Have you ever looked at a photograph and been startled because you saw something you shouldn't have? This happens a lot over the internet.
It is very common for us to take a look at images of our friends and realize that the arrangement of some elements gives another meaning to the photo.
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Depending on how creative you are, you can see things that are totally different than what they really are. Then, by the time we realize the truth of what's in the photograph, we're already bursting out laughing.
check this selection of photographs that defy logic nature of things — and our perception of what is real and what is not.
Can you understand the images at first? Or will you need a second or third look to understand what's really going on? Have a good time!
But first… Have you ever wondered why this happens?
Optical illusions are caused by the way light is captured by the retina and transmitted to our brain.
It may not seem like it, but the visual system is very limited. So our gray matter interprets some images inaccurately.
It may also happen that, in the rush and eagerness to respond quickly, we fail to pay attention to some details. Hence, we understand what should not.
Now yes! Let's go to the photos!
Can you identify what is really in the first images?
Something is wrong with this cat:
With this one too. What a big mouth!
Is that a… arm? Elastigirl, run here!
She carried her husband in her backpack for the trip. Hermione, and you?
A kitty!
It is a hunk!
Peter Pan? Have you come to take me to Neverland?
A car "tuned" like that doesn't come from the factory.
Attention: dangerous stunts!
VERY dangerous stunts!
Wandinha, run here! They're playing with Little Hand!
Latest fashion in Paris, I hear.
This here is art. No further!
Graduated in Social Communication at the Federal University of Goiás. Passionate about digital media, pop culture, technology, politics and psychoanalysis.