June 18, 2008 by Vurdlak with 86 Comments
One of the most popular Australians that ever lived – Steve Irwin, also known as “Crocodile Hunter” is main actor of today’s optical illusion. I have to admit, Irwin wasn’t my dearest documentary actor before the tragic event took place. Those of you who don’t know the story, Steve died in 2006 after his chest was fatally pierced by a stingray barb, while filming in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. When this happened, half of the planet was in sorrow. I too shared the compassion – even though I wasn’t a fan of Steve’s acting style. This is simply because he was obviously a very good man, and unspoilt by nature, at least this is my view of him. So in the tribute, I post this nice afterimage I found yesterday. You can see this black and white photo in color, if you simply stare at the white dot in the center. After a minute, the image will automatically change to colorful negative. Keep starring at the dot. Next time the image changes, it will switch back to black and white photo (again), but you’ll be able to see it in full color. This effect happened, because colorful negative has slightly “burnt” in your retina, and will stay like this for few seconds, which is enough for you to see the original b&w photo in color!
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Holy CRAP! That is absolutely fantastic!!
UNBELIVEBLE… It’s what the crocodile hunter always said !! It’s a very nice illusion !! I’m sad to see that some idiot only see a “Switching GIF”… Anyway !! I Like it (the illusion not the idi….) LOL
This is obviously a real illusion, if you don’t stare at the dot you can see that it it only switches from b&w to color negative. The full color we see is in fact a trick of your eyes.
I think that it is really cool.
Yes, it was sad when he died, especially because his daughter was so young.
GREAT. Hahaha Hiten & Ggiibbyy, you are not blond, you are BLIND. Follow the instructions.
ggiibbyy thats an illusion because u see something thats not there. idiot
hiten go & check the layers with photoshop or something.. i checked & there was no colored picture. wait u know what photoshop is dont u?
omigosh when i saw this i jumped back and yelped! awesome!!!!!
FAKE!!! This has been shooped.
Not buyin what ur sellin foo.
i mean just look at the lighting,
so fake.
Hey Ggiibbyy, stop causing chaos by making everyone rally against you. You know you’re only exacerbating the lonely, no-life blogger syndrome… oh shit, I’ve fallen prey to it too!
this is fake and you are all retarded. whether staring at the white center or not, when it switches back from negative to black and white, it automatically shows the photo in color for a split second. how you people are fooled by these things ill never know
lol when i looked at the gray one and then to a white piece of paper i saw a heart
Try taking a screenshot and you will see the fakeness
Joey – nice theory, but you’re wrong. Then again, so is Vurdlak. It does not matter where you stare on the page, as long as you stare (and do not move your eyes).
I’ve had an idea about how to foil some of these “FAKE!” claims. Stare at he negative like usual, but when it changes, do not keep staring, flick your eyes to a different part of the image. How come it goes to black and white very quickly (compared to if you keep staring)? Coincidence?
This is cool
RIP Irwin… dies doing what he loved eh?
hats off to what he did…
always though a croc would get him tho?
oh my gosh soo cool!
WTF!?
all i can sya is MAD!
it isnt some gif btw, the image does go coloured for a few milliseconds after the image goes negative.
aaha, i had the exact same expression on my fave as Steve does in this pic! :L
wow no one likes ggiibbyy…
love this illusion!!
RIP irwin
Im sorry to say this one is fake. hold it there for a while and not look at it and in a while it will automatically turn colorful.
Ggiibbyy you are a real dumbass with no brain. it is supposed to change colour. people aren’t that stupid-well you might be
A MESSAGE TO "Ggiibbyy" and OTHER PPL WHO DONT GET THIS!!!
Read the info above the pic!
It clearly says," You can see this black and white photo in color, if you simply stare at the white dot in the center. After a minute, the image will automatically change to colorful negative. Keep starring at the dot. Next time the image changes, it will switch back to black and white photo (again), but you'll be able to see it in full color. This effect happened, because colorful negative has slightly "burnt" in your retina, and will stay like this for few seconds, which is enough for you to see the original b&w photo in color! "
~Alyssa
Wicked man I love these type of illusions.so all I can say is MAD.
Since y’all are saying that it’s creepy, I’m not even gonna look at it.
wait! that changes color even if you don’t look at it!
I miss him…..
Any way cool illusoin!
lol i remember him, also great illusion!!! i mean i saw him in color instantly and thought it was a trick then blinked and it was black and white!!!
lol…. the fact that so many think that this is a fake or photoshopped gif shows to us that this is a really wicked cool illusion!!!
It’s amazing!!
it worked and i really said out loud: wow awesome ^^
It doesn’t work for me.. O.o
I stare at the white dot as long as I should, and it’s still a color negative… =/
My eyes are broken. =P
That’s great. I found that if I persistently stare at the white dot after the negative has reverted to black and white, it will appear to be colour for a long time. It is not until I break focus that the image loses its colour.
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lol so coool
WOWOWOWOWOW Im sorry for all those who can’t see it,or so stupid to no give the respect to such an amazing job
Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!
To all a**holes who don’t read the instructions and say this is photoshoped. PLEASE STFU you look at the dot when it turns negative, keep staring until it chages back. You will see it in COLOR. To prove its not photoshoped and there is not a colored photo there, stare somewhere else on the picture IT WILL NOT WORK!
Hey try this, its neat. Cover one eye with your hand when you’re looking at the colored image. Then when it switches to gray, look at it for a sec with the open eye, then switch to the other eye. One eye will see color, the other wont. :]