Trick of the mind by etienne

Trick of the mind

This picture is not what you think it is. Only one of these two stairs is real. The other one is just the original picture rotated by 180 degrees, and I have made a seamless collage of both. And still, my brain is telling me that both stairs are real, and even that the one on the left is going “down”, while the one on the right is going “up”, which does not make any sense. Can you guess which of the two stairs is the fake upside down copy ?
For the Flash of Red Challenge, (mis)leading lines.
Wow, what a cool idea, and how well executed. Réel "tromp d'oeil". I would guess that the right one, is the right one.
February 24th, 2019  
@mona65 Hi Mona, Thanks for your comments on my last two posts. You are correct, the right one is the original.
February 25th, 2019  
I’m guessing the one on the left is the fake. Just a guess based on the fact that it looks like the black, whatever it is on the stairs, has dripped down from the top on the right hand side but dripped UP on the left hand side. No, wait, maybe it is the white stuff that has dripped down. Quite a stumper.
February 26th, 2019  
@gardencat HI Joanne, thanks for the comment. Your first guess is right : it is actually the black mossy stuff that has dripped down on the white cement. The right hand side represents the real stairs. Good reasoning !
February 28th, 2019  
Really creative. And I guessed right, yay.
March 3rd, 2019  
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