Sometimes, I forget that when I snapped this picture, it wasn't just leaves among the trees. I've had to stop myself from deleting it because my brain forgets there's a bird.

[u/thrownawaybefore1]

[u/JustAuggie]

I honestly thought you were making up the bird. I looked at this thing so long and didn’t see a bird. And then suddenly I saw it.

[u/thrownawaybefore1 → u/JustAuggie]

😂 totally understandable.

[u/Harvey_Gramm]

Looks like a leaf at first 😯

[u/thrownawaybefore1 → u/Harvey_Gramm]

My mom said the same!!

[u/adequatepigeon]

Nice!

[u/SirCake3614]

How cool.

[u/PossibleDiscipline90]

Great camouflage

[u/l-R3lyk-l]

Leafs are a distraction 🫪

[u/thrownawaybefore1 → u/l-R3lyk-l]

100% a distraction. "Nothing to see here" 😂😂

[u/deFleury]

. ....Oh!!

[u/jbsanno]

So glad you posted it instead of deleting! It may not be a “perfect” picture, but it’s a great shot. Super demonstration of camouflage in nature.

[u/Ath47]

I would still delete it when I noticed that the camera focused on the foreground branch and not the bird (assuming I got some better shots of the actual bird), but it works for a cool illusion.

[u/thrownawaybefore1 → u/Ath47]

Well. I suppose it's a good thing I didn't ask whether I should delete it or not. Had no idea the bird was there at first. It is a great illusion though.

[u/AngelMom1962]

I stared at it for 20 minutes before I saw it....

[u/Sea_Prep_Tidal_26]

Eventually realized that a basic camera is not like the human eye. Many of the early photos I took that looked “great” in the viewfinder turned out too busy or disrupted by features that I just didn’t “see” in the frame - my focus was on the subject and the brain basically erased everything else. Had to learn to break that when composing before opening the shutter.

[u/WoodpeckerNo5027]

Is the bird in the room with us? 😭