Everyone wants to believe their own eyes, but what you don’t see can often make all the difference. Photoshopping an image might be the most common way to change a picture’s narrative, but simple cropping is a low-tech alternative that can be just as effective.

This technique works because our minds always strive to understand what’s happening around us. When we only see a partial image, we instinctively try and guess what might be outside of the frame. Think that these pictures are dirty? Blame your own mind, not us!

#1 Nice To Chill By The Pool

#2 How The Media Can Manipulate Our Viewpoint

#3 This Picture Of Sutro Tower In San Francisco Makes It Look Like The Top Of A Floating Ship

#4 Who Needs Fake Boobs?

#5 Cropping Changes Everything

#6 Cropping Changes Everything

#7 When He Asks For Nudes But You Ain’t About That Life

#8 There’s Really Nothing Quite So Sweet As Tiny Little Baby Feet

#9 This Is How I Travel

#10 The Truth Of A Lovely Holiday Picture

#11 When You See It

#12 Just Taking A Photo In Front Of A Nice Building. Oh, Wait

#13 Facebook Profile Picture Vs. Reality

#14 Sending Weirdly Cropped Photos To My Brother

#15 My Baby Caught Me Sleeping

#16 What Is This?