That tree just sticking straight out of the ground in the upper right is one giveaway. You wouldn't see anything like that in nature.

My guesses are (but could be wrong!): Trees sticking into rocks without any signs of root formation A table that tilts up & defies rules of perspective A strange wooden walkway suggesting private property Some kind of stairs or ladder next to the table that seem to melt into the background

Excellent eyes.

This one is good so don't feel bad for being fooled. I'm looking at how the boardwalk wood goes directly into the ground. It needs the other siderail otherwise the wood would rot quickly, no one would build it that way. Yeah, plus that oddly placed table at the end. But it looks beautiful!

Where do you live that a boardwalk assumes private property? I find that a very odd assumption because where I live, there are many public parks that have boardwalks. Interesting....

We have some boardwalks here in the NL, but in wet places (e.g., Atlantic rainforest) this thing would be so impractical. It would either be way too expensive because it’s tropical hardwood (which this image seems to imitate). Would more likely be made of roughly cut pieces of thick softwood beams.

There's lots of boardwalk on the Fogo Island trails. Lions Den had lots. So so beautiful. ❤️

Yes, that’s exactly the kind of boardwalk I’ve seen in the marshy grasslands of southern NL and Belgium parks. A delight to walk on! (And quite different from this photo).

The slick on the wooden pathway. The lighting is too soft. There is no ‘life’ in the shot

Yes, those are the biggest signs And for anyone who wants to get better at detecting AI, I recommend looking out for stuf that looks off (like that table thing) or stuf that looks good but doesn't make sense (like the lack of a path or fence at the end of the walkway, despite the fence on the side)

The fact they say nothing about where, when, or how it was taken is a pretty good sign it was never taken at all.

Now that I look again it also looks like that boardwalk doesn't end, just kinda morphs into rock

The boardwalk doesn't seem to have proper supports or interactions with the surroundings. If you zoom in on where it ends up there are weird shapes that don't really make sense.