By Vurdlak on November 28, 2008, with 131 Comments
Hehe, somehow I just knew you wouldn’t be happy with my previously Hidden Manatees. Still, it’s a regular illusion, and you can’t deny it! Here and then I “have to” post these, since we have new visitors each day, and we wouldn’t want to disappoint them, would we? In the mean time, I’m posting this horse silhouette – I just can’t decide whether the horse is looking in my direction, or towards the horizon? This is the common problem with silhouette images. In a principle they all work in a same way as Spinning Girl and Spinning Man do.
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Most people here have very lame reasons for which way this horse is facing, it is facing the horizon (as this is a 360 degree circle!), but it is also facing toward the camera. Your arguements about the head & ears are wrong too, it’s ears are clearly facing forward, as to the size of the head, who said it didn’t lift it’s head sniffing the breeze for possible danger, or in possible recognition of it’s owner thereby making it’s head outline appear smaller.
Besides if any of you knew horses, they are naturally curious about us, because we feed, ride & look after them, just think about that…
It is looking directly at you or whoever is taking the pic no way its looking at the horizon. When it turned to look at the cameraman the horse must have moved its right front leg to help with the quarter turn to help hold its position and inspect whats lurking behind it. Good angle though
please open up facebook cause somepeople needs to login and chat them friends and relatives so please do something about it or we will….
Its definatly looking towards the camera look at where its ears are
Chances are it’s more interested in the photographer (and any possible danger to itself if it’s wild) than the distant horizon, so it’s almost certainly looking towards the camera.
the horse is looking to you cause you can see it from it’s ears… look at them carefully and you will understand that the inside of em is from your side.. not to the horizon
The horse is looking towards horizon since there is a break in his mane. If he was looking this way, the break in mane wont have been visible.
Beautiful picture. The horse is clearly looking toward the camera. Note the edge of the nostril, the eyelash, the ears, the lower lip.
Also, horses are animals of flight. The horse would naturally be looking toward the potential danger, which would be the camera man.
You’ve All been totally fooled ! ! ! – It’s NOT a horse at all, – I just made a collection of “Horsey” shapes out of cardboard, painted them black, and stood them in a paddock at dusk, to see if some photographer would find them worthy of a ‘click’ or two – So, That’s why it’s not looking any where, and that’s Also why Vurdlak says it’s not a horse OK ?.. Now shut up about it !
Why are u guys stupid? It isn’t a horse, it’s a Zeb-orse
It’s looking towards the camera. The shape of it’s face only works one way. The nostrils flaring and the chin would only be visible like that facing in.
PEOPLE ITS FACING THE CAMRA LOOK AT THE TAIL DURRRR.
you can tell it’s facing this way by the ears. if it was facing the other direction the left ear would look smaller
lame…
Why didn’t you ask me, you fools?!
You all make me laugh. as someone who owns a hore and is a photographer myself i will tell you that the hore is looking towards the camera. Horses can easily stand like that, for all you people know it could have been eating and heard the Photographer, looking up. you can tell by the dip in the neck, which is only there because the head is blocking the pole. the Near side hind leg looks like its hidden by the tail because of the thickness of the tail. Trust the person whose worked with horses for 13 years and is studying Photography as an National Diploma.
horses are like humans,they can understand but only that they cannot take controll over themselves.Some horses you tell them to do something and they respond to it,eg. tell a horse to move,stop,jump etc.
Its looking to the horizen look closely and u will c that it is !
It could be either. That’s what’s so interesting about silhouettes – because there is no detail, only shadow, your eye can’t tell the difference between forwards and backwards. It’s sort of like seeing concave and convex, I guess. There isn’t any detail to support your brain and how you see it, so it is merely how you TRY to see it. If you try, it can be looking towards you as well. Or the horizon. However your brain decides to see it.
Omg. How stupid are some people.I never comment on these things but I just had to on this one. To ease all confusion. Ok first of all the silouette is a horse. :( anticlimax there it did state it wasn’t.
Another thing the horse is turned away from the photographer.
As an experienced horse woman and photographer I can quite easily distinguish the difference. At first glance it’s looking toward us. But on closer observation you can see the nearside (for non horsey people ‘left side’)front leg is behind the othe making the shoulder jut out now if it were to look at us in the same stance I would say there is something wrong with it’s shoulder. It looks very strange to be looking at us with the shoulder like that. Forget the tail. Concentrate on the chest of the horse and imagine it looking both ways. Simple.
And if still in doubt look up the colored picture :)
Sorry to ruin your fun
Okay, so there are two self proclaimed horse people/photographers here who have stated their credentials yet completely disagree with each other. Therefore, neither of you have credibility on this matter. The fact is, this isn’t about whether the horse is facing toward or away from the camera at all. Rather it is an illustration of how our minds perceive things differently and how our minds can change apparent facts based on how we fill in missing information; supported by the fact that many here so vehemently pose a seemingly plausible argument to support their own perspective.
Is this even a horse? because i have been around horses all my life and to me when you look closer it doesn’t even look like a horse, its legs are wrong and uneven, and its neck is arched to high and its neck is pointy so either its not a horse at all,or its part horse or it is a very retarted horse!
You obviously have not been around horses all your life. I have been riding for over five years and spend almost all my time at the stables. The legs appear that way because the mare is standing on a slope. They ARE even. One of her forelegs is reaching backwards. Her head is raised giving the illusion that her neck is arched (this probably indicates that she is looking at you, as she is probably attentive to the camera). Her neck is NOT pointy at all. Her ears are pricked like any healthy horse would when he or she is attentive. You can clearly see the forelock over her poll as well.
it is obviusly a horse you dimwit! its in an angle
it is a horse, but yes its legs and slope could suggest otherwise. however, i know a horse who can stand in the most weirdest position as if he should be falling over but hes completely relaxed and doesn’t even notice. This horse is standing a little crooked, that is all.
I think its facing us coz its position in pause suggests he is alert and more focused on something to worry about position. His ear shape and tips make it look like he is looking at us
ur retarded that is so a horse i have 6 horses and have been goin down with them and riding since i was 3 years old u shud listen to these other people they no wut they r tlkin bout….:)
That thing is weird..
The horses near side (left hand side) is erect so it is facing towards the camera
oh and my comment is coming from 19 years with horses
you idiots, the point is, in silhouette the horses L and R sides are unidentifiable so you cannot say if the horse is leaning on its R fore foot or L.
this is coming from 32 years of not being an idiot.
and this IS a horse, omg are you just trolling?
Jade has spoken. lol
the thing it it is a horse its just facing the camera, its standing on a slope and its tail is over its back leg.
and this is coming from someone who has never ridden a horse, im allergic so yea dont be stupid.
it’s looking at the horizon… away from the camera….
i first thought it was looking at the camera.
But if you think about it in art terms of perspective and size the head seems smaller in comparison (a little bit) compared with the neck and the rest of the body. The only reason unless it has a small head of course would be if it was a little farther away like a half foot to a foot away. but that’s just my thought and i could be wrong but the way the neck leads up it would be unnatural for the head to be that small if it was facing the camera.
but whatever i have more important stuff to do than debate about which way a horse is looking like study for my physics exam… i should probably do that,
thanks moillusions i will let you know how that goes…
just like MLB logo!
its show right handed hitter or left handed hitter.
The horse is facing towards the camera. If you look closely you can see some whiskers around the eye area.
I don’t particually like horses but I’ve seen enough of them to know that and also Holly is an idiot.
its obvs a horse…and its facin towards us, you can tell by the ears,
I love the “is it a horse” debate .. what else would it be?
Can’t we just enjoy the inherent mystery in the image and not need to “solve” it?
its looking away from the camera!!!!!!!!!! you can easily tell by the way its standing!
looking away??? if the HORSE were looking AWAY from the camera then it would look like a HEADLESS horse, you wouldn’t be able to see the perfect shape of it’s face (the eye and nostril are 2 that stand out the most)plus you can tell it’s ears are perked at attention and pointed in the direction of the photographer.
This is coming from owning horses for 45 years and photographing them 25 years.
So THERE!!!!
It looks like their is something wrong with the horse but if you pay atention to the legs it is looking to the horizon. At first glance it appears to be looking at you.
It’s looking at the camera! You can tell by the nose and eyes
Lol.I don’t know which is more fun…Trying to figure this thing out or listening to you guys reason with each other.