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optical illusion
Nov. 18th, 2014 11:03 amAll right, this is a genuine question, that arose in comments on a post at File 770 (no link because I want you to read this first). Consider the following photo of cast members of A Clockwork Orange. (If you've seen the movie, pretend you haven't, because I don't want knowledge of the relative importance of the characters to prejudice the results.)
I don't have a paid LJ account, so I can't create a radio-button poll, so just put answers in comments. Here's the question:
If someone captions this photo identifying one of the pictured as at "far left", whom do they mean?
(1) The guy leaning forward, whose head is consequently further to the left.
(2) The guy whose head is visible over #1's shoulder, but who is seated further to the left.
(3) It could mean either one. Be more specific.
(4) The head partially visible from behind in the lower left hand corner.
Remember, the question is not how you would caption it, but your guess as to what someone else might mean in captioning it.
( Answer before you read behind the cut )
I don't have a paid LJ account, so I can't create a radio-button poll, so just put answers in comments. Here's the question:
If someone captions this photo identifying one of the pictured as at "far left", whom do they mean?
(1) The guy leaning forward, whose head is consequently further to the left.
(2) The guy whose head is visible over #1's shoulder, but who is seated further to the left.
(3) It could mean either one. Be more specific.
(4) The head partially visible from behind in the lower left hand corner.
Remember, the question is not how you would caption it, but your guess as to what someone else might mean in captioning it.
( Answer before you read behind the cut )
