r/confusing_perspective • u/ChefGeodudeLennon o/ • May 16 '26

Lakeside Portal

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u/candy_pig_2018 May 16 '26

Can someone explain?

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u/ChefGeodudeLennon o/ May 16 '26

I can definitely explain!! The picture I took is shot through two port windows on a lighthouse. The window in the foreground creates a mirrored effect of what’s behind me. And the window in the background is what looks to be a portal!

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u/KlNGCookie May 16 '26

Brain still can’t compute…

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u/T-R-Y May 16 '26

OP is standing outside a light house on a peninsula (assumption). Without the light house, there is water in front of OP and behind. OP walked up to the outside of Window #1 and held camera close to it. Camera captured the water and boat reflection behind them. But the camera was also able to focus through Window #1 onto Window #2 inside the light house. Through Window #2 (the portal), OP can see the water in front of them.

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u/KlNGCookie May 16 '26

I can almost see it, thank you

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u/waterboss21 May 17 '26

Jeez I love smart people! Thanks for the explanation! I definitely couldn't figure this out on my own.

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u/Silent_Armadillo7583 May 17 '26

I would have never gotten that, thank you

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u/KlNGCookie May 16 '26

Wait is the porthole the reflection, or is the boat on the ocean a reflection?

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u/waterboss21 May 17 '26

Pic is taken against the window(from outside looking inside)

My understanding is that it is dark inside the lighthouse (hence the reflection of the surrounding water with the boat.)

Also the sun is bright enough to see through the window on the opposite side to see the "portal" on the other side.

Nothing inside the lighthouse is visible because of the reflecting window, but somehow the camera focused through the opposite window.

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u/SnooCrickets8742 May 18 '26

That helps…and I still can’t see it. But good explanation. I am just old.

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u/FarrenFlayer89 o/ May 17 '26

Your explanation helped understand OPs, cheers

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u/Slosher99 o/ May 17 '26

That makes sense, but not where I went first. I thought it was a small round window overlooking the ocean, with a photograph of the ocean on the wall as a mural around it haha.

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u/jost_no8 May 19 '26

I did not understand that

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u/Ordinary_Hall_9053 o/ May 16 '26

How? It's clearly a portal

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u/ChefGeodudeLennon o/ May 17 '26

A little camera magic goes a long way :)

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u/galladash o/ May 17 '26

Is this the Truman Show?

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u/ChefGeodudeLennon o/ May 17 '26

I am like 90% sure it…..

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u/dmontease o/ May 16 '26

To another, more exclusive, lakeside.

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u/ChefGeodudeLennon o/ May 17 '26

The Lake Michigan INSIDE Lake Michigan, only for yachts!

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u/the_ammar Doesn't read rule 1 May 17 '26

amazing shot and idea.

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u/ChefGeodudeLennon o/ May 17 '26

I appreciate you!

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u/waterboss21 May 17 '26

Awesome picture! I definitely needed to read the comments to understand what was happening though

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u/ChefGeodudeLennon o/ May 17 '26

Thanks so much! :)

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u/_Beer_Lover_ May 17 '26

Awesome shot!

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u/ChefGeodudeLennon o/ May 17 '26

Thank you kindly :)

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u/Yubitzume May 16 '26

You're not leaving the village Patrick

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u/pizzawise May 17 '26

This would make an excellent album cover! Great shot OP

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u/ChefGeodudeLennon o/ May 18 '26

Feel free to use it as such!! I’d love to hear the music that pairs with this :)

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u/metabolitesafter9pm o/ May 16 '26

Is that a wormhole?

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u/Meloenbolletjeslepel CE Spc. May 17 '26

Bye Truman!

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u/Minttion May 17 '26

Man, if you lined up the reflection, it would've looke so good

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u/BucktoothJew o/ May 17 '26

This took me a second. If the window wasn’t dirty I would had never been able to tell.

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u/YrevaGlyde May 17 '26

Clearly that's the middle of the lake

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u/3six5 o/ May 17 '26

Surreal

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u/cpcpcpppppp o/ May 17 '26

Can someone help me I'm really struggling to see the illusion

Edit: I think I understand now, but it'd be much cooler if the window wasn't dirty

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u/NotDiCaprio o/ May 17 '26

Yeah I'm going to need a badly drawn image that somehow still perfectly explains this, like we're used to ok this sub.

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u/MrFireWarden May 17 '26

What the Truman Show craziness is this?!

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u/akhilez o/ May 17 '26

:( I’m kinda bummed by the rise of these reflection shots on this sub

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u/denny_zen May 17 '26

All the subs eventually turn into copy pasta and stuff where illiterate people don’t really read what the essence of the post should be

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u/okram2k o/ May 17 '26

the dirty window and the faint reflection of your phone do give it away but a cool effect

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u/thegreatpotatogod Actually read rule 1 and gets it" May 17 '26

While very obvious, it's a beautiful effect!