Which way does the lady turn?

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  1. Droopy

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  3. Droopy

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    For me she started out turning clockwise, and does that most of the time, but she's also turning anti-clockwise in between.
     
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    Frank GardenStew Founder Staff Member Administrator

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    Ok I'm confused. When the page first loaded I saw her turning clockwise but after looking at the descriptions I am definitely a left-brained person. I was able to get her to switch direction without too much hassle though.

    Very interesting Droopy thanks for sharing. I'm off to check myself into the loony bin :smt001
     
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    I guess the left side of my brain must be off on holiday, :-?
    Not only did I see her turning distinctly clockwise,
    :rolleyes: but I couldn't even fathom how to get her to change direction.
     



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    Very interesting. I have to say, she only turned clockwise for me. I can't figure out how to get her to turn counter-clockwise. Maybe I'm just closed minded. :p Fascinating, none the less!
     
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    She turned clockwise most of the time for me, but I found that if I looked at something else besides her then she would change direction.
    So do you figure that the picture is set to randomly change directions at random intervals??
     
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    Frank GardenStew Founder Staff Member Administrator

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    Nope the animation never changes, it's an optical illusion. Like the mask illusion.
     
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    Okay, I figured out how to get her spinning in the opposite direction. What a relief! :p I was actually worried that I couldn't activate the left side of my brain.
    I looked at her shadow. Her shadow on the ground makes it look like she's going counter (anti) clockwise. When I looked back up at her, wham, she was spinning counter clockwise.
    After concentrating long enough and telling myself she was spinning clockwise again, I got it to switch. Wierd!
     
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    I can see her spinning one way, blink and she is spinning the other way. When considering the descriptions of left and right brained, I fall somewhere in between. Enough about spinning, how can I meet her?
    Tom
     
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    [​IMG] URG! I've watched her and watched her shadow,
    I've looked away and looked back,
    I've squinted, and watched with one eye closed . . .

    but, still she turns clockwise . . . she's relentless!
     
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    she first was spinning clockwise, then counterclockwise then after a while clockwise again. wow what an illusion.
     
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    I only saw her moving counter-clockwise o_O Couldnt make her change direction ^^
     
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    She started spinning in an anti-clockwise direction for me but quickly changed to clockwise. Now she's turning from one to the other!! Guess both sides of my brain are still working then - despite my age. :p
     
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    Do you want her spinning in your garden? :D
     
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    This was bizarre - at first she was counter-clockwise and I was thinking "how could she change, it's obvious she's going counter..." and *zap* she was going the other way! I thought there was a trick to it at first, like they were randomly switching her or something... but I got her to change directions a couple times. Wild.
     

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