Distorted image of a selection of ball-point pens. The distortion has been caused by photographing the pens through a sheet of wavy glass. The uneven

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Distorted image of a selection of ball-point pens. The distortion has been caused by photographing the pens through a sheet of wavy glass. The uneven surface of the glass produces lens-like refraction of the image-forming light rays from the subject. The image is similar to the sort obtained by photographing down into shallow water.

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Size: 4735px × 3780px
Photo credit: © ADRIENNE HART-DAVIS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: ball-point, biro, distortion, image, light, optics, pen, pens, physics, refraction, writing