Here’s a fun set of photos that I thought about posting yesterday as a Monday mystery. They all show off what Chris called my “Vancouver Underworld”, a name I think works well:

Raven Totem Pole, Stanley Park, Vancouver

Trees in the forest, Stanley Park

Under cloudy skies, Lost Lagoon, Vancouver

Of course, the photos should more accurately be called “Vancouver Underwater”. But that gives away the secret: you see, every one of them in a reflection in water, with the photo turned upside down. I think that the photos above, though —at least at first glance — don’t give that away.  Here are different versions of those same scenes that don’t quite have the illusion perfected:

Raven Totem Pole, Stanley Park, Vancouver

Trees in the forest, Stanley Park

Under cloudy skies (uncropped), Lost Lagoon, Vancouver

Under cloudy skies through “a window”, Lost Lagoon, Vancouver

So the idea here is that I’ve taken  a photo and wind up trying to fool the observer into believing that the scene is real, and not a reflection. That is hardly a new thing for me and my photography, of course. Which is why I decided that these weren’t enough of a mystery for a Monday; but not a bad way to celebrate a Travel Tuesday.