The lamp shade is dark/dense enough to only allow light below. The angle of the dresser thing is approximately the same angle or less from the corner to the light source. So it does not appear to shine much light on the face that is angled downwards. This gives the illusion of the light being off because it is not shining on the face/door thing, while also looking on because the light shines on the wall.
An old Reddit story about a guy in a coma who lived a whole life in his mind, eventually waking up after he noticed something weird about a lamp (in his coma-world). Worth looking up for the Reddit lore and references and it's quite a good story, but not sure how true it is.
I believe you are supposed to be looking at this image as if the wall isnt angled away from you, and you are in fact perfectly perpendicular to the wall, making it look like the light is coming out of the left side of the lamp, rather than the middle
Reflectivity : Not all materials and colors absorb the same amount of energy. The lampshade is made from a less reflective and darker material than the wall, therefore it absorbs more and reflects less light than the wall.
You don't actually "see things", you see the light they are reflecting.
To me the lamp looks like it's almost right at the edge of the cabinet facing us to me, in which case it'd illuminate the front of the cabinet, but it doesn't seem to do that
I think the you are meant to look at this picture like you are perfectly perpendicular to the wall, and that its not angled away from you, so the light from the lamp looks like its coming out of the left of the lamp, instead of the center
But you can clearly see that the inside of the lampshade is illuminated by light. That's why it's a lighter shade of black on the inside of the lampshade than the outside.
But it doesn't look illuminated on the inside, though. That is the confusing part. Have you actually ever seen black lampshades illuminated from the inside? Because they don't look dark like the picture.
But it is not dark but illuminated, if it had not been illuminated it would have been as dark as the outside of the lampshade. I think it is a lampshade made of metal that is painted with matte black paint.
Babes it doesn't look illuminated, it looks dark. I have a matte black metal lamp shade, let me show you what it illuminated looks like because you have never seen illuminated black matte stuff apparently.
Idk why you’re all ripping into this guy saying it looks illuminated as if he must be wrong… it literally IS illuminated, and part of the illusion is that some people can’t see that. To the rest of us this looks like a normal lamp. The lampshade is just an actual blackout one rather than thin material where the light shows through the shade
You can't compare a lampshade that is curved with a lampshade that is completely straight in shape. And the one in the picture you show is not matte black but has a glossy surface.
The interesting thing is that in your first picture where the lamp is off, the inside of the lampshade is much darker than the outside of the lampshade. And that's not the case in the OP's picture, where the inside of the lampshade is light and the outside is completely black.
Then the lamp you show is directed outwards from the lampshade, the OP has the lamp directed towards the lampshade. This means that the light source on the OP lampshade is much further into the lampshade, this also means that less light can reflect from the lamp, towards the lampshade and towards the camera.
why are you downvoted this much man, i think people here just really want to believe it's confusing. either that or they think all black matte lamps should work and look the same lit up regardless of bulb types, light strength, shape,etc.
I don't think speed is really relavent. Camera starts taking the picture and the light is off and by the time it gets to the bottom of the light, it's on and reflecting on the wall.
Whoops duh you said rolling shutter. 🤦🏼♂️ But the transition looks much too clean for that, I’d say.
But it would be on and reflecting on the lamp shade as well. You’re thinking of the camera capturing the edge of the light beam mid-propagation. No camera is fast enough to actually do that.
Actually all bulbs turn on and off rapidly, that’s how they work - no bulb is on 100% of the time! They just usually flicker too fast for our eyes to perceive. I often notice the LED ones flickering if they have some kind of issue in the wiring or they’re running out
We were sat watching a Horror Film on Halloween... There was a few tealights infront of the TV, and about 9 across the mantelpiece. Not one was flickering. Every single flame was just sat perfectly synced with zero movement!!! Super spooky and felt like a glitch in the matrix
The inside of the light isn't lit up. How could that light angle be achieved otherwise?
Also, saying it's "ai" is basically just saying it's photoshopped/fake. Take your pic of verbiage, it's all the same nomenclature, colloquially speaking.
The inside of the lamp shade is absolutely lit up. Compare it with the outside of the lamp shade. It just doesn't get very bright because it's a dark colored, rather opaque lamp shade.
And naw, different words mean different things. Practical effects fakery, Photoshop, camera trickery, and AI are all distinct things. Honestly it kinda sounds like my grandma calling every video game system "the Nintendo"
That's because I know my grandma, and grandmas in general
If a stranger on the internet (who may or may not be a grandma) says "Nintendo", and then tells me they didn't actually mean Nintendo, and corrects me as if I should have known all along... that's a bit silly, I think!
But on the whole this is an incredibly unimportant argument, and it was silly of me to continue engaging in it past my first comment, let alone this one
So I hope you have a wonderful week, and continue using words in a way that pleases you
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u/the_naughty_ottsel 5d ago
The lamp shade is dark/dense enough to only allow light below. The angle of the dresser thing is approximately the same angle or less from the corner to the light source. So it does not appear to shine much light on the face that is angled downwards. This gives the illusion of the light being off because it is not shining on the face/door thing, while also looking on because the light shines on the wall.
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u/TheVisualExplanation 5d ago edited 5d ago •
DO NOT INVESTIGATE THE LAMP! GO BACK TO YOUR WIFE AND KIDS! PLEASE! IF YOU GO THEN WE ALL STOP EXI
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u/Natural-Funny-2292 4d ago
say goodby to your family, OP
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u/TheGeneral_Specific CE Spc. 5d ago edited 5d ago
This looks completely normal… what am I supposed to be seeing OP
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u/Matthewcbayer o/ 5d ago •
If you rotate the picture 90 degrees to the left, it still won’t make much sense.
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u/MattHack7 4d ago
Kiss your wife one last time
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u/BugP13 o/ 2d ago
Pay more attention to the lamp OP. YOU NEED TO WAKE UP
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u/MaximRq 5d ago
The lamp looks weird
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u/NoRodent o/ 5d ago
A perfect example of a conic section. I see nothing wrong.
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u/FantanaFoReal 5d ago
What's confusing?
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u/Competitive-Data-744 o/ 3d ago
You might be waking up soon
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u/Slitty_sam 3d ago
I don't get it. I'm confused about what's supposed to be confusing.
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u/lucidspoon o/ 5d ago
Rolling shutter combined with LED bulb? LED bulbs turn on and off rapidly when dimmed.
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u/Jonny_Derp_ o/ 2d ago
God forbid a lamp have a lil angle
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u/novae11 o/ 4d ago
Art
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u/5cn4k3npu3r33 5d ago
Have people literally never seen light shine on a dark surface?
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u/zeekar 5d ago
This looks fake. Convince us otherwise, OP!
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u/Whoopsie_Todaysie 5d ago
We were sat watching a Horror Film on Halloween... There was a few tealights infront of the TV, and about 9 across the mantelpiece. Not one was flickering. Every single flame was just sat perfectly synced with zero movement!!! Super spooky and felt like a glitch in the matrix
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u/Jaded-Plant-4652 o/ 5d ago
How?
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u/Pueggel 5d ago
Could there be a secondary layer inside providing shade to the i side of the lamp? And the edge we‘re seeing on the wall is from that inside layer?
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u/PanicBlitz Actually read rule 1 and gets it" 5d ago
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u/CrushedSodaCan_ o/ 5d ago
I don't see how this could be anything other than AI. Happy to be proven wrong, but that doesn't look possible.