Was winning leaping wolf photograph faked?
source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/dec/21/wolf-picture-rodriguez-wildlife-photographer
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Was this apparently spontaneous picture of a wolf jumping over a countryside gate, hailed as a triumph of patience and awarded with a £10,000 photography competiion prize, actually set up?
José Luis Rodriguez,, winner of the prestigious Veolia Environnement Wildlife photographer of the year competition, has been accused of using a tame Iberian wolf that was trained to jumped the fence.
Skeptics claim a wild wolf would have simply slipped through the gap in the fence rather than climbed over it. Evidence, apparently from rival photographers, claims the pictured animal is a wolf called Ossian who lives at a zoological park near Madrid.
José Luis Rodriguez hasn't commented but the competition's judges have confirmed they're reconvening to discuss the matter.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/dec/21/wolf-picture-rodriguez-wildli...
José Luis Rodriguez,, winner of the prestigious Veolia Environnement Wildlife photographer of the year competition, has been accused of using a tame Iberian wolf that was trained to jumped the fence.
Skeptics claim a wild wolf would have simply slipped through the gap in the fence rather than climbed over it. Evidence, apparently from rival photographers, claims the pictured animal is a wolf called Ossian who lives at a zoological park near Madrid.
José Luis Rodriguez hasn't commented but the competition's judges have confirmed they're reconvening to discuss the matter.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/dec/21/wolf-picture-rodriguez-wildli...
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Michael_Ames
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The picture is missing a wolf and a moon to be truly spectacular anyway.
- 2 years ago
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Michael_Ames
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heybruno
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Michael_Ames:
This one's more like it. Better luck next time, Mr. Rodriguez
- 2 years ago
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heybruno
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boar47
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Looks like knowing the typical scientific behavior of an animal will bring out the truth, no.
- 2 years ago
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boar47
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dlamb
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regardless, it is a nice gate he is jumping over
- 2 years ago
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dlamb
