The perspective of the telephoto lens causes a loss of depth perception. It looks like she's standing directly behind him, but in reality she's probably 2-3 feet back. So it looks like her clapping hands are directly next to his head, but they're actually 2-3 feet behind his head. Then when he moves his head, the shadow from Kamala's clapping hands appear on his forehead directly next to the other lady's clapping hands; making it look like the shadow is being cast from the other woman. All combined, this tricks your brain into perceiving that she is standing right over his shoulder, when she's not.
Of course. Why would you trust your eyes anyway. All they do is see stuff. Let the cleverer people explain what you’re really seeing and why you’re not seeing what you’re seeing. It’s better that way.
Because your eyes (and link to the brain) can be easily tricked because of the way our brains process what we see. Our brains always try to take shortcuts to perceive things as they exist in reality to allow us to react quickly; but it makes incorrect assumptions sometimes.
In this case, your brain is assuming that the shadow cast on Biden's forehead is from the woman standing behind him, when it's actually from Kamala. That immediately causes your brain to place her position on a plane parallel to Biden. But your brain took the wrong shortcut here. She's a few feet behind him. If you cover her up and watch as the shadow appears, you'll see that it's coming from Kamala and the other woman never interacts with Biden at all.
Not my area of expertise, what would cause her hands to appear to move through his head?
The perspective of the telephoto lens causes a loss of depth perception. It looks like she's standing directly behind him, but in reality she's probably 2-3 feet back. So it looks like her clapping hands are directly next to his head, but they're actually 2-3 feet behind his head. Then when he moves his head, the shadow from Kamala's clapping hands appear on his forehead directly next to the other lady's clapping hands; making it look like the shadow is being cast from the other woman. All combined, this tricks your brain into perceiving that she is standing right over his shoulder, when she's not.
Thank you for the explanation, that makes sense when I look at it that way.
Of course. Why would you trust your eyes anyway. All they do is see stuff. Let the cleverer people explain what you’re really seeing and why you’re not seeing what you’re seeing. It’s better that way.
Because your eyes (and link to the brain) can be easily tricked because of the way our brains process what we see. Our brains always try to take shortcuts to perceive things as they exist in reality to allow us to react quickly; but it makes incorrect assumptions sometimes.
In this case, your brain is assuming that the shadow cast on Biden's forehead is from the woman standing behind him, when it's actually from Kamala. That immediately causes your brain to place her position on a plane parallel to Biden. But your brain took the wrong shortcut here. She's a few feet behind him. If you cover her up and watch as the shadow appears, you'll see that it's coming from Kamala and the other woman never interacts with Biden at all.