Can you see the head of a hearding dog Collie in this photo above?
I am more than certain how those of you that came to this article via your optical illusion widgets saw the illusion immediately! Rest of us (Festivus, the illusion for the rest of us!) will need an explanation before we see it. It all began when Joe Faircloth sent me a photo, taken in front of the local bridal-wear shop in Newtown Powys, UK. Joe asked me a simple question, whether I can see a Colli in his simple shot?
What do you see?
In the beginning I almost ditched the submission, thinking there is nothing interesting about it (you have to remember we get dozen of submissions daily – not all of them qualify), but then a simple coincidence made me see it. As most of you know, Gmail has a built-in function, which previews the thumbnail of the attached pictures and files. While I couldn’t see anything in the full-size photo Joe sent me, I saw the dog’s head perfectly when the shrinked version appeared! To picture you what happened, I made a similar thumb and added it to the right. Remember, original picture I received was 5 times bigger than the version I posted above… Can you see it now? If you still have problems, try shrinking the image – or check how it looks inside your preferred widget.
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hi v. i always im impressed with you daily illusions that fumbles and baffles the mind i do love your artistic web page keep up the good work i can’t find the god either but i have good eyes ill manage one day take care v. keep up the good work happy thanksgiving to all of the canadian amigos ciao nadia
I would call that a border collie, not the typical American collie. Much easier to spot in the thumbnail than in the full-sized image.
it took me about 2 days on the first day i had shut down my laptop and THEN i saw it on the widget because it was so tiny. today the 2nd day i try seeing it on the big version still to hard to c. bummer
I agree make it 25% and it pops right out. I also agree it looks more like a saint benard. very cool though
that was tremendously hard D:
I squinted at the smaller picture and then immediately saw the “dog”–not the collie I was thinking of and trying to see. Certainly NOT a “Lassie” collie, to be sure.
Tell people to “Look for the dog looking at you” and my guess is they’ll see it quicker.
Is the nose of the dog = the hand of the guy?? If so, then I got it finally :D
HELLO AGAIN V. I MUST BE REALLY BLIND OR I NEED STRONG GLASSES I HAVE STARED AND STARED AT THAT ILLUSION AND I AHVE NOT YET SEEN ANY DOG I HAVE STARED UNTIL MY EYES POPPED OUT OF MY SOCKETS YET I CAN’T SEE A DARN THING PLS OUTLINE THE DARN DOG SO I CAN PUT MY MIND AT REST AND MY EYES AS WELL I LOVE YOUR WEBSITE CAN U PLS OUTLINE IT THANKS MR V.
I’ve got the illusions on my vista gadgets and saw the dog before anything else.
p.s. Simple thumbnail view = move away from your monitor :)
I can see the metaphor in this photo. It’s basicially saying that marriage is for the dogs.
lol i blurred my eyes and i saw it. it creeped me out because i wasnt expecting to see anything :D
COULD SOME NICE PERSON ON MOILLUSIONS EMAIL ME shavedmoonie@hotmail.com AND PLS GIVE ME THE ANSWER TO THIS BAFFLING AND EYE TEASING OPTICAL ILLUSION THAT I MY REAL MSN LIVE MSGR EMAIL AND IT WOULD BE NICE IF YOU COULD EMAIL ME THIS “DOG” THAT EVERYONE SEES EXCPET FOR ME MAYBE I SHOULD REEXAM MY EYES BUT MY EYES FOR 37 IS PRETTY DARN GOOD ANYWAY HAVE A GOOD LONG WKND TO ALL OF THE CANADIANS WHO R CELEBRATING THANKSGIVING THIS LONG WKND CAIO GOBBLE GOBBLE
I found it, but very hard
Oh yea! Noooooooooow I see it. It was hard. If you back away from the computer, you see it.
P.S. The peoples heads are the black spots over the eyes. :-)
I think this is a UK/USA collie difference that makes it hard for people. Border collies in the UK look like this – http://www.kenyapolice.go.ke/images/BORDER_COLLIE.jpg – so it’s easy for me to spot the dog!!
Whoah Nadia…the dog is looking at you, the people are its eyes/ears, the man’s hand is its nose (I’m pretty sure). Took me a loooonnnnnggg time. There’s nothing wrong with your eyesight! Optical illusions have to do with how the mind interprets things, not how good your sight is.
the dogs eyes is the 2 persons heads, da dudes hand is da nose, da dudes body is the dogs body. it took me 30 secs to see it lol
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HAHA! Very cool =]
Woof woof! It’s a border collie! :D Sweet. I looked at this one a few times and didn’t see it until today.
these illusion are amazing but i couldn’t understand some of them!!!
by the way what a stupid name salad!!! you idiot
That was amazing! The woman’s profile was the eye. The man’s head was the spot around the eye. The hand was the nose. It’ll look like the dog is wearing a shirt if you step back 5 feet.
that was AWESOME! But Robert is much cooler. you just have to stand back, away from the computer, or phone, or WHATEVER you are using…fancy people
i finally saw it after i read the comments it is so cool but that is not at all a collie it is deffinitaly a saint bernard but still super cool
i could see it when it was small
easier to see from afar… or just take off ur glasses till your eyes burst.. saw it immediatey y cant you? clue: nose = man’s hand
are peoples hed sthe eyes and te hand the nose?
ps: if you turn it upside down there a birdie!
I moved back from the monitor and then scrolled back and forth quickly over the thumbnail. Saw it then no problem.
Lol it’s just a dog’s head without a body
If you have a lot imagination, you can even see the dog is laughing !!
Greetzzz Stefanie !