Do you know about the Troxler Effect? Do you know how it influences your shot?
Swiss physician Ignaz Paul Vital Troxler discovered this effect in 1804, and he published it in his original article “Über das Verschwinden gegebener Gegenstände innerhalb unseres Gesichtskreises” or “On the disappearing of objects within our visual field” in the German journal Ophthalmologische Bibliothek.
Let’s understand how it works in practice:
⚠️ Above, you see a colorful image with a “+” symbol in the center.
⚠️ Move closer to the screen so that the image covers a significant portion of your visual field.
⚠️ Now, keep your focus steady on the “+” symbol.
⚠️ After a few seconds, the colorful image disappears.
The Troxler Effect can be explained in an analogous way to when you put on your watch. As soon as you put it on, you feel the contact of the watch case and the strap on your wrist, but throughout the day, the nervous stimulation ceases to be processed, and you “forget” that it’s there.
Of course, the science behind it is much more complex, and this is a highly condensed version for social media.
But in the end, how is this related to your shot?
