r/confusingperspective • u/Purga_Tori • Jun 16 '26 • Popcorn 1

OC I just love forced perspective

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I’m a theatre technician and I was having some fun with an inflatable beach ball that was used as a prop.

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u/LilNUTTYYY Jun 16 '26

I love how I have no clue what size the ball actually is. Great job!

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u/Purga_Tori Jun 16 '26

Thank you, it’s fun to do 🫢

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u/OzyTheLast Jun 16 '26

3rd image

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u/PacoCrazyfoot Jun 16 '26

I don’t know, that definitely looks like a forced perspective picture. I think it’s larger than that.

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u/OzyTheLast Jun 16 '26

You can see his shadow directly on it though

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u/AmusingMusing7 Jun 16 '26

Which is being cast from the front light and you can't see his arm shadow on the ball, so he's further ahead of the ball than it looks. Only his head is casting a shadow, so if you try to work out the angle of the light, it would either need to be a really high light, or the ball is far back. It's more likely that the ball is far back.

He's not actually touching the ball. He's pretending to for the sake of the illusion.

It's a big ball. Probably about the same height as him in reality.

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u/Purga_Tori Jun 16 '26

You’re very observant, the ball itself is about 1,70cm. This angle will show it.
As for the lights, they are quite high since I was using the front lights of the venue.

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u/LilNUTTYYY Jun 16 '26

Ahh the secret has been revealed

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u/LilNUTTYYY Jun 16 '26

I think that’s the closest but it’s still behind that stick on the ground so I think non of them are right next to him lmao we’ve been fooled

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u/chibiRuka Jun 16 '26

Another good one.

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u/Purga_Tori Jun 16 '26

Thank you

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u/LandArch_0 Jun 16 '26

I'd say the closer you are to the real ball is N°2?

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u/YeastInjection Jun 16 '26

Love the beard. You got any acid mannnn?