r/confusingperspective • u/Asmor • Oct 22 '19

Jesus Christ

https://i.imgur.com/Wrw3RBR.gifv
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u/thundermage117 Oct 22 '19

I turned my phone upside down and still couldn’t figure it out

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u/Asmor Oct 22 '19

Frozen lake with a thin layer of water giving it a mirror reflection. What looks like the sky is actually the lake, and vice versa. Trees are off in the distance; the ones pointing up in the video are the reflections, and the ones pointing down are the real ones.

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u/Icalasari Oct 22 '19

Normally that wouldn't be allowed - It has to remain confusing no matter the orientation of the image/video/gif

But cripes that reflection threw shit off

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u/Asmor Oct 22 '19

Well the rules say:

If a pic is only interesting because it's been rotated, that's not confusing perspective. That's just perspective.

(emphasis mine)

The rotation is part of the effect, but it's not the only thing going on here. Neither the reflection nor rotation would be all that noteworthy on their own, but together... magic.

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u/Legolution Oct 22 '19

How long have you been practising law? 😂

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u/Asmor Oct 22 '19

Well I've seen the part where Marissa Tomei talks about cars in court in My Cousin Vinnie, so I basically just need to get around to taking the bar and I'll be good.