How do they do it?

[Fidur]

When I saw this "floating" stand, I could quickly understand the trick:



But, in this other case I am clueless. I can see a "stone" under the bonsai, that must be the load that let the tree "float", but how did they do it?

 

[BrightsideB]

Welded chain links. I’ve made tables like this

 

[Fidur]

Welded chain links. I’ve made tables like this

Ok. That's the first one. I also understood it. My question is about the second one...."Flying dragon" they call it...

 

[BrianBay9]

I'm guessing the support is behind the black backdrop. Hole in the cloth for a rod or something?

 

[Fidur]

I also think the backdrop is suspicious, but looking at this video here, I can't see the trick:

 

[just.wing.it]

Magic, duh.

 

[Forsoothe!]

Photoshopping is one of my specialties.

 

[penumbra]

Photoshopping is one of my specialties.

That's cool but wouldn't magic be quicker and easier? Don't know as I have never done photoshop.

 

[Leo in N E Illinois]

A few years ago, there was an outfit selling a magnetic system where you could "levitate"
small less than 10 cm pots over a stand that would float and rotate the pot above the stand.

Monofilament line could be suspending the planting from above.

honestly, there's a number of possible tricks

 

[Mikecheck123]

Geez I have to master horticulture, shaping, and also magic??? I quit.

 

[Forsoothe!]

That's cool but wouldn't magic be quicker and easier? Don't know as I have never done photoshop.

Yeah, magic is cool, but I've never done that.

 

[_#1_]

Check out frames 4:05 to 4:11 from first vid

 

[Potawatomi13]

Trick photography.