I think this is how M.C. Escher played tennis! Imgur user cynicalnihilisticromantist submitted this photo of an optical illusion tennis match - or is it just a regular tennis match being played down under in Australia?
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Part of what makes all those kinds of illusions work is that they are drawn or photographed in such a way as to not have vanishing points.
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Are you sure this isn't just photoshopped? The shadows don't look like they match. Or maybe I am just not getting it.
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Because the image is flipped (with the exception of the players), the vanishing points of the court boundaries are wrong; ending behind the viewer instead of the horizon. That makes it look just wrong.
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