Optical Illusion or Am I Going Crazy?

[Fred Weiss]

Please look at the attached example picture for 30 to 60 seconds.

The visual effect is supposed to be that of dried out paint which is cracked and peeling up from the surface. I look at it one time and it is as it should be. I look at it ten seconds later and I see a reverse effect ... the paint is thick and puffy and the cracks and holes now flow down to the background surface.

The Mrs. sees it both ways also, but we both have corrected vision.

Please answer in the poll as to whether you just see peeling paint, puffed up paint with holes or both.

Thanks.

 

[Replicator]

Puffy ONLY here !

 

[Air Art Girl]

I see cracked and peeling paint

 

[Shovelhead]

Puffy only.....20/10 vision

 

[Carl Crabtree]

Just puffy

 

[Replicator]

Here's Paint Peeling . . . Machine Wash Filters by : MisterRetro . . . !

 

[SignTech]

cracked in thumb nail ... puffed large view ... puff prevails overall ...

 

[ovrcafnatd]

oooh pretty weird
saw peeling paint first, then saw
the puffy paint with holes.
so yah
I see both too

 

[high impact]

I see that the paint is puffy and lifted off the surface.

Rep's picture is peeling paint.

 

[PMG]

Puff only i see no peel affect.......... 20/20 vision here

 

[autodoc]

Blind as a bat here, but it's puffy -- shoulda prepped the surface better

 

[WulfGrafix]

At first look the paint is peeling.

If I look at it for more than a few seconds it looks puffy with holes.

Now I have a headache.

Ouch.



Dan

 

[jdb]

Both. When I try to see it as puffy I see puffy. Same with peeling.

 

[SignosaurusRex]

What you see depends on which point of the image you focus your eye on first. Focus only on the center of an uncracked section of paint then expand your focus to see the entire image....you see it as it really is. Focus on a crack itself then expand your focus to see the entire image and you will see a puffy image. The full image would be interesting.

 

[Sign_Boy]

I've got nothing oops

 

[Ken]

I've seen this somewhere before..
Anyway..looks puffy to me.
Ken

 

[iSign]

http://www.filterforge.com/filters/295.jpg

 

[Ken]

Man, how do you come up with this stuff? I know I'd seen this image from some " connection" to a thread...I'm losing it..lol
Ken

 

[rcook99]

Puffy only, without my glasses I can't see SH*T.:Big Laugh:Big Laugh

 

[iSign]

Man, how do you come up with this stuff?

Fred's image says "Peeling Paint by Vladimir Golovin", so I typed that into Google... presto!