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The first image, with the photographer holding the phone reflected in the white board.

Angle of incidence = angle of reflection. That means that the only way to see yourself in a reflective surface is by looking directly at it. Note this refers to looking at your eyes -- you can look down at a mirror to see your feet because your feet aren't where your eyes are.

You can google "mirror selfie" to see endless examples of this. Now look for one where the camera isn't pointing directly at the mirror.

From the way the white board is angled, it's clear the phone isn't facing it directly. And yet the reflection of the phone/photographer is near-center in frame. If you face a mirror and angle to the left the way the image is, your reflection won't be centered, it'll be off to the right, where your eyes can see it because you have a very wide field of view, but a phone would not.



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