

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on April 21, 2015 at 7:55 am Eliza Waters

😉 Thanks!

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on April 21, 2015 at 2:49 pm Mary

Oh this is too good Dorann! How about that – a new perspective on the old paper napkin!

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on April 21, 2015 at 3:02 pm dorannrule

There is a certain beauty in the mundane right? 🙂 You are making m laugh!

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on April 21, 2015 at 3:22 pm Mary

How about this ~ every time I look at a napkin I’ll be thinking of Dorann!!

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on April 21, 2015 at 3:53 pm dorannrule

Now I really am laughing! 🙂

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on April 22, 2015 at 2:26 am virginiabornandbred

I’m impressed!!

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on April 22, 2015 at 2:31 am Mama's Empty Nest

Oh that was rich, Dor!! 😀 Love it! You sly fox.

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on April 22, 2015 at 3:40 am dorannrule

Great! Now that you are duly impressed Julie, I need to come and visit you at the shop. It has been too long. 🙂

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on April 22, 2015 at 3:41 am dorannrule

Next time I go to the beach I’ll take an impression-style pic and see if you think it’s a photo of a napkin! 🙂

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on April 25, 2015 at 4:28 am Main Street Musings Blog

Now let’s see you take one of sand looking like a napkin! 🙂

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on April 25, 2015 at 3:16 pm dorannrule

Ha! How did you guess my next plan? 🙂

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on May 25, 2015 at 1:45 pm pattisj

Aren’t you the tricky one! Nice capture.

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