Looking at kelp in third person zooms in as if it were a solid block. Just watch the video(sorry for low FPS).
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There is a post on reddit under r/minecraftsuggestions that suggests this being added.
You can view this post here.
The zoom-in works as intended. This doesn't only happen with solid blocks, try tallgrass for example.