When you are standing next to 2 blocks, the shadow of your head will appear on the block above your head.
Nothing much else I can say.
On the first screenshot I'm pushing myself against the wall, on the second one I walked a bit off the wall.
Linked issues
is duplicated by 9
Attachments
Comments 13
Confirmed. Strange thing is: There is no shadow below the feet of the player. Why is there a shadow on his head?
Other nearly-two-block-high mobs like creeper, skeleton and zombie cast their shadow correctly on the ground and not two blocks higher.
Seems to be an issue with the player model.
Might be related to MC-4077.
3 more comments
Going back through the versions, it looks like the player shadow has never worked correctly. Though in Infdev it appeared on blocks one space higher than you were standing rather than two.
Confirmed in 12w50b.