Internet Optical Illusion of the Day

[Fly320s]

The cat is a lie.

Looks like he is standing, to me.

[KD5NRH]

[makattak]

My bet is down because the bricks on the walls make much more sense to come out forward of the stairs rather than up. Also, not often do you see a little ridge going up from the front edge of a step.

[grampster]

Hah!  What I thought was a small cat, wasn't.  But just now I really did see the cat.  I must have looked at that pic a couple dozen times.  Changed the angle of my laptop screen.  Stood back and looked.  Got closer.  Looked through all 3 of my trifocal lenses.  Could not find the cat.  

Just now, I looked again and BOOM, there was the cat.  Incredible.

[MechAg94]

I can't see the first one.   



I mean the picture won't load.  I will have to try it at home later.

[brimic]

The cigar one sort of pops out at you after you look at it the right way- the cat in the picture looks like its shape purposely obscured... the face is cat-like, but the body of it can't be made out clearly.

[230RN]

The cigar one sort of pops out at you after you look at it the right way- the cat in the picture looks like its shape purposely obscured... the face is cat-like, but the body of it can't be made out clearly.

Don't tell me, don't tell me!

I stuck the cat one up as wallpaper so every time I booted, it would pop up all afresh.  Still can't see it.  Saw a snarling dog at one point in the rocks.  Just want to test my perceptual abilities.

Don't tell me, don't tell me!

I could just not look at this thread until I spot it, but I ain't got no willpower left, either.

So don't tell me, don't tell me!

Terry, 

[AJ Dual]

Saw the cigar immediately and wondered what I was looking for.

Might be the color balance of my monitors. I did not think it blended in at all.

[230RN]

Saw the cigar immediately and wondered what I was looking for.

Might be the color balance of my monitors. I did not think it blended in at all.

I saw the cigar immediately, too, but I dismissed it and thought it was that tongue-sticking-out face I mentioned previously.

Sometimes a tongue-sticking-out face is just a tongue-sticking-out face.

I'm suspecting the snarling dog I see is one side of the cat's face.  If so, that's a pretty obscure "optical illusion."

Is the row of rocks below the cat's head his right arm and paw?

If so, maybe the snarling dog face kept me from seeing the cat's head, and 1->10, I'd give it a five as an "optical illusion."

Hell, I see differential equations in cloud formations all the time.  No big deal. Here, don't you see it, too?  It resolves to 2.7182.



Terry, 230RN,  

[makattak]

I saw the cigar immediately, too, but I dismissed it and thought it was that tongue-sticking-out face I mentioned previously.

I'm suspecting the snarling dog I see is one side of the cat's face.  If so, that's a pretty obscure "optical illusion."

Is the row of rocks below the cat's head his right arm and paw?

If so, maybe the snarling dog face kept me from seeing the cat's head, and 1>10, I'd give it a five.

There is no row of rocks below a cat's face in that cropped image.

[HeroHog]

"Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar."

[HeroHog]

...I still can't see the danged cat and I've Googled for a clearer image, hints, blown it up, you name it and STILL nada! I'm usually good at these dang things! 

[230RN]

There is no row of rocks below a cat's face in that cropped image.

Well, "row of rocks" maybe was a bad way of putting it.  They slant down upper left to lower right just below what I think is the cat's face.

HeroHog, the cat and dog face appear close-up in that attachment.

As I said, 1->10 I give it a five, but just barely.

Waypoints,  right-click, open in new tab for enhanced legibility......

[Firethorn]

The cat is a lie.

See the rut moving down the center of the picture?  The cat is on the right hand side, 'hiding' behind the tuft of grass, next to the bigger bit of water(or something), looking towards the camera.

It's just a normal cat.

230RN's picture, just before mine?  The actual cat is covered by the 'cat paw' label.

[HeroHog]

See the rut moving down the center of the picture?  The cat is on the right hand side, 'hiding' behind the tuft of grass, next to the bigger bit of water(or something), looking towards the camera.

It's just a normal cat.

230RN's picture, just before mine?  The actual cat is covered by the 'cat paw' label.

Thanks, I was looking at the original image at 200% zoom and found it then came back and saw that you had it circled.

[230RN]

Drat.

But in the upper left hand corner of the circled cat is the head of a dog.  About 330° around the red circle.

[bedlamite]

[230RN]

^ Right on.

I swan, I'm going to quit reading these optical illusion threads.

Or give my glasses their annual cleaning.

[Hawkmoon]

Saw the cigar immediately and wondered what I was looking for.

Might be the color balance of my monitors. I did not think it blended in at all.

Agreed. I really don't see how that image qualifies as an optical illusion.

[Firethorn]

Agreed. I really don't see how that image qualifies as an optical illusion.

It's more of an optical illusion that the 'find the cat' pictures which are basically a version of "where's waldo?" type pictures.

I say that because, like I said, I initially thought the ash was a white rock in the brick wall, with the cigar itself being a wider crack in the wall.

It's an optical illusion in that at least a substantial proportion of the population that sees it initially perceives a false image.  It's screwing with our image processing neurons, ergo it's an optical illusion.

[Ben]

For those of us that did not see the cigar, it's an optical illusion. As Firethorn said, it's how your mind processes the image.  I didn't see the cigar until I looked in just the right way, some of you saw it right away. With another image, I might see the illusion immediately, and others might not. Just because I see it immediately doesn't mean it's not an optical illusion.

[HeroHog]

Once ya "see" the cigar ya can't un-notice it anymore!