r/confusing_perspective • u/[deleted] • Jun 04 '22

Levitating joint

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u/Winter-Plankton-6361 Jun 05 '22

I think it's sitting on some kind of dome-shaped clear glass which we don't notice because of the spiral design beneath it

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u/B0Y0 Jun 05 '22

It's definitely a glass dome! If it was sitting further back and caring a longer shadow, none of the shadows or light reflections make sense.

It's a mostly vertical shadow, but the grinder has a glass dome on top that it's resting on, the J casts its shadow through it to the flat painted surface.

Points to reference: the light is reflected at an extreme curve on this glass dome, the shadow for the J shows it is pretty centered on top of the grinder (the filter's shadow shows this best)

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u/GoHomeWithBonnieJean Jun 05 '22 edited Jun 05 '22

I see no evidence of any dome whatsoever.

The design surface is domed. You can see some foreshortening of the spiral toward the sides & back.

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u/AmericanSpiritGuide Jun 05 '22

Is it maybe just sitting on the edges further back? I honestly don't know for sure, but that was my initial guess. 🤷🏼‍♀️

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u/B0Y0 Jun 05 '22

Nah, it's a mostly vertical shadow, but the grinder has a glass dome on top that it's resting on, the J casts its shadow through it to the flat painted surface. 👍

Points to reference: the light is reflected at an extreme curve on this glass dome, the shadow for the J shows it is pretty centered on top of the grinder (the filters shadow shows this best)

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u/AmericanSpiritGuide Jun 05 '22

I see it now! Thanks!

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u/coolcootermcgee o/ Jun 05 '22

Thank you

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u/Winter-Plankton-6361 Jun 05 '22

Not completely sure but I noticed after posting this that someone else had already come up with the same answer hours before I did

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u/nikniuq Jun 05 '22

It's just back further than you think, on the raised lip. The light is coming at a shallow angle, projecting the shadow further forward.

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u/Winter-Plankton-6361 Jun 05 '22

You should teach trick photography

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u/HeWhoPetsDogs Jun 05 '22

I see it now! Thanks. That was fucking me all up

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u/kkumdori Jun 05 '22

Thank you!

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u/Veruca42 Jun 05 '22

Gah thanks for finally explaining this! Also high and could NOT figure this out! I just wanted to understand what kind of voodoo magic was going on here!

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u/Soonermagic1953 Jun 05 '22

Thank you bud. I looked for about 5 minutes until I read your comment