• NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de
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    20 hours ago

    The biggest factor IMO is something no one mentioned yet: we can only see one face of each step (either the top or the wall). If a photo is taken from the bottom, we would almost always be able to see the tops of the first few steps, which isn’t visible here. If a photo is taken from the top, the walls would pretty much never be visible (if they were, you could also see the photographer’s feet).

    Therefore, this photo is only consistent with a photo taken from the top.

    It is possible that this is an extremely long flight of stairs or that the photo was taken from a deliberately deceptive angle, but if that’s the case I have to say it was expertly done, because I am CERTAIN that we are looking from the top and the mattress is at the bottom.

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      19 hours ago

      Nah, the hanger for the banister is very common, it protudes from the wall and turns up into the bottom of the handrail, therfore we are looking from the bottom up.

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        19 hours ago

        It’s going at an angle, not up. It’s 90° from the handrail itself, which is sloped to match the incline of the stairs.

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      18 hours ago

      Exactly right. The steps sit on the risers. If you can’t see both it’s from the top.