Claude Oppikofer sent me this optical illusion few days ago. I believe her email explains it all - "Dear Vurdlak, I took a picture of this commercial poster yesterday. On the original poster it took me quite a while to see the illusion, whereas on the picture it seems very obvious. (But maybe this is only because now I know it!) Henniez is the most popular soda water in Switzerland and the text says: The water full of life. Best regards, Claude"

Let's see how many of you spot the illusion right away. It took me few seconds before I noticed it. Who will be the first to spot it? Additionally, I would like you to check our first optical illusion category in the sidebar, more precisely - "3D Sidewalk Chalk Drawings", see any changes? It took some time, but looks much nicer now. I started to rearrange (polish) all my categories. There will be additional small thumbnail for each illusion in their appropriate category. First category has been re-designed completely, and others will follow. Please share your opinion. I'm planning to refurbish all categories in the following weeks. Do you like these changes I did? Any suggestions? Thanks for your advice!






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  1. Anonymous Anonymous 

    YAYAY I Found it!!!!! and first comment!!
    wow its so obvious now that ive found her

  2. Blogger Michaela 

    WOAH!! There's a lady diving out of the splash!

  3. Anonymous Anonymous 

    wow, it is a girl that is kinda cool. once i looked at the splash i saw it right away.

  4. Anonymous Anonymous 

    Took my friend a while. I got it right away. Very cool effects

  5. Blogger electroprep786 

    Is it the womens body that is formed with the splash??? If so thats pretty cool

  6. Anonymous HappyDevil (AKA. Your Reflection) 

    Very nice :D
    I can see the "illusion" but I won't reveal what it is.
    Now that I know where/what it is I can't seem to stop seeing it!

  7. Anonymous HappyDevil (AKA. Your Reflection) 

    Oh, and very good improvements to the pavement drawings section :D

  8. Anonymous Anonymous 

    Yay 1st comment

    Saw it right away.... a female body

  9. Blogger Shane 

    I see it now, water full of life. I like it but it took me a while.

  10. Blogger Chris 

    Saw it very quickly. Nice illusion, too.

  11. Anonymous Anonymous 

    I THINK I see the illusion. Because of physics, water should move in parabolic motion. However the water isn't moving in parabolic motion. Instead, it's going towards the source. Also, the water is going up at a certain spot where the water isn't falling. I hope that's the illusion. O_O LOL.

  12. OpenID snowalkerpup13 

    It took me a while to see a woman with in the splash.

  13. Anonymous Anonymous 

    this is an easy one it actually jumps out at u

  14. Anonymous Anonymous 

    Kind of reminds me of the Propel ads touting water for active people. Try this link.

    http://www.youtube.com/v/905WIj_jom4&hl=en

    If that doesn't work just go to You Tube and search 'Propel (Mineral Water) Ad'. That should bring it up. Kevin

  15. Blogger laidback1064 

    Didn't notice it at first but once I looked closer I could see it. Cool picture!

  16. Anonymous Anonymous 

    It's quite easy

  17. Blogger HenryCohen 

    its a woman in the splash!!! thats so cool

  18. Anonymous Anonymous 

    Wow, that is awesome! It only took me about 2 seconds, I really like it. I have never commented on here, but look everyday. I really like your postings!

  19. Anonymous Anonymous 

    You mean water i'nt flowing straight down, but in curves!

    (Or do belive in jumping mermaids without fishtails? ;-)

  20. Anonymous redblood 

    Thats freakin AWESOME!!

  21. Anonymous Lucy 

    When I saw the thumbnail, I couldn't see it right away. I looked at the article with the full-view version and I saw it right away. Nice illusion, kinda fits with the commercial. If you look closely, there's a woman sculptured in the splash of water.

  22. Anonymous Anonymous 

    Well that’s a tad too obvious!

  23. Anonymous Anonymous 

    cool
    yey first post

  24. Anonymous Anonymous 

    cool illusion. I see a lady stretching out her arms.

  25. OpenID adolphsson.se 

    I just love those subliminal advertisings. Found one similar for a Coca Cola ad the other day.

    Brilliant!

  26. Blogger Torsten 

    One Second. It was way too obvious!

  27. Blogger Emel 

    lovely ad indeed.
    All I see is the nude female and the little child ....! is that right?

    cheers

  28. Anonymous Anonymous 

    great illusion. i like intelligent commercials!
    And... i bet, this post is going to hit the 100 comments mark because there is a naked woman in the illusion :-)

  29. Anonymous jrlaff 

    Didn't spot it immediately... Nice one!

  30. Blogger Chris 

    ahhhh haha i see it! its quite clever actually. good work.

  31. Blogger Gringo 

    There is a woman in the splash. Arms up.

  32. Anonymous Anonymous 

    Dear Vurdlak,

    I love your changes in the first category! Now i can easily find all the illusions I havent seen. Thanks!
    Today's illusion is also great - it took me few seconds to spot it ...

    Maja

  33. Anonymous Anonymous 

    It's a lady jumping out of the water, looks really good and realistic...

  34. Anonymous Anonymous 

    I just scrolled down and POOF i saw it, very easy illusion. But cool ^^

  35. Blogger jake 

    Oh i get it....lady in the water.

  36. Anonymous Sebastien 

    Is it the water curves that are physically impossible?

  37. Anonymous Ayumi 

    is it the girl?? its cool ^^

  38. Blogger X-Zon3 

    Sorry for my bad english...however i think the illusion is on the right "splash" of water...i can see a woman right there with open arms

  39. Anonymous Anonymous 

    Took me a few seconds, but I see her now. Very good, I like it =]

  40. Anonymous Hells-Fury 

    Saw it straight away quite an easy one we have similar one's here in england.

  41. Anonymous BobbyT 

    I can see it woo!
    Very subtle though.
    Looks nice too *wink*

  42. Anonymous Anonymous 

    i saw it before i even read your description

  43. Anonymous Anonymous 

    Women in water

  44. Blogger loik 

    Nice one just look at the water ;) nice Ad from this company

  45. Blogger loik 

    Nice one. Beautiful ;) nice Ad from this company

  46. Anonymous Anonymous 

    The illusion is that of a lady bouncing off the water.

  47. Anonymous Anonymous 

    Got it!!! the girl!!
    Cheers
    M

  48. Blogger ldlorcad 

    First of all let me say that I truly enjoy checking this webpage everyday. We all need a little "fun" stuff to help us get through our work days.
    As far as the changes to the page, I absolutely love the thumbnail images. It enables me to see which ones I've seen and which ones are new. I can't wait to be able to check out all the rest of the categories without clicking on all the individual links. It is a definate improvment. Keep up the great work!

    -Lori

  49. Anonymous Trigger 

    Be it a person jumping out of the water?

  50. Anonymous Cameron 

    It wasn't that hard to see.

  51. Anonymous Michel Carlini 

    Cool! Took me some time to see it...

  52. Blogger Goulu 

    in fact it's a still from a video advertisment you can see here : http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2phe2_henniez_ads

  53. Anonymous Anonymous 

    its a woman in the bigger splash

  54. Anonymous Anonymous 

    Is this an illusion?
    I think its just a good example of photoshop skills.

  55. Anonymous Anonymous 

    COOL! There is a whoman in the water. WOOT, first comment!

  56. Anonymous Anonymous 

    Why is it always a woman?

  57. Anonymous Anonymous 

    woah! there's a person jumping out of the water! that's so cool!

  58. Blogger PrivateMartin 

    I have figured it out. look at the part where the water splashes out towards the right. you would be able to see a girl jumping out of the water with her arms outstreached.

  59. Blogger vach 

    very cool

  60. Anonymous Anonymous 

    I noticed it right away. Pretty cool.

    I also want to say that I like your revampnesses...is that a word? hehehe. Love this site!

  61. Blogger Joseph 

    I see a man leaping out of the water with life, like in 3 secs

  62. Anonymous Anonymous 

    Saw it straight away but its really good!

  63. Anonymous Anonymous 

    First to spot it!!! Nice illusion. It really is full of life huh?

    Rainbow Demon

  64. Anonymous Anonymous 

    Very easy to spot after reading the email.

  65. Blogger courtney 

    lovely :]

  66. Anonymous Anonymous 

    a naked chick? anything else?

  67. Anonymous Anonymous 

    Very cool, I like this one.

  68. Anonymous Anonymous 

    ya i saw it right away

    nice

  69. Anonymous Anonymous 

    it's fairly obvious, but still a really nicely done advertisement.

  70. Blogger PeanutPQ 

    is it mother earth? :P

  71. Anonymous Me 

    Their's a "living" lady coming out of the splash!!! that's so cool!!

  72. Anonymous Tina :) 

    I really like this one.. i didnt have any trouble spotting the illusion..

    I love this site :)

  73. Anonymous Anonymous 

    I don't get it. HELP!

  74. Anonymous Anonymous 

    okay as soon as i posted that comment i saw it! lol its good!

  75. Anonymous Moorsy 

    Actually, that's pretty cool.
    Took me a while to notice the woman diving out of the surface, but hey...

  76. Anonymous Seffers066 

    The woman is jumping with the joy of being alive. Nice one.

  77. Anonymous Anonymous 

    It's A woman

  78. Anonymous Anonymous 

    The figure of the lady on the right hand side... very nice.

  79. Anonymous Anonymous 

    dude, this isn't even an illusion!
    optical illusion: an optical phenomenon that results in a false or deceptive visual impression.

    but the representation shown is a manipulated photo, and there really is a human form in the water splashes.

  80. Blogger Reverend Ref + 

    I'm just wondering if she's naked.

  81. Anonymous Anonymous 

    I have no idea!
    Is it made out of glass?
    <3333

  82. Anonymous Anonymous 

    I love it. It took me a few seconds, but now I see it straightaway if I look at the picture! How did they make this, do you think?

    Romée.

  83. Anonymous Anonymous 

    oh i see it... a women in the other side of the water splashing

  84. Anonymous Anonymous 

    thats cool! the person coming out of the splash!

  85. Anonymous MeLLyMeLL 

    fiiiiiiiiiiiirst:D i see a lady made in the shape of the water:D

  86. Anonymous Anonymous 

    I don't see anything ): is the image uploaded...

  87. Blogger flogeotgv 

    Nice illusion :)

  88. Anonymous Psycho-Designs 

    Its a bit obvious, cool though

  89. Anonymous Anonymous 

    is it a woman in the splash?

  90. Blogger danny 

    ohhhhhhh I see it it took me a while but I see it. it's at the right of the waterfall of water you can se a woman sort of jumping with her arms up in the air.

  91. Anonymous Anonymous 

    i saw it right away

  92. Anonymous piorun 

    Cool :D

  93. Anonymous suzyt 

    at first i thought it was the water/floor but i can see the nice lady now :)

    new layout is great, the thumbnails are a fantastic idea. it would be good to do this on the monthly archive page as well?

    another thing that would be nice to have is "previous" and "next" buttons on each main page where you would click back and forth in time - like today;s "previous" would go to yesterdays etc

  94. Blogger uvalntine 

    It took me a second or so, but I see it. It's a woman, jumping right, out of the water splash.

  95. Blogger Dan 

    I saw the naked lady emerging out of the water right away! ;)

    About your rearrangement, I really like it, it makes it easier to navigate through them. continue your excellent work!

  96. Anonymous Shaun 

    The water is bending backwards. I have to say, that's a neat effect. I can't think of how you would actually do that, but I don't think it's photoshopped. It just looks too nice.

  97. Blogger belzinga 

    i see it
    there is a person in the splash

  98. Anonymous Anonymous 

    thats cool

  99. Anonymous Anonymous 

    Aquagirl

  100. Blogger chris 

    Ahh that took me a bit to see. I looked last night and could not find it. Looked again after I woke up and saw it right away.

  101. Anonymous Anonymous 

    Spotted the illusion right away. A female springing out of the water! Very clever.

  102. Blogger Queina 

    I saw it immediately on the widget thumbnail before I even came to the site to see it full size.

  103. Anonymous Anonymous 

    Wow, that is pretty cool. (First post! :P)

  104. Anonymous 123 

    one of the splashes is a girl in a pretty dress with her arms in the air

  105. Anonymous Anonymous 

    Woah...thats pretty cool

  106. Anonymous %FIvEW 

    I saw it the second i opened it. Anyway, good illusion. How did they manage to make it look so realistic though? Photoshop would take too long of a time, and it would be hard to make such a realistic photo. Great job though.

    i think im the first post.

  107. Blogger TheBigMIck 

    I saw it right away, but I think it was because I was looking for something. If I had just glanced at this ad without knowing I am not sure if I would have spotted it.
    Nice one.

  108. Anonymous Anonymous 

    oh i see it! is that a naked lady?
    ew.
    also im the first comment yay!

  109. Anonymous Anonymous 

    Jah Man. I see the Lady in the Water!!!!

    -Beverly Soto

  110. Blogger M 

    I found it. It's a person.

  111. Anonymous Anonymous 

    haha i saw it right away!!! (1st to comment!!)

  112. Blogger david 

    there is the shape of a lady coming out of the splash thingy!!!!yay first comment

  113. Blogger david 

    tht was hard tho it took a while for me to spot the lady in the splash

  114. Anonymous Anonymous 

    I saw it right away!!!!
    It was cool!!!
    =]

  115. Blogger Chris 

    I saw it in a few seconds. It might be harder to see if the poster was quite big.

  116. Blogger Jamie 

    Thats awesome! there is a woman on the left and comming out of the bottom is a bird

  117. Anonymous Anonymous 

    its a woman jumping out of the water backwards (or in short: simply a woman)

    saw this the first time and found it directly. Nice Illusion anyway..

  118. Anonymous Anonymous 

    Pretty cool.

  119. Anonymous Anonymous 

    Oh! I see it! Cool :)

  120. Anonymous Anonymous 

    its a lady

  121. Anonymous Anonymous 

    i found the illusion. it took some time though

  122. Blogger julia. 

    yay for photomanip

  123. Anonymous Darshak Shah 

    a lady with her arms spread.. i wish i cud see her nipples but no.. still nice illusion:D

  124. Anonymous Anonymous 

    Once I looked at the thing properly I saw it immediately.

  125. Anonymous Anonymous