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#173413 02/10/08 06:00 AM
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I need some help trying to come up with a name for a photography-based project I am working on, so I need a word, or very short phrase, or pair of words (like an adjective and a noun) that conveys one or more of the following ideas:

1.) In plain sight, but you can't see it.
2.) Something that exists but is only visible to the very keen, or gifted, etc.
3.) Manipulation of light and/or space and/or time, such that the invisible becomes visible.
4.) Moving to a not-so-obvious vantage point will reveal what was previously unseen.

You could even come up with your own made-up word(s) if you want (perhaps a splice of existing words), but it needs to sound pleasing, or "sleek." -- I know that's sorta subjective, but feel free to take your best shot. Be creative!

If you know of another forum or venue that you think could help here, please tell me!

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Spy welcome!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There are several other such boards, at least 6 that I know of. However, I believe protocol forbids me from naming them here but I'm at your service, dalehileman@verizon.net


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Hi, and welcome.

Well--there's the old trompe-l'oeil. This is really cutesy, but for all I know it'll fit the image you're trying to get across: peek-'n-seek. Hmm: A Different Angle? Acute Angle? Shell game? Slight of eye?

Ooh, this is cool, though I'm not recommending it as your title:
angle of extinction: the angle from its axis that a crystal must be rotated before appearing maximally dark when viewed in polarized light.

Can't come up with any others at the moment; will post or PM if I do.

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Sleight of eye?

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