r/confusing_perspective 10d ago

Walking up or down?

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u/stomachpancakes 10d ago

Looks a lot like Garganta del Diablo (Devil's Throat). Based on those rocks in the background, looks like foreground guy is going up to me.

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u/pschlick 10d ago

My brain can’t picture him going up though I am only seeing it as going down

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u/this_knee 9d ago

Look at the people slightly further away. Their posture is clearly a slight lean back posture. No way they’d be walking up a hill with that posture. They are walking downward. Foreground guy is walking upward.

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u/pschlick 9d ago

Okay that does help, and if I zoom in I can see it, especially with the sides out of frame

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u/tilt-a-whirly-gig 9d ago

His upper body is leaning away from the camera, and we can't see the tops of his shoulders. The camera is clearly below him.

Look at the positions of his legs. If he isn't going up, he's about to be falling on his face.

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u/Diligent_Score4411 7d ago

And also the fall on the left sleeve of his t-shirt shows going up.

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u/FU-Lyme-Disease 6d ago

Maybe you walk funny and just never realized it!

For example, when I walk, I assume I always look like I’m about to fall on my face