Optical Illusion?

**Husar** · 10-15-2007, 23:05

I played around a bit in Corel Draw and erm maybe this helps in some way, I found the fast rotation a bit too fast...

The question is what can we gather from the shadow?
It's closer to her foot when it moves from the right to the left, to me that means the foot is further away and when it moves closer, the shadow is outside the picture, thus she would rotate counter clockwise.

**Dutch_guy** · 10-15-2007, 23:37

The trick is to concentrate fully on the little shadow at the bottom of the image, then you can see the counter clockwise movement.

**Charge** · 10-15-2007, 23:37

WTHell? She rotates in both CW & C CW! Just righ now I see it, then again cw...

**Blodrast** · 10-15-2007, 23:38

I can only see the counter-clockwise. I've seen it before, and I spent 2 minutes trying to see it the other way, but couldn't, and gave up (I'm lazy that way).
I admit I didn't try to focus on just one body part.

**Charge** · 10-15-2007, 23:53

I'm sure it rotate in two directions, changes them from time to time.

**Louis VI the Fat** · 10-16-2007, 00:02

Originally Posted by Husar

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

Now I see what they're doing!! At last I figured it out. Bit difficult to explain, but when you see her from behind, lifing up her left leg, the image is identical to seeing her from upfront, lifting up her right leg. Etc. etc.

Thanks, Husar, you're a genius.

Edit: spoiler tags might be a good idea.

**naut** · 10-16-2007, 02:24

I can see counter-clockwise. What's the big deal with it?

Edit: What shlin28 and Dutch_guy said works, now its clockwise.

**Whacker** · 10-16-2007, 02:30

OK, finally got it. Concentrating on the feet didn't work at all.

I had to close the window, "visualize" the graphic moving clockwise, and then re-open it. It worked that way.

**pevergreen** · 10-16-2007, 02:52

It changed 3 times in about 10 seconds.

I hate that picture so much.

**seireikhaan** · 10-16-2007, 03:54

???? I only see it going counter-clockwise. Weird...

**RoadKill** · 10-16-2007, 04:06

HOLY !#$@$%@$# I FINALLY SEE THE COUNTER-CLOCKWISE!!!! But now I can't get it to go back to clockwise.

EDIT: What the heck this is driving me nuts, everytime I close my eyes it goes back the other way, and it keeps flipping from clockwise to counter-clockwise.