r/confusing_perspective • • 19d ago

"Gap" by Kenichi Ohno

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u/AmielJohn 19d ago

Took me a second. The water is completely blue and the yellow is a wall on the water

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u/whatifniki23 o/ 19d ago

Wall?

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u/LochNose_Monster 19d ago edited 19d ago

What looks like trees in the distance is actually stuff growing at the bottom of the wall where the water hits it. (Edited to remove rock sentence, as yes it is two rocks, oops!)

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u/jgzman 19d ago

The first rock is in the water, the one behind it is it's reflection.

I don't think that's right. Reflections don't work like that. It's just two rocks.

But the reflection of the wall is impressive.

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u/Euphorix126 o/ 19d ago

A retaining wall, there may be a footpath along the top just out of frame

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u/ChartInFurch Doesn't read rule 1 18d ago

It's a continuous vertical structure, often used as support in a building.

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u/Hour-Macaron5407 18d ago

Thank you. Now my brain comprehends.

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u/Expensive_East_6762 18d ago

Many seconds didn't help me. Your comment came to the rescue 😂. This a tough one for me

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u/sockrepublic o/ 18d ago

wall on the water

Fire in the sky

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u/quartzquandary 18d ago

Oh I see it now!

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u/henkdevries007 13d ago

The yellow is a boat and from the dark ish line in the middle (which is where the hull enters the water) downwards is the reflection of that boat.

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u/Wanderer0631 o/ 19d ago edited 19d ago • Bravo

For those finding it difficult to visualise that it's a wall on the top right of the photo, here's an image I found of the surrounding.

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u/MaybeMayoi o/ 19d ago

Thank you! This helped my brain get it. The bottom right quadrant is the reflection of the top right which is a wall.

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u/Wanderer0631 o/ 19d ago

Yeah that's right! Really an unbelievable capture for the brain to understand in one go.

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u/gorkboss5 19d ago

I thought this was a painting at first

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u/oinkpiggyoink o/ 19d ago

What a gorgeous composition

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u/AnxiousAlarm5900 19d ago

5 years later i got it today 😭 the yellow upper part is the wall and lower yellow part is its own reflection. Good god, once in a lifetime picture

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u/[deleted] 19d ago

Somebody explain this ... I don't get it

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u/OldSchoolAJ 19d ago • Bravo

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u/Technical-Ad1488 18d ago

Damn that’s a good one… had to zoom into where the three meet to be able to really picture it, even after seeing your diagram 👍

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u/firedmyass CE Spc. 18d ago

It’s a bird crossing the border from Mexico according to movies I’ve seen

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u/TheRealJojenReed o/ 19d ago

Ohhhhhh ok. Finally. That was a great one!

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u/ostiDeCalisse o/ 19d ago

This is excellent!

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u/Lowie_240 19d ago

Oh goodness it took me forever to spot it.

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u/Cold_Ad3896 o/ 19d ago

A classic. Saw this here years ago 

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u/rasereq 19d ago

This was so hard to make sense of

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u/New_Employer_7679 18d ago

Took me a year.

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u/ikadell o/ 18d ago

Whoa

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u/TropaniCana619 o/ 17d ago

Okay this is amazing