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Jan 28, 2019 01:52:20   #
brucebil
 
This has been around for a while. It is a complete fake and done in photoshop. Animals just don’t work together like this and I find little to appreciate in the photo at all.



LittleRed wrote:
According to the website I found this photo some people call it photo of the year, others even say It was even considered one of the best photos of this century. Don't know if I would go that far as technically it is not spectacular as others I have seen. But the content is so INMHO, and I think a subtle lesson for all of us. I don't know if there is total truth here or an excellent set up, but who cares as it's the message it contains that is important.

From the website "A lioness and her cub were crossing the Savannah but the heat was excessive and the cub was in great difficulty walking. An elephant realized that the cub would die and carried him in his trunk to a pool of water walking beside his mother. And we call them wild/dumb animals. Isn't this a great lesson for mankind who are fighting and dying for no reason."

LittleRed (Ron)
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Jan 28, 2019 06:39:02   #
duane klipping Loc: Bristow iowa
 
brucebil wrote:
This has been around for a while. It is a complete fake and done in photoshop. Animals just don’t work together like this and I find little to appreciate in the photo at all.


Totally agree with you. It is a composite fairytale image. It is not a photo to me as it became digital art. I prefer real natural scenes and give this image no value to me. Nice rose colored glasses thoughts but not reality.

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