Paul Sammut: “The last day of our holiday – the hotel pool had a thick glass side, which created a visual effect that entertained our boy, and later his classmates, no end”Photograph: Paul SammutBerni Martin: “A trick of the light – musical notes in the air after leaving the Jersey Live music festival” Photograph: Berni MartinJim Grover: “The Serpentine art gallery last summer – the mirrored aluminium canopy created some wonderful illusions. I’ve played an additional trick by turning the image upside down” Photograph: Jim Grover
Jon Brett: “A couple in front of a painting in the Art Institute of Chicago”Photograph: Jon BrettDave Smith: "Castletown harbour on the Isle of Man. The trick is growing the seaweed in the clouds"Photograph: Dave SmithRichard Thomson: "My aim was take a picture of the juggling clubs flying around the girl. I didn't know I'd taken a photo of her performing a better trick - touching a man's cap from across the road"Photograph: Richard ThomsonDavid Pickens: "On holiday in Vanuatu with my friend Matt, a circus performer doing his party trick!" Photograph: David PickensJill Setterington: "This aerial sculpture was taken at the Arts Centre in Christchurch, New Zealand earlier this year"Photograph: Jill SetteringtonJudy Loe: "The sawing-in-half trick, en masse... queueing for an exhibition, beside a mirrored wall"Photograph: Judy LoeMark Granier: "I did a double take when I saw this shadow-wizardry, turning a speed sign into The Wicked Witch of the West" Photograph: Mark Granier
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