This cloud looks like a...

[Jeece]

I dunno if it has already been done here (a quick search led to nothing), but here's the spirit of this thread: post here pictures of something that "hide" something else, i.e. a cloud looking like a rabbit. Can be a photo of something from the nature, abstract, macro or even man-made as long as the "seen" image wasn't meant to be, well, seen. Let's say accidental illusions?

Here's mine to start the topic:
http://www.jeece.net/photo/IMG_2112.jpg
I was walking in a trail when I noticed this fallen tree. I immediatly saw a screaming bird's head in it. I walked a few more steps, and still looking at the tree's broken end, I saw the illusion disappear! It only worked from a certain angle. I backed up a little and snapped this pic.

Another very fine example for this thread would be the "Pregnant mother" shell blast, by cjm. (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=172860)

Edit: I just discovered it has a name: Pareidoloia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia). I was gathering infos on Canadian currency when I came accross the term...

Sorry if the explanation looks vague, English is my 2nd language. If you have a better way to explain it, or have any question, go ahead and suggest. I'll be happy to clarify my post and learn a little more English.

[Faolan]

Not so much accidental but partially planned, I do a lot of similar shots creating 'faces' within landscapes. This particular one has 9 faces when viewed full size.

http://www.faolan.plus.com/csd/im/the_watcher.jpg

[windshadow]

Great shots, I will have to look through my photos for hidden faces lol

Faolan, I see a dogs head but nothing else, great pic :)

[bbulldog]

This one looks like a person coming out of the water. even his shoulders are there.
Was taken by me during a water drops session.

Jeece that looks like a brontosaurus head to me :D

[basroil]

call me crazy... but looks like the fuzzy guy from gremlins to me...


http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/3516/mg54584de.jpg

[Athena]

Gizmo??

[Jeece]

Jeece that looks like a brontosaurus head to me :D

Yeah, that too. The more I look at it, the more I see it this way. My bro-in-law thought it looked like a snake.

call me crazy... but looks like the fuzzy guy from gremlins to me...


Not that farfetched. The porch would be its chin, the windows each side of the door its eyes, and the garage and right wing are the ears... By squinting my eyes, it looks like a robot-Gizmo. :)

I thought the thread wasn't going to take off, but my faith is restored now. Keep posting! :D

[Faolan]

Another from the archive, this has to be re-processed sometime as it's been oversharpened:

http://www.faolan.plus.com/csd/im/guardians.jpg

Two faces either side of the falls.

[J T]

A happy little pig profile? :lol:

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/jimthias/Sky/sunclouds-1911.jpg

[sando]

/\ I can see the piggie! I cant see anyone elses though... guess I have no imagination :(

[Athena]

The little piggie is GREAT!

[thomascanty]

I've posted this picture on the forum here a few times over the past three years. I see four faces in this picture:
http://www.ldphotography.net/Travel/PBase/20030519-22/May%2020,%202003%20-%20Valley%20of%20Fire/slides/Valley%20of%20Fire%20020.jpg

[thomascanty]

One more face, this time in a rock:
http://www.ldphotography.net/Hikes/20050602/slides/20050602%2047.jpg

[Kalapos]

This tree looks like it has a belly button!

[Jeece]

What we're looking for here is actually called Pareidoloia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia). Check out some of the links included on Wikipedia, and have a quick search on Google to get more examples. Some are pretty cool.

[Athena]

a rock I found on an island off Kota Kinabalu...
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=102085&d=1155554999

[Jeece]

That sure is a scary rock!

Next photo appears (to me) to be a flying car with a puff of smoke behind. Maybe it's a DeLorean or a Cadillac from the late 50s (with the huge fins on the quarter panels)?

http://www.jeece.net/photo/IMG_2953.jpg

Shot by my girlfriend while going down the highway (I was driving).

[Mikezoom]

Looks like the Jetson's car. ;)

Mike.

[RyanD]

Interesting thread....

One night during a storm, a lightning bolt back lit this tree and it appeared as if there was a big flying ape in the sky.

You can still see it during the daytime.

[ron chappel]

Um, o..k i can't see a thing in that one

Funny interesting thread!

[jeeperz]

I get the same effect from playing LP's backwards....:cool:

[Calindy]

I see an Angel with wings in these clouds.....

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y63/Calindy/_MG_9999.jpg

[Tim Clifton]

Can you see the right side of a Lion's face in the falls? Right eye, and half of a broad nose.

http://www.pbase.com/image/66443344.jpg

Tim
www.pbase.com/irisheyesphoto

[Mike Bell]

I posted this macro of a seed pod in the Super Macro Guessing Game thread (in Competitions) and some guys said they could see Elvis! (For a dead guy he certainly gets about!)

http://static.flickr.com/89/236819336_cdc03fd43a_o.jpg

Cat (cfpackerfan) kindly did this edit to demonstate:

[Wazza]

Here's a couple of faces/heads:

http://wazz*****scity.com/si/58.jpg

http://wazz*****scity.com/si/60.jpg

Both taken at Punakaiki, on the West Coast of the South Island, NZ.

[BradT0517]

Interesting thread....

One night during a storm, a lightning bolt back lit this tree and it appeared as if there was a big flying ape in the sky.

You can still see it during the daytime.

Either your crazy, im crazy, im blind, or you put the wrong picture

[sissi]

Ok a bit erotic to the thread :-)

This is naked girl stuck by head in the shore with legs and even belly button visible. She is shy though so firmly crossing her legs.

http://s153004283.online.de/~c7a/demo/girllegs.jpg

[Elphaba]

Caught a piggy head in the clouds, one day...

http://www.jdeth.com/files/atmospheric/flash/15.jpg

[Mikezoom]

I can see the flying ape, arms out, legs straight back and flying towards the top left corner of the pic. ;)

Mike.

[sissi]

you guys have so much fantasy

[Kalapos]

Can you see the face of a snake coming out of the falls. His mouth is open and his tounge is rolling out!

[thomascanty]

That's an eel, not a snake. ;)

[cjm]

I don't know but I think this side of a mountain used to belong to Pirates. It has a giant skull on it made from trees! :lol:

[Wildewinds]

This one doesn't need much imagination.

http://www.pbase.com/wildewinds/image/67186969.jpg

[sissi]

nice!

[jack lumber]

Very cool stuff,, heres a wooden pegasus.


http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n250/bobbiel/Image054.jpg

[cfpackerfan]

Excuse the quality, old P&S. :p But this is a wild boar, on a really bad hairday.

[Antihero47]

Here's a couple of faces/heads:

http://wazz*****scity.com/si/60.jpg

Both taken at Punakaiki, on the West Coast of the South Island, NZ.

I see a Man looking at a tiger.

[canblue]

What can you see in this ...

http://members.shaw.ca/canblue/fire.jpg

Hint: near the top in the center

Steve

[sissi]

I see Johny Torch, damn he is so hot that giving me some nasty thoughts...

[AmaTxGuy]

I won't put what I think this is. Either you get it or you don't...




This came from Carsbad NP

[realfish]

I don't know how the second one got on here...

[cfpackerfan]

ROFL!!! That is great!