Wildlife photo of the year a fake?

[TPilgrim]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8470962.stm

Jose Luis Rodriguez has been stripped of his title as wildlife photographer of the year after judges ruled that he used a model wolf to take the shot, he is denying this.

I think this is sad if he did set up the shot, I have been to the exhibition and thought it was a great shot but it seems it wasnt quite as described.

[Medley]

The winner of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year award has been disqualified after judges ruled that the featured wolf was PROBABLY a "model".

...and had concluded that it was LIKELY that the wolf featured in the image was an animal model that could be "hired for photographic purposes".

(emphasis mine)

This is the problem I have with this report. If you can't prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the shot was staged, then this smacks of favoritism and bias. And if you feel the need to put disclaimers such as this in your news release, then it's LIKELY that you're not sure enough to defend yourself in a defamation lawsuit, and you should PROBABLY give the photographer the benefit of the doubt.

Had they chosen not to give him the award because of this, that might have been another issue. But to strip him of the title? You should be sure enough that you don't have to use words like "probably" and "likely".

- Joe U.

[nicolas orillard]

here is an interview of Mark Carwardine, head of the Wildife Photographer of the Year judging panel :
http://www.photoradar.com/news/story/wi ... ls-allowed

I believe it's quite clear now...

Something else, but it is maybe just me.
I don't like this shot, neither the last year winner.
Those shots were taken with sensors, meaning the photographer wasn't here.
Where is the quality of the photographer? to put a camera at a right place?
For me it isn't wildlife photography, maybe a good lucky shot for documentary, but certainly not deserving a title like this one.

this said, have a nice day guys!

regards, Nicolas

[chrisburns]

here is an interview of Mark Carwardine, head of the Wildife Photographer of the Year judging panel :
http://www.photoradar.com/news/story/wi ... ls-allowed

I believe it's quite clear now...

Something else, but it is maybe just me.
I don't like this shot, neither the last year winner.
Those shots were taken with sensors, meaning the photographer wasn't here.
Where is the quality of the photographer? to put a camera at a right place?
For me it isn't wildlife photography, maybe a good lucky shot for documentary, but certainly not deserving a title like this one.

this said, have a nice day guys!

regards, Nicolas

totally agree..


it is just my opinion but there are far better shots of wildlife that you know for sure is wildlife that never got a look in ...

and at least the photograper was using the camera and not in bed asleep knowing that anything that passes that gate will be captured whether he's there or not.......

strange thing is as well which adds fuel to the theory he cheated was the fact that why would you set up a camera to point at the top of the gate EXPECTING something to jump over it......?

your more likely to get shots near burrows at ground level or setup in trees near birds nests etc....

[Chris Humphreys]

All this aside, I actually quite like the shot. Good composition and lighting.

[nicolas orillard]

I totally agree Chris (Humphreys).
The shot is beautiful and technically good, it is for me a great shot, just not something i can call wildlife photography.
cheers
Nick

[chrisburns]

I totally agree Chris (Humphreys).
The shot is beautiful and technically good, it is for me a great shot, just not something i can call wildlife photography.
cheers
Nick

not wanting to split hairs nicolas but in your previous post you said you didnt like the shot..

and in the next post you said it was a good shot....

I don't like this shot, neither the last year winner

then

The shot is beautiful and technically good, it is for me a great shot

..

[nicolas orillard]

english is not my mother language, so sometime it is not the most accurate word i'm using...

Again the shot as it is, knowing someone is behind the camera, is a beautiful shot.
What I dislike is the IR cell remote trigger shot.
In fact the only thing I dislike in the shot, is the photographer not being with his camera ( as well as last year snow leopard winner...)
here is a better answer I believe Chris

cheers mate,
Nicolas

[klejandara]

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[chrisssteeven]

The photo of the jumping wolf would always make a layman believe that it's real. Its only those who use to have spend 10 to 20 years in the field of Wild-life photography could make it clear to everyone that the photo is unreal. There would be more of the things that would be noted by a photographer rather than common man, the above differences are the perfect technical differences between a real and a fake image which proved to be an eye-opener for us.

[chrisburns]

The photo of the jumping wolf would always make a layman believe that it's real. Its only those who use to have spend 10 to 20 years in the field of Wild-life photography could make it clear to everyone that the photo is unreal. There would be more of the things that would be noted by a photographer rather than common man, the above differences are the perfect technical differences between a real and a fake image which proved to be an eye-opener for us.

Exactly...

Appart from the shot itself I don't know ANY wildlife photographer who would stand a camera at ground level pointing skyward over a gate EXPECTING something to jump over it...

I mean come on what are the odds......?

they are more likely to position the camera outside of burrows or in trees next to rare birds nests etc

but I guess that is what the photographer was trying to fake when he hired the tame timberwolf from the zookeeper or whatever it was....