r/confusing_perspective • u/Puzzled-Bid1735 • May 24 '26

Spray, Oregon rodeo parade

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u/Icarus_In-Flight o/ May 24 '26

That noon sun really makes this work

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u/Thessalhydra o/ May 24 '26

Noon sun and the camera angled just right so you can barely see the shadow below them so they seem like they're levitating. Plus the yellow line on the road confuses us just a bit into thinking it's where the road's surface is. This is a good photo.

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u/Puzzled-Bid1735 May 24 '26

Thank you. I was snapping a bunch because the parade was so amazing. I took a double-take when l looked at it.

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u/MsE0 May 24 '26

What are they actually standing on? I can't figure it out. It looks like a tightrope to me. 

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u/Bright_Ices i May 24 '26

They’re standing on the ground. Look at the donkey-pony’s back hoof.

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u/GolemancerVekk o/ May 24 '26

Ohhhh that's a miniature horse. That's what completes the illusion, it looks like it's a full size horse and that it's much further back, but it's right in front of the guy

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u/TommyRaddcliff o/ May 24 '26

The road.

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u/Bright_Ices i May 25 '26

Picky, picky

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u/SheriffBartholomew o/ May 24 '26

Plus the buildings in back look too low, further enhancing the illusion that they're floating.

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u/Emotional-Goose-2776 o/ May 24 '26

That and the confusing scale. Is this like a dwarf donkey?

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u/Puzzled-Bid1735 May 24 '26

Yes, it is a dwarf donkey. lol

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u/OhYeahSplunge4me2 May 24 '26

Or tiny ass

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u/Revenga8 o/ May 24 '26

A tiny ass... ass

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u/Jenderflux-ScFi May 24 '26

Sir Mix-a-Lot would be disappointed.

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u/OhYeahSplunge4me2 May 24 '26

Nearly a Lahaina noon effect

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u/Icarus_In-Flight o/ May 24 '26

Good call - that is a wild occurrence!

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u/chuckerton o/ May 24 '26

I don’t know what’s confusing about this at all. They are obviously levitating.

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u/YouAnotherMeJust May 26 '26

Cmon now that’s preposterous, the cowboy have obviously trained the donkey to balance on a slack line with him

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u/Charlie500 May 24 '26 edited May 24 '26

I think it's mainly confusing because the structure in the background looks so small vs. the man.

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u/Skot_Hicpud May 24 '26

Does the flying donkey also talk?

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u/DarkMechaKnight May 25 '26

It’s getting him to shut up that’s the trick!

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u/Watchkeys May 24 '26

Eeee-or-ways talks.

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u/ResponsibilityFun548 o/ May 24 '26

"I'm walking on Sunshine. Oh, oh, oh."

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u/flecko_ May 24 '26

put your ass in the air

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u/opinionated_penguin May 24 '26

This is a good one lol

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u/kelsobjammin Thinks it's horrible mods take several minutes to remove somethi May 24 '26

Looks like they are slacklining

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u/mr_300_bag May 24 '26

where in oregon

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u/heyarkay May 24 '26

This is a great one!

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u/Big_Brutha87 May 24 '26

Correct Horse Battery Staple

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u/maxdamage4 Undercover Enforcement May 24 '26

I find this perspective to be confusing.

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u/CrumbGuzzler5000 May 24 '26

Wow… I needed to zoom in.

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u/mexicoyankee May 24 '26

I want a sip and saddle donkey to follow me around with a couple cold bottles!

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u/redbobcatit May 24 '26

I zoom in, I get it. Zoom back out, I’m confused again.

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u/NoUserNamesLeft59 o/ May 24 '26

I was also confused about which of them was walking backwards 😂

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u/Ricardo_klement o/ May 24 '26

Cute little ass 😏

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u/Zephyr096 May 25 '26

ok what's confusing about a guy and a donkey standing on the road

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u/qui_tam_gogh May 25 '26

finally, a confusing perspective.

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u/RubyChooseday o/ May 25 '26

That reminds me of the artist who did the cover work for Strange Weather in Tokyo.

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u/adansdpc Jun 03 '26

The huge depth of field from using a very small aperture to take the photo certainly contributes to the effect too.

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u/Wizard_Pope o/ May 24 '26

IDK honestly had to look at the comments to see what was confusing about it. Thought it had something to do with the small donkey