Puzzle Description:

Herd of Plains Zebra. There are 3 overlapped whick you can see the faces (pointing left), plus the belly of the 4th is visible just below the nose of the frontmost. When I was looking at images of zebra herds, I couldn't help thinking of those Where's Waldo books that were so popular a few years back.

#1: Aldege Cholette (aldege) on Mar 19, 2011 [SPOILER]

I tried real hard to see what you're describing Kit and i almost got it but my vertigo got all screwed up and i felt like i was gonna puke,sorry i'll give it another shot later.

Thanks again Kit E.Katz.

Sorry Aldege, I should've gave a warning to step back about 10 ft from the screen to view final image, then your eyes shouldn't get too fatigued.

Here's where I found the source photo: http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/200494262-001/The-Image-Bank
When you see a bunch of zebra milling about together, it's easy for the eyes to go wacky. That is the function of the striped coats - to confuse the outline of the individual so a predator cannot "lock on" a target.

Wacky is a better description than fatigued,i'm still trying to untangle them.

i cant see anything but a jumble of b/w
sorry

New version published by hello.

I had this about a third of the way done, saved it so I could to some other things, came back to a puzzle with a bunch of red dots. Spent fifteen miunutes reapairing my earlier work to get rid of the red dots, hit save, and spent another 20 minutes undoing all the white that filled in because I "saved a puzzle for which I had saved an earlier version."

I don't know what go changed from the previous version but I think this one is pretty neat. On the other hand, republishing it sure made solving a pain in the ass.

Sorry byrdie, I had no idea that would happen. I changed about 20 squares to try to make 2 of the subjects easier to see.

Great puzzle - I can easily see two of the zebra but not the third.

Thanks, Susan. It's kind of like looking for shapes in the clouds. There are 3 faces in the pic, look for the eyes.
The 1st zebra is frontmost shown as a head and body (minus the legs), just above its whithers (sp?) is the head of the 2nd, and just above the 1st zebra's head is the head of the 3rd whose hindquarters appear just behind the 2nd one's head. And just below the 1st zebra's head is the belly of a 4th who is leaving the frame.

Beautiful puzzle, Kit. The longer I look at it, the better I am able to see them. It really did help to step back from the monitor.

I appreciate your eye for the artistic image and your ability to portray it so well.

thanks for entry, Kit

Kit, you deserve a lot of credit for successfully creating a puzzle with so many layers. :) I think the clarity could be improved by removing the 4th in the bottom left corner.

Thanks everyone, I'm glad you could enjoy this one.

Kadou, I had considered removing the 4th, then toyed with the idea of turning that one red & white instead of b&w (as a nod to Waldo); however, I spent so many hours working & reworking the pic that I just settled at the final image. I will keep it in mind if I decide to create any more pics like this one.

Awesome puzzle.

Very enjoyable. Nice flow to it.

wow

To go off on a tangent: I discovered that if I click on "peek at solution" on a puzzle with multiple versions and then alternately click on "previous version" and "next version," the image toggles between versions and it is kind of intriguing.

Whew! Glad I'm done with this one. I hurt from concentrating lol!

Great puzzle! Pretty sure I see Waldo - his eyes are R11C26&29, with his mouth below and a pompadour above. I guess he opted not to wear his hat or glasses today.

I got stuck fairly early on and used EL to turn R1C19 black, but it looks like that must not have been necessary. Tough but fun puzzle either way.

relatively easy. fun to solve.

Stepping 10 feet away from the screen made the final picture pop for me. Thanks.

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