christophe chellapermal Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 Hello everyone, i m working on an article and could use a small help... i remember a couple of years ago a person that had won a uw photo competition had his price revoked. I can t seem to remember exactly he had faked the image or manipulated the seahorse.. can anyone remember this incident or any incident of the sort ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShallowSeasGallery Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 (edited) Was it the same Mediterranean guy that keeps feeding fish to other fish and has a portfolio of the craziest too-good-to-be-true macro predation pictures ever? There was also a lady who admitted to (posted a how-to video and everything) illegally using scuba to harass a Florida manatee for a pic in this years oceanographic mag competition. I don't think they officially retracted it but they've scrubbed the image from their socials. I think this stuff happens all the time and the retractions are rarely made public. Edited February 20 by ShallowSeasGallery 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christophe chellapermal Posted February 21 Author Share Posted February 21 Yeah there was a seahorse pic with an ear bud. i think no award in uw has ever been revoked.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrancoisC Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Well known picture of seahorse with ear bud from Justin Hofman seems to be legit.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barmaglot Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 I dimly recall some guy who was tossing octopuses into mid-water to take shots of them swimming that caused some commotion? Don't recall any details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homodelphinius Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 You talk about that? https://oceanographicmagazine.com/opa-winner/2021-cpoy-finalist-nicholas-samaras/ No revoke but several rumors on manipulation ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Architeuthis Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 It is possible to encounter a seahorse posing in the open water with an earpad or a facemask, but the chances are extremely small. Therefore such photos will be always suspects of un-allowed manipulations (without witnesses one will never know)... From what I know, judges in competitions are instructed to reject any photo that is suspicious of such manipulations - hard to understand that such photos made it (but one has to admit that these photos are very strong in showing the impact of pollution on the sea)... Wolfgang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homodelphinius Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 9 hours ago, Architeuthis said: It is possible to encounter a seahorse posing in the open water with an earpad or a facemask, but the chances are extremely small. Therefore such photos will be always suspects of un-allowed manipulations (without witnesses one will never know)... From what I know, judges in competitions are instructed to reject any photo that is suspicious of such manipulations - hard to understand that such photos made it (but one has to admit that these photos are very strong in showing the impact of pollution on the sea)... Wolfgang In the Mediterranean Sea, to my experience, NEVER. And since i can guess the place of the image, which host a significant population, easily i can make series of such manipulated material ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davide DB Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 Where was the photo taken? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homodelphinius Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 18 hours ago, Davide DB said: Where was the photo taken? Highly propable > https://projectseahorse.org/blooming-beauty-of-stratoni/. A bizzare colony exist there, with running activities by a local club. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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