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How to create optical illusion photos (for social media)

110 pound squirrel

Source/credit: Wyatt Brewer

This image has been widely shared online with the caption ‘110 pound squirrel’. The hunter is actually kneeling several feet behind the log. This makes the squirrel appear unusually large since it is deceptively much closer to the camera lens than the hunter is. This is called Forced Perspective.