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Embossed: an optical illusion

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footprint on the beach

Coming or going
Optical illusion, blink
A trick of the eye

Haiku Friday is hosted by Lou at LouCeeL

*Photo venue: Henderson Beach State Park, Destin, FL. When I photographed this single foot print in the sand, I thought it was interesting simply because it was pristine, and undisturbed. While downloading it, I noticed an odd effect. Depending on how I looked at it, the print would ‘change’ and instead of being a concave image, it would appear convex. Once I saw it as an embossed image, it was very difficult to get my eyes to adjust back to seeing it as it was. I had created an optical illusion. Can you see the image both ways? Do you see it as an ‘inny’ or ‘outie’?