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Posted on 11/09/19 08:22:57 AM |
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tooquilos
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Optical illusion
David, a friend showed me this the other day and I wanted to pass it on to you. The question is - is the cat going up or down.  _________________ Dorothy: Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore |
Posted on 11/09/19 08:23:45 AM |
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tooquilos
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Re: Optical illusion
Then I came across this and found it amazing. Can you figure out what it is?  _________________ Wicked Witch of the West: I'm melting! I'm melting! |
Posted on 11/09/19 08:49:21 AM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 4936 Reply  |
Re: Optical illusion
Steve on a bad day?  
My guess would be a shark seen from directly beneath.It's amazing how our mind can create faces from clouds, embers, just about anything, you name it. It's a conditioning from our need to distinguish one human face from another. Thank you for these. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 11/09/19 09:01:11 AM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 4936 Reply |
Re: Optical illusion
This lovely ambiguity exists in many forms. I love this one because it is a natural photograph without trickery. It may be deliberate ..... or could even be accident. The answer, to my mind, is down. But the only way that can be guessed at is the projecting 'nosings' on the step edges. If the cat was climbing the stairs these would be pointing upwards and a veritable trip hazard. If you photoshopped those away I don't think you could possibly tell from the cat alone. Maybe a veterinary could pick up subtle body clues but I certainly couldn't. Great! Another one for the library. Thank you!  _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |