My cat’s shadow reflected in the mirror but not IRL
by Chewie_Bacca
My cat’s shadow reflected in the mirror but not IRL
by Chewie_Bacca
26 Comments
Waiting patiently for someone smarter than me to explain this
The angle of the light is casting a shadow onto the mirror.
Where exactly is the source of light in relation to the camera lens? It was behind the camera, but was it down and to the left, up and to the right? And did you use a flash or delayed flash?
How did you take of photo in your dream?
the unobfuscated shadow is visible on the edge of the more intense light on the dresser. the shadow is formed by the light from the source being blocked by the cat. the mirror is reflecting the light from the source onto the dresser which is illuminating the area that was darker from the shadow. its visible in the mirror because obviously the mirror doesn’t have a magical source of light illuminating the area of the shadow as cast in the mirror
The angle of the mirror is also shining a light reflection onto the dresser. If you look at the dresser where the light is cast, you can see the tip of the kitty’s profile at the edge, in shadow, on the not-light-cast side.
Edit: not the paws, part of the profile and part of the bed/basket though
In the mirror, ***only*** the cat’s shadow is cast on the dresser. IRL, half of the dresser is shadowed.
I can’t think of anything that can cause that
Edit: you can still see a sliver of the cat’s shadow on the IRL drawer. Starting to think this is two light sources where the second light source hit only after the sensor had finished capturing the mirror/right part of the image
I saw goodie proctor with the devil…
Witch, 100% – can’t fool me, cat.
Why’s the front face of the dresser half-in-shadow only pre-reflection?
I think the person asking about flash/delay timings is on the right track. If this was not an intentionally modified image, I think this is a composite of two different lightings a fraction of a second apart, or something like that.
If not, then I need to learn a lot about mirrors.
hmmm was a flash used and the light hit the cells at different times due to the different distance? the drawers picked up the flash light hitting the drawers being reflected through the mirror, while the picture in the mirror was what the light was hitting the drawers?
I still don’t understand mirrors
It has to do with the flash and shutter speed from the phone that caused the shadow. There were a few light sources
Ok but everyone trying to rationalise this but it’s literally just impossible.
r/blackmagicfuckery
I’m too early for the explanation.
Why is there a portion of darker shadow area on the dresser in real life, but in the mirror the full thing is in sun? This does not compute….
Looks like the reflected light from the mirror is washing out the shadow on the dresser
Possibly shutter and mix lighting didnt sync. Esp if shutterspeed and frequency of LED (assuming its led) arent synced.
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So this is interesting.
There are actually 2 lights shining on the dresser. One is the one behind camera, which if you trace the shadow cast by the bed along the floorboard. You will see it.
And there is a tiny edge of the cat shadow on the actual physical dresser.
The other light is the reflected light (of light 1) from the mirror on to the dresser, you can see the rectangle shape of mirror light on the wall behind the dresser. And just so happen the light washed out the shadow of the cat on the dresser.
However since the light reflected out of the mirror will not project into the image inside the mirror from op/camera point of view. The shadow in the mirror didn’t got wash out. Hence u see a full cat shadow (flipped)
Bottom two drawer handles, look to the left and you see the edge of the cats shadow.
The light source is reflecting off of the mirror onto the dresser. That reflection is washing out the shadow.
The strength of the light from the remaining source around the cat is what is washing out the shadow on the dresser.
The mirror shows the full shadow because it is in direct line of sight between the cat and the light source.
The light that the cat is blocking is not reaching the mirror (hence why it is a shadow), and there is no reflected light washing that shadow out, because the mirror is depicting the “whole image” where as the dresser is depicting the “whole image” (shadow and all) plus the reflected light disseminated from the mirror.
Vampurr?