RL needs your legal assistance, please . . .

**Roguish Lawyer** · 04-13-2006, 18:38

Have you ever seen one of those pictures where you look at a little part of it and think it's something, then you step back and look at the whole thing and say, whoa!, it's actually something totally different?

What are pictures like that called? I am trying to find a good one to use in a trial and am having a tough time.

Croooz · 04-13-2006, 18:42

Military manuals.

Try "Optical puzzle"

Sdiver · 04-13-2006, 18:58

S,

You mean something like this ??

Here's the site if it is.

http://www.sapdesignguild.org/resour...ackground.html

**Ambush Master** · 04-13-2006, 19:09

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Originally Posted by Sdiver

S,

You mean something like this ??

Here's the site if it is.

http://www.sapdesignguild.org/resour...ackground.html

That's it!!! Perceptual Organization

**Roguish Lawyer** · 04-13-2006, 19:17

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Originally Posted by Sdiver

S,

You mean something like this ??

Here's the site if it is.

http://www.sapdesignguild.org/resour...ackground.html

Not really. I have in mind looking at only PART of a picture and seeing one thing, then seeing something else when you look at the whole thing.

Maybe I should explain what I'm trying to accomplish. We represent the defendant in a case. The plaintiff's lawyer is going to give a presentation that will make our client look awful by focusing entirely on two terms of a complex transaction. Viewed in isolation, these terms make the deal look horribly oppressive to the plaintiffs.

In order to get the jury to stop hating our client, we need them to consider the entire transaction and understand that it is a good deal for everyone. The terms the plaintiff is focusing on are really not unfair at all if you understand the whole deal. I need to do something to get their attention early on, and I'm thinking about starting with part of a totally unrelated picture or photograph, then showing them the whole thing to make them want to hear about the whole story in our case.

Warrior-Mentor · 04-13-2006, 19:30

I think I know what you're talking about...one of the examples that comes to mind is a Power Point slide show I saw a while back.

Slide 1: Lots of skin that appears to be the cleavage of an attactive woman.

Slide 2: Zooms out and shows it is actually the armpit of Ponch from CHIPs.

Very disturbing.

Parhaps not right for your case...you want the ugly picture up from and the attractive one second.

JM

gunnerjohn · 04-13-2006, 19:39

Are you talking about mosiac of photos? This is where they use thousands of unrelated photos that become a great large picture. Or are you talking about the paintings that Rembrandt used to do?

**Roguish Lawyer** · 04-13-2006, 19:41

Not really looking for a mosaic. Could be a photo of an angry guy stabbing with a knife, then you pan out and see he's defending his baby against a wolf?

gunnerjohn · 04-13-2006, 20:01

RL.. those are called Ambiguous Illusions. This is the general term to the type. There are many sub-categories in this field. If you google the term, it will come up with more information than I can type.

Sdiver · 04-13-2006, 20:21

S,

What I could come up with is, "Visual Preception".

Give this site a go. There's some interesting things in there.

http://www.yorku.ca/eye/thejoy.htm

Hope it helps.

**Peregrino** · 04-13-2006, 20:46

RL - Try some of the paintings by Hieronymus Bosch.

http://www.artchive.com/artchive/ftptoc/bosch_ext.html

There's a lot of material there for the vivid imagination. Some of his pieces were used for religious/alegorical themes. You can isolate demons, etc. from a piece that was actually an alter decoration. HTH - Peregrino

**Roguish Lawyer** · 04-13-2006, 21:03

Thanks for the help, guys. I'll spend some more time on this tomorrow.

aricbcool · 04-13-2006, 21:03

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Originally Posted by Warrior-Mentor

I think I know what you're talking about...one of the examples that comes to mind is a Power Point slide show I saw a while back.

Slide 1: Lots of skin that appears to be the cleavage of an attactive woman.

Slide 2: Zooms out and shows it is actually the armpit of Ponch from CHIPs.

Very disturbing.

Parhaps not right for your case...you want the ugly picture up from and the attractive one second.

JM

Oh God, make it stop! I fell for that one awhile back. Oh the horror!

--Aric

Sdiver · 04-13-2006, 22:05

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Originally Posted by Roguish Lawyer

Thanks for the help, guys. I'll spend some more time on this tomorrow.

Awwww Heck....just plead insanity and throw yourself on the mercy of the court.

You might find one or two Kings fans on the jury, that feels your pain about NOT making it into the playoffs.

CoLawman · 04-13-2006, 22:18

Perhaps Optical Illusions. Here is a site with a variety of illusions.

http://mightyillusions.blogspot.com/

Good strategy, let us know what you finally use for your visual aid.