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On trick photos and optical illusions

Photographers may be tempted to propose various far-fetched and clever photographic scenarios to “game the system” with trick photos and optical illusions.

Unfortunately for would-be tricksters, with TTG there are no loopholes to exploit (see #1802).

P7 is clear: a TTG photograph cannot misrepresent the appearance of the scene, as judged by rinairs.

And P8 is equally clear: the TTG photographer cannot deceive viewers about the circumstances of the photograph, as judged by rinairs.

Trick photos and optical illusions cannot qualify as TTG unless viewers are made aware of any potentially deceptive aspects of the photograph.