Harvey James sent me this lovely photo that he had taken of Hull Fair. It’s great because the big wheel looks like it is oriented to the right one moment and then flips to the left (it works much better if you click on the image and enlarge it)…..
Does it work for you?
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December 21, 2010 at 6:10 am |
Very week effect for me.
December 21, 2010 at 7:24 am |
I had to try hard to make it turn to the left – just managed it briefly.
December 21, 2010 at 7:33 am |
Works only if i look at the top half of the wheel only. Not very strong. Nice picture though.
December 21, 2010 at 8:00 am |
Not at all, actually. The huge braces that hold the wheel up ruin it. It feels a bit like as if it were a picture of a bicycle.
December 21, 2010 at 8:12 am |
Great effect!
December 21, 2010 at 8:33 am |
The wheel turneth not.. Whether I try hard or relax and stare, nothing.
December 21, 2010 at 11:08 am
it’s not meant to turn. The illusion is that sometimes you see the wheel from the left and sometimes you see it from the right.
December 21, 2010 at 8:46 am |
That’s beautiful. Simple yet effective.
December 21, 2010 at 9:45 am |
Clockwise, man!
December 21, 2010 at 9:59 am |
Yes I think so. Works best if you look at the big crane-like thing to the left of it
December 21, 2010 at 10:01 am |
can’t flip as i see the “feet” of the wheel …
December 27, 2010 at 10:38 pm
This is also my experience.
December 21, 2010 at 10:55 am |
It looks like it faces one way when viewing the top part of the wheel (the wrong way) due to the way the lights shine through the spokes.
It appears to be the correct way round when viewing the lower part of the wheel, using the struts as a reference.
December 21, 2010 at 12:12 pm |
If I look at it for any length of time, it turns into a very confusing figure eight, with the top half oriented right and the bottom half oriented left. Which makes me dizzy, so I stopped looking at it.
December 21, 2010 at 1:39 pm |
Cool pic. I’m thinkin clockwise???
December 21, 2010 at 3:56 pm |
Works fine for me in both picture sizes. It’s easier for me to switch it in the large view though.
December 21, 2010 at 4:10 pm |
Totally works for me. Actually, I find it hard to make it orient the right way (as indicated for the base) – if I relax at all, it flips the other way on me.
December 21, 2010 at 6:28 pm |
worked perfectly, when i look at the upper half i can switch it back and forth. judging by the colums the left(more lighted) half is in front from that perspective.
great pic!
December 21, 2010 at 7:14 pm |
Yep, it keeps flipping here! Cool one!
December 21, 2010 at 10:03 pm |
It doesn’t work for me (front always to right of back) even trying suggestions of earlier postings. But I am more a scientist than an artist, so perhaps this affliction is the problem.
Shame, because other “illusions” have worked well for me.
December 22, 2010 at 4:33 am |
This morning I looked at it and I could not see it at all. However, now I can. I wonder if it’s because I’m tired? Weird….
December 22, 2010 at 8:24 am |
works well when I move my monitor from left to right….love the picture and all the details that can be seen.