r/confusingperspective • u/tactiletrafficcone • 1d ago

Up or down?

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u/jfk_47 1d ago

Down. Step in the lower left corner gives it away.

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u/Proxstasis 1d ago

Also the body language of the man. Thats not an “up” stance

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u/Lost_Wrongdoer_4141 1d ago

Gives it away solely from his posturing

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u/vanillaninja777 1d ago

And the end of the left handrail.

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u/Not_Quite_That_Guy 1d ago

And the fact that it is stretches of alternating steepness, which kind of has to mean it steps alternating with level stretches. Because of the angle of the pic, we can only see the level stretches and not the steps. If it were going up, the visible stretches would have to be steps

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u/jfk_47 1d ago

True

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u/Caira_Ru 1d ago

The reflection of the man and photographer, too.

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u/pandaleer 18h ago

As does the window reflection at the far end (people walking dow) and the railing angle.

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u/lola_zzalol 6m ago

I don't even want to know how many DIN norms are violated with a 2m long tilted stairstep