Perspective. The item that probably most effects our lives. Everything from how we see objects and people to how they see us is all about perspective. One sees a glass half full another sees it half empty and what about the ones that see the liquid inside, the condensation on the outside and the color of the glass and where it sits?
I really was lucky to get this shot. I was driving down the road and a groundhog ran into the bushes. There were two of them but I only seen one at first. This image is a good example. I have had many people look at it and it is amazing the responses.
If you take a quick look at this image you can see it a couple of ways. If you take the time to look at the left of its head you can see its nose, one eye and one ear. Pretty simple. Now close your eyes and open them and look at the ear, the gray circle on the right side, many people including myself see two eyes, one being the gray circle and a nose and mouth coming toward the shooter.
I had a relative look at this quickly. When the image got to 300 percent they could see the groundhog was actually looking to the left of the image and not at the shooter. I told them several times but they refused to believe me until it was blown up.
It is a lot like seeing images in the clouds. Your brain takes an image and guesses as to what you think you see. Pareidolia is the name for it. In reality it may be something totally different. Just like people and objects perspective can be troublesome even in photography. In this case, it is a joy and fun to look at.
Try to get out and shoot some images like this and see how differently people react to it.
For those uniformed persons who will say it was photoshoped because they have never taken a photo before, it is not. It has been cropped and color balanced. No need to photoshop something that is just the way you want it. It was shot on a D700 in raw format with the sunset approaching.