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What's Wrong with this Picture?

by Fiona Broome and the Hollow Hill staff ©2005


This photo shows part of a h-u-g-e portrait that is displayed on the second floor of the haunted downtown restaurant, the Spaghetti Warehouse at 901 Commerce Street, Houston, Texas. A few of us have been trying to analyze the picture, and cannot figure out why this portrait is so troubling. As you can see, we've tweaked the contrast and colors, and nothing clearly presents itself to us.

If you can see anything especially odd in this photo, or explain why it's giving some of our researchers nightmares, please let us know.

The ghosts at the Spaghetti Warehouse are pleasant and playful; it's not a scary place at all. However, this portrait is very odd, and we'd love to understand why it's bothering us.

If you can help us, please email us at: houston [at] hollowhill.com.

If you offer a reasonable (or especially interesting) explanation, we'll include the best on this page. Please let us know how we should acknowledge you at this site: Tell us your name (if you'd prefer to be anonymous, let us know), and if you have a website, we'll link to it.

Thank you!


how the portrait really looks



original photo, adjusted contrast

inverted colors

enhanced, reds

enhanced, blues




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