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Hidden Pictures

salmacis — Wed, 03 Nov 2004 11:34:41 -0800

Hidden pictures! In an effort to get back to that "best of the web" thing, here are some cool hidden pictures within pictures. Can you find them all without looking at the answers? (from B3ta)

By: jazon

jazon — Wed, 03 Nov 2004 11:50:26 -0800

Those were pretty easy, actually. But thanks for the distraction!

By: widdershins

widdershins — Wed, 03 Nov 2004 11:54:40 -0800

What jazon said. Good try!

By: a3matrix

a3matrix — Wed, 03 Nov 2004 11:55:10 -0800

This is not a distraction, but rather a return. Thanks salmacis Most of them were easy. The rose one had me lost for a bit, but that had more to me being conditioned to looking for faces. The dolphin had to fin smack me thru the monitor finally.

By: Krrrlson

Krrrlson — Wed, 03 Nov 2004 12:01:11 -0800

Pretty cool but wish they were harder to spot.

By: John Shaft

John Shaft — Wed, 03 Nov 2004 12:06:19 -0800

I remember dozens of similar pictures in the Cole's Funny Picture Book(s) of my youth, except they were etchings or paintings and dated from the first half of last century. It must be immeasurably easier to do these in Photoshop nowadays.

By: bob sarabia

bob sarabia — Wed, 03 Nov 2004 12:19:49 -0800

waaay too easy. the dolphin was the best one.

By: Turtles all the way down

Turtles all the way down — Wed, 03 Nov 2004 12:26:58 -0800

Easy, but that says something about our ability to perceive patterns (especially faces): try to teach a computer to pick out the faces in the rock face picture!

By: quonsar

quonsar — Wed, 03 Nov 2004 12:28:04 -0800

b3ta, as return to best of the web? i hate to tell you this, but mostly what got posted in mefi's "best of the web days" was boring and self-important web design critiques by the boring, self-important web designers who comprised 90% of the membership.

By: salmacis

salmacis — Wed, 03 Nov 2004 15:34:49 -0800

Ah yes quonsar, but back then, that really WAS the best of the web.. :-)

By: brettcar

brettcar — Wed, 03 Nov 2004 16:16:34 -0800

Easy, but reasonably fun. Once you noticed how to spot one the rest just seemed to jump out.

By: marsha56

marsha56 — Wed, 03 Nov 2004 16:25:44 -0800

Sal, thanks !! I liked these. I only found three of the five faces in the rock picture. Did anyone see anything extra in these pictures. In the first one, I can see a little girl in one of the woman's eyes, and a half-hidden little boy standing off to the side. And in the next one, there's an odd-looking teddy-bear-like figure to the left of the man with the fanny pack. And in the tiger picture, I could see a striped leg of a reclining woman, in a rather lascivious position. Or I'm hallucinating, not much sleep last night. Thanks for the distraction. I needed it.

By: mcsweetie

mcsweetie — Wed, 03 Nov 2004 16:41:21 -0800

also check out Scholastic's I Spy site. the books are a hoot too!

By: soyjoy

soyjoy — Wed, 03 Nov 2004 21:03:54 -0800

Ah. I see someone found the digital camera I lost in the woods. Why, what are you all lookin' at?

By: daHIFI

daHIFI — Thu, 04 Nov 2004 15:21:46 -0800

This is my all time favorite 'find the face in the picture' picture.