RiverNan Loc: Eastern Pa

Nikonian72 Loc: Chico CA

OOPS! Is it too late to withdraw my contest submissions?

RiverNan Loc: Eastern Pa

Seriously...the guy did a major boo boo that could end his career.

EricLPT Loc: Jonesborough TN

Serves him right, I hate cheaters!

Eric

RiverNan Loc: Eastern Pa

yup...I agree.

JimH Loc: Western South Jersey, USA

Never make fun of photographers. Last time I did, my face ended up on the cover of Field & Stream with a fish in my mouth... :)

He's not the first, won't be the last.

RiverNan Loc: Eastern Pa

very sad..thats all and interesting timing based on recent ethic discussions..
Oh And I wish that was me that took that pic of you..My goal is a cover!

rufus1 Loc: Winter Haven, Florida

This problem seems to be very common. Someone is looking for that 15 minutes of fame. Recently in the NWF contest, the people choice photo turned into a disaster, NWF is trying to down play the situation since many paid to enter contest. The voted photo appears to have come from a bot voter. Everyone needs to lookout for these scams.

Unique Expressions Loc: Wisconsin

On another interesting note, the comments at the bottom of the article are a good read. They kind of get out subject and talk about technology and what it's done to photography.

flyingcrown1 Loc: Moravian Falls

Just another argument, albeit legal, for the attributes of film!!

martywaw Loc: Fleetwood, NC

Show me the slide .... :)

Sensei

A separate category of photography, that allows creativity and manipulation of an image exists in some venues. In those circumstances something like thiswould be looked at as an artistic creation. If presented as a work of art, I wouldn't see any ethical problem. The deception in this situation was not appropriate.
There are programs that are used forensically to determine if a photo has been altered.

jeep_daddy Loc: Prescott AZ

Maybe all professional images should include pre-processed files with the Metadata in tact. Maybe this kind of proof should be provided before "awards" are granted to the recipients.

I know that in Nascar, after each race the winning car is checked by Nascar officials to make sure that the car is legal. If they find out that the car altered in any way not authorized by Nascar, the driver will go from being first to last; the crew chief will be fined thousands of dollars and be suspended for at least 3 races; and on top of that, it is publicized and they are known as cheaters.

I don't know for certain if image files can be altered and the data kept in tact. If it can, then the photographer would certainly have to be a good photographer, a good post processor and a computer programming expert. If a person is that smart, then maybe they deserve to win.

At least we know now that once someone is caught cheating, it is usually publicized on the internet. It's easy to look someone up on the net and see their record. I don't think Terje Helloso will be able to repair his reputation now that it's all over the WWW.

llindstrand Loc: Seattle Metro

We have a local well known wildlife photographer that has excellent pictures--unfortunately they are Betty the bobcat and the cougars are also tame and posed. The beautiful Bald Eagle that he has on sale is taken in a local zoo. He makes a good story about hiking out in the woods, lying in the snow and waiting for the two cougars to join together in a perfect pose on a winter's day. We did get suckered in early on and bought that one. Later as we got more involved with wildlife photographers we found out his secrets. It destroyed my faith in his stories about how hard he works to get his photos and I wouldn't buy again; but he still portrays the same story and gets many sales.

gregoryalanmccorkle Loc: Seattle, Washington

I agree with the metadata comment. I was in a photo program that required showing the original image along with the post processed image. Metadata will tell the story.