On the internet, believe none of which you see - and only half of what you hear!

A quick test:

Question #1)

You are viewing popular over-posted (FaceBook, etc) photographs of 2012's monster storm, Hurricane Sandy, with The Statue of Liberty in the forefront?

A) True
B) False
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Since I am blind in my left eye (and viewing Magic Eye Puzzles requires binocular instead of monocular vision), I have to use my mind's little eye(s) to views such photographs in the same manner as a person with normal vision would see these puzzles.

I center and relax myself, and I let my mind look at the picture as a whole, instead of it's parts. Then.... the image becomes amazingly clear!

This is the view from my perspective:

1) Good photo altering software is cheap these days. (Blender and GIMP are both powerful and free downloads.)

2) There are still a FEW talented folk out there.

3) HOWEVER..... In the past few decades, the scale has tipped, and we now have far more lazy, attention-seeking people than talented, harworking people.

4) I am very familiar with computer generated graphics software (Photoshop, the free GIMP, free Blender, etc) and I can use them with a certain degree of success.

It can take hours, days or weeks to achieve a successfully rendered, believable image, - depending on the degree of difficulty and the amount of work to be done.

(Remember the 'Laziness' and attention-seeking "FB like-whore" factors.....)

In the end, the clear image that my mind's eye sees is the fact that these images are movie stills. 'Instant Gratification', attention-seeking people are just too damned lazy to put forth the hours of work required to hand-render such images.

When considering the internet:

"Without first consulting several independent sources, believe none of which you see and only half of which you hear."

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For those who would like to expend their energy doing something THEMSELVES that is creative and worth-while:

Please visit my blog entry, detailing GIMP, Blender, Sketch-up, and a few more free, downloadable 2D and 3D computer graphics programs.

**ALL** of these programs have their own learning curves.  Think of it this way:  It is was 'that easy', EVERYBODY WOULD BE DOING IT.  Learning these programs is worth the work involved.  Trust me when I tell you that your brain will thank you for putting forth the effort.

For details about GIMP, Blender, Sketch-up, etc, please visit:http://mrtoadslivingoutloud.blogspot.com/2011/04/reality-is-just-figment-of-your.html

- Michael