Glenda, this is for you!
I couldn’t see how to attach a photo in the comments, so here’s an entire post on the egg plate’s optical illusion.
One of the features in the In My Kitchen post this month is an egg plate. The photo shows the plate without any eggs in it which makes the indents look more like convex domes rather than concave indents.
Celia pointed out this is due to monoscopic vs. stereoscopic vision. (One vs two, as in our eyes) It is because of this we have optical illusions.
Plain egg plate, concave or convex?
Do you see indents or domes? I feel like reaching in and pushing them all down! Notice the flowers, are they indented or relief?
And this one?
Egg plate with an egg in it, now do you see indents or domes?
Deviled Eggs
Here is a link to Celia’s paper dragon that seems to follow you around the room as you move. Again it is due to mono/stereoscopic vision and the camera lens.
Fun!
Do other people have egg plates too?
Related articles
- In My Kitchen, September 2013 (spoonfeast.com)
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I can see it now! 🙂 Great fun! Thanks for the linky! x
Lol! It was Glenda’s idea!
I see domes in the first pic and indents in the second! How strange!
This is amazing! I want to push the bubbles down. And it is so good for canapes 🙂
A multi-tasking idea for the egg plate! Thanks Tandy!
If I stare at the first pic for a few moments the indents pop out but then I can’t get them to go back. Lots of fun! A whole new way to waste 5 minutes 🙂
You know whats weird still? Look at the relief on the floral decorations around the edge. They also look recessed, but not in the photo of with the egg. Go figure!
You’re right!
That is a weird optical illusion haha but I do see it now 😛
Great post!
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Glad you can see it!
Pamela, thank you so much. As everyone else has said, it is strange. I still can’t get the first photo to look like indents and I can’t get the second photo to look like domes. Are you sure you are not tricking us? 🙂
No tricks Glenda! I find it fascinating the floral edge also plays the same tricks. 🙂
Pamela, I just looked at the first photo again in there were indents, then I looked again and they were gone!!
Odd isn’t it!
No tricks Glenda! I find it fascinating the floral edge also plays the same tricks. 🙂