What do you see?!

[Rik]

What's the first thing you see, when you look at this image?

[Acorn]

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

[wizard509]

Initially I saw two sets of two people talking. Looking again I saw the 5 columns or shapes or whatever they are.

[iamtheblues]

People first, architecture second.
Bob.

[stygg2003]

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

[Gamerprinter]

Yeah, like everyone else, I notice the "people silohuettes" of the negative space, first, and then the architecture of the structure, second.

[Acorn]

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

[Rik]

Do you still get the same result, if you look at this image?!

[Gamerprinter]

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

I meant everyone who posted a response on the thread - not everyone in existence.

And to Rik, I still notice the silohuette first, the columns second, even in this version with the top area removed.

[Acorn]

Definitely people first.
Again if you look low you get columns. Scrolling up or high, people.

Acorn