ethos Posted October 2, 2002 Report Share Posted October 2, 2002 My wife sent me this from work: Open the link below to show to the kids (a coworker sent me the link). It sure tricked me--I had to get the image and open it up in Photoshop to verify that the grey colors were identical. http://www-bcs.mit.edu/people/adelson/checkershadow_illusion.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theist Posted October 2, 2002 Report Share Posted October 2, 2002 very strange.Maya's trickery is beyond comprehension. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jahnava Nitai Das Posted October 2, 2002 Report Share Posted October 2, 2002 I took the graphic over to Photoshop to compare the two grays, and they are no where similar. One is way, way darker than the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jahnava Nitai Das Posted October 2, 2002 Report Share Posted October 2, 2002 My guess is the original drawing or painting may be real (and thus the illusion probably exists), but the digitized version present here is not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vsdprasad Posted October 2, 2002 Report Share Posted October 2, 2002 I too felt the same thing. you can see urself by moving ur head little farther from the monitor and blurring your eyes slightly. no need of using photoshop. There is so much contrast between A and B. -Prasad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ethos Posted October 2, 2002 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2002 Jndas, Hare bol! Uh, I don't know enough about it to say myself. I couldn't even understand the examle or the webpage explanation. I'll see if my wife can explain and get back to ya in a couple hours when she returns home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jahnava Nitai Das Posted October 2, 2002 Report Share Posted October 2, 2002 Haribol! I had made a mistake. I reviewed the picture again to make sure I understood what they were saying, and I had made a mistake. I just checked it in photoshop a second time, and it is true, the colors of the squares are identical. It was hard for me to believe, but it is true. This is a pretty amazing optical illusion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ethos Posted October 2, 2002 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2002 wife response: Were you able to verify by using the eyedropper tool in Photoshop or doing a cut and paste? What I did was cut out the square in the shadow and then move it up to compare side by side with the other square. I was amazed that they were identical. I was even more amazed as I watched myself moving the cut out peice (my eyes were "adjusting" as I watched it). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adreamgodus Posted October 30, 2002 Report Share Posted October 30, 2002 Om Shanti... If interested in learning about my specifc path, please visit my heart... Tantrik_Divinity-an_Introduction/ Here is the essence of introductory Tantra in a simple format that shares the many treads of our Path's purpose: The path as the key to the final Truth, the ultimate Goal. The goal, not the method is of central focus. For indeed, Dear Hearts, we are One, One, Om... Om Shanti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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