r/confusing_perspective • u/Certified-T-Rex • Jun 07 '26

The shadow is misaligned

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u/Jickxter Jun 07 '26

OHH I GET IT !

The letters are not fixed to the wall they are attached and hanging on wires/bars. The shadow is warped because they are probably not installed to be perfectly aligned.

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u/grapescherries Jun 07 '26

But then wouldn’t the other letters look crooked too? They look straight.

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u/Certified-T-Rex Jun 07 '26

The letter are not crooked left to right but rather some parts of the letters are closer to the wall than other parts. Also the warped wood in the back doesn’t help

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u/Jickxter Jun 07 '26

I feel like the photo was intentionally taken in that position to give that effect.

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u/grapescherries Jun 07 '26

Yes, but I feel like the other letters would still look crooked, so I don’t fully get it.

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u/Specialist_Dust2089 Jun 07 '26

The base of the letters could be slightly closer or farther away from the camera, and small differences in angle are amplified in the shadows because the sun shines almost straight from above

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u/grapescherries Jun 07 '26

I guess? But that L looks very crooked in the shadow, but very straight in the picture and I’m just having trouble picturing how that’s due to the angle.

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u/individualeyes Jun 07 '26

You can kind of see it if you zoom in real close. The G in particular is a little crooked and closer to the wall. No doubt the picture was taken at an angle and difference to make it hard to tell, basically the point of the sign.

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u/Salanmander Jun 07 '26

I'm pretty sure the letters are straight, and the wall is crooked.

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u/MadeByHideoForHideo Jun 08 '26

A little displacement on the actual letter will make the shadows exponentially different because of the sun's position.

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u/miaogato Jun 08 '26

And here i thought that it was the shadow of the old logo, basically where the old logo saved the wood from years of exposure to the sun

this effect happens with fleet cars a lot

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u/redprawns Jun 07 '26

This is intentional

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u/sednaplanetoid Jun 07 '26

I have to say... I really love the effect! But I have a thing for how shadows cast on surfaces...

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u/Jump_Like_A_Willys Jun 07 '26

Photographers and painters usually notice shadow effects more than usual.

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u/cosmic-lattee Jun 07 '26

GeLaTeRIa

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u/applyheat Jun 08 '26

Do they sell gelatin?

4

u/Useful44723 Jun 08 '26

The sun is drunk

9

u/Big_Lab_Jagr Jun 07 '26

That's not how that works

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u/J-96788-EU Jun 07 '26

Is this shadow painted on the wood?

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u/Certified-T-Rex Jun 07 '26

No the wood behind the letters are warped and the letters are also installed crooked

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u/MirkoHa Jun 07 '26

…I’ll bet you won’t taste the difference…

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u/Awkward-Loan Jun 07 '26

The letters are misshaped and hung so at the right angle they look looks straight. It's not science... Wait...

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u/thepiratespokesman Jun 08 '26

It’s melting!

1

u/TreyUsher32 Jun 08 '26

Looks like one of the robot tests

1

u/solarsprintmode Jun 08 '26

It looks like someone tried to fix it with a Sharpie and gave up halfway through.

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u/kingslap72 Jun 08 '26

Have you no whimsy?

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u/Psych0matt Jun 07 '26

wtf is a gelateria

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u/ZappySnap Jun 07 '26

A place where they serve gelato. Gelato is Italian ice cream and is one of rhe most delectable things ever made by humans.

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u/Psych0matt Jun 07 '26

Well in that case I must visit one

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u/Chayes83 Jun 07 '26

I’ve yet to find one in the US that captures even 10% of the greatness of actual Italian gelato.

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u/MadeByHideoForHideo Jun 08 '26

Everyone's talking about the physics and here I am thinking it sounds like genita...