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I think it's possible - at any rate, it is for me - to interpret the sea/lake as a wall which rises vertically at the treeline, rather than as an expanse of water that continues beyond the frame of the photo along the same horizontal plane as the land.
Yes, and I got the 'wall of water' first then struggled to interpret it correctly.
The real reason is that this was taken very far away with a very long tele lens.
Everything in the image is relatively close to each other compared to the distance to the camera which makes the whole scene appear flat, or compressed as it’s usually called.
It’s a compressed perspective shot taken from a high vantage point which is why you’re not seeing the horizon, but the effect is mostly due to the perspective compression.
Source:
https://metro.co.uk/2016/07/11/this-picture-of-floating-boats-will-play-with-your-mind-5999265/amp/
I would add that the variations in boat size destroy the apparent reductions in size that assist the eye in judging distance--and indeed relative distance.