Revealed Lie
by stephan

Comment by rll07:
very dramatic one of my favs -9 rll07

Revealed Lie
by stephan

Comment by Sebough:
i like this pictures because it is a legend and is done in a fantastic simple way,
especially in Blakc and White where anyone can get the perfect form of the hand and its distinct lines showing us the legend of the artist.

Revealed Lie
by stephan

Comment by zadore:
I like this photo alot...looking forward to reading your details...hope you explain how you did it there...9 zadore

Revealed Lie
by stephan

Comment by Gracious:
Interesting exposure...good job.

Revealed Lie
by stephan

Comment by Gracechild7:
Has a nice appeal

Revealed Lie
by stephan

Comment by justine:
Neat shot.

Revealed Lie
by stephan

Comment by erin_m02:
I like the inverted effect! 8!

Revealed Lie
by stephan

Comment by inspzil:
Very well taken. Nice original idea with great visual effects. The judges say 9 so take that with a grain of salt thrown over your left shoulder. - Inspzil

Revealed Lie
by stephan

Comment by DougPaz:
Nice take on crossed fingers. I like it alot. I'll be interested to see just how you achieved this. Be sure and put it in your comments afterward.. Good Job. DPz

Reality
by stephan

Comment by stephan:
The description how I did it is as usual written in the "photo details".
I especially picked the candle because I thought it will increase the illusion effect. It's not possible to change the direction of how a flame burns. So there is a contradiction between what you see and what you know your experience.
I knew the colour is a bit dull, but I thought it would fit to this photo. I wanted the scene to look as normal as possible. In my opinion a dramatic lighting with bright colours would have distracted from the illusion I wanted to show. It should look like a normal snapshot.
Thanks to mcmurma for a laugh (no offense!) but a flame doesn't throw a shadow ;-) At least not at these lighting conditions. So I wasn't so super-smart to create an illusion in an illusion, like you thought. :-)

Thanks again to everybody for your feedback. See you next week :-)