What's the first thing you see, when you look at this image?
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What's the first thing you see, when you look at this image?
Turned columns and urns whose backgrounds seem to show two pair of human shadows.
Their necks seem impossibly thin and I took them to be Chinese-garbed as they had unusual hats and baggy trousers.
I was drawn to the lighting at the bottom initially. On second look I saw profiles of heads.
Acorn
Initially I saw two sets of two people talking. Looking again I saw the 5 columns or shapes or whatever they are.
People first, architecture second.
Bob.
I see 375x375 28kB jpeg ! Only joking Rik :) I see people first then architecture. Is there any psychology as to what you see first?
Stygg
Yeah, like everyone else, I notice the "people silohuettes" of the negative space, first, and then the architecture of the structure, second.
I'm clearly part of the awkward squad; at present 20% of the universe of discourse sees columns. Mind you, I also immediate spot typos in others' prose but never my own.
If, as I did, one looks at the bottom part first, one is attracted to the columns. If then one scans up, the switch to silhouettes kicks in.
Acorn
Do you still get the same result, if you look at this image?!
Definitely people first.
Again if you look low you get columns. Scrolling up or high, people.
Acorn
In my opinion, when we look at things that our sight can see easily (what I mean is that your eyes don't have to travel far to see the whole thing) we tend to look at the top half of that thing.
And, if there are words in the image, then I think we tend to read those first (or very quickly). Even if the words are in a foreign language.
But, I'm no psychologist, so don't take my view as any sort of authority!
But, I'd be interested in others' opinions and if there are experts around, please lets hear from you.
Interesting thoughts, Rik. In both versions of the images I saw people first. I wonder if maybe, since researchers have said we are hardwired from birth to focus on faces and we recognize these shapes even in other objects, that this attribute could contribute to seeing people in those images first....
Four chess pieces?
Negative.
now for something different... I actually saw column people in seconds then decyphered they were separate...I scan sideways and on most things can be found squinting at them...so then I went back to your image and now I see column first then people. Anything to train the eye brain has to be good for you...I'm hoping anyway))
I reckon we are all hard-wired.
Try this:
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Which is the larger table top?
Acorn
They are the same one is turned
Yeah, i first see people , nice illusion .
Acorn that is a pretty nifty illusion. They sure don't look the same size.
They look like white chess pieces to me.
saw two sets of people talking, then realized they were columns.