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This morning from Gavà beach, in the Baix Llobregat, I captured this spectacular image and optical effect of the Delta Airlines Airbus A330 for Las Fotos de los Lectores de La Vanguardia.
It seems as if the plane is entering the house directly through the balcony. When they approach Gavà beach they fly low, but the optical effect exaggerates it more and the vision is really as if you were entering a house. Magic never disappoints.
An optical illusion leads us to perceive reality in various ways. It may be physiological in nature, associated with the effects of excessive stimulation in the eyes or brain (brightness, color, movement, etc.).
Or also of a cognitive nature, in which our knowledge of the world intervenes (such as Rubin's vase in which we perceive two faces from the side or a vase indistinctly).
Many artists have taken advantage of optical illusions to give their works a magical appearance, depth, ambiguity and contrasts. Photography does not escape these types of effects. Perspective also comes into play, as we can see with this image of the plane that seems to be about to enter the house through the balcony.
