The Wilton Windmill images with 0-7 bit offsets
The images presented in the Wilton Windmill main article all were decoded from a bit array that began at the inner bit of the circle sector that gave the "e" of the Euler formula. The images below show the results of starting with different offsets. Clearly, the appearance of the image is very sensitive to the starting bit location when extracting pixel values.
The images with zero offset appear to be readily recognizable shapes; i.e., a bunny, a humanoid figure waving hello, and a child riding a tricycle. The other images are derived from the same bit array, but the start point is offset by 1-7 bits. Theses images are not as easily seen as representing familiar objects.
The following are instances of the Crabwood image with different offsets, as above. Here also, the zero offset version seems qualitatively different from the others. The image with an offset of 3 may be the exception. It could be interpreted as two people engaged in some activity like dancing or hand-to-hand fighting. It serves as a warning that chance may play a role in creating an interpretable image.
