An example of just how important light is and how it can so easily change how things appear. pic.twitter.com/OA6azIG9i1
— Retaliation Films (@retaliationfilm) February 20, 2015
This tweet shows just how important lighting really is: as the light changes, this face completely changes. It’s disorienting and is why film and theater are so dependent on professionals to work with lights.
It’s almost as disorienting as the hollow face illusion, only instead of the mask rotating and your brain turning a concave shape into a convex one, the face stays still and the light moves. Here’s the hollow face illusion to compare:
