Shark photobombs surfing photo: My question whenever a freelance photographer gets a one-in-a-million shot like this that goes viral, that never gets answered, is did the photographer...

Stevewayne23 Loc: Sacramento, CA

My question whenever a freelance photographer gets a one-in-a-million shot like this that goes viral, that never gets answered, is did the photographer make any money off it?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/11/03/surfer-shark-photobomb/

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

Perhaps, perhaps not. He may have been getting paid to shoot the event if that's what it was. Surely, he posted it somewhere. That's how it went viral.
--Bob

Stevewayne23 wrote:

My question whenever a freelance photographer gets a one-in-a-million shot like this that goes viral, that never gets answered, is did the photographer make any money off it?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/11/03/surfer-shark-photobomb/

chikid68 Loc: Tennesse USA

I don't know about the photographer but I am willing to bet that the surfer had to go change his underwear after he seen that close call.
I know that I would have had to.

Retired CPO Loc: Travel full time in an RV

Come on guys, first it's NOT a Great White Shark! I think I smell mouldy cheese! Oh, wait, I think it's a cheesy story!!

nison777 Loc: illinois u.s.a.

Thanks...
The image does not look balanced nor visually accurate...
People would rather believe what they are told to see, than observe what they are seeing...

ELNikkor

Lester Holt presented this story on last night's report. It is a genuine shot, (not manipulated). Don't know fish, but, being a top news program, I figure they'd have checked first before calling it a Great White.

Pierre1965

ELNikkor wrote:

Lester Holt presented this story on last night's report. It is a genuine shot, (not manipulated). Don't know fish, but, being a top news program, I figure they'd have checked first before calling it a Great White.

Agreed!

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Unfortunately, you can't believe pictures like that. They could be real, but they are too impressive to be taken at face value.

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

Retired CPO wrote:

Come on guys, first it's NOT a Great White Shark! I think I smell mouldy cheese! Oh, wait, I think it's a cheesy story!!

via the lens Loc: Northern California, near Yosemite NP

This shot was taken with a very long, long lens as you can see the very narrow field of vision around the surfer. Long lenses distort distance, they compress it, and the surfer was fairly far away from the shark.

RodeoMan Loc: St Joseph, Missouri

I bet that guy turned on his afterburners. Thanks for sharing.

delder Loc: Maryland

via the lens wrote:

This shot was taken with a very long, long lens as you can see the very narrow field of vision around the surfer. Long lenses distort distance, they compress it, and the surfer was fairly far away from the shark.

Great analysis to remind us of the telephoto lens tendency to telescope the view.

Retired CPO Loc: Travel full time in an RV

Pierre1965 wrote:

Agreed!

Dis-agreed! I've been a SCUBA diver since 1975. And a photographer for longer than that! I know something about sharks. It's a fake photo and it's NOT a Great White Shark!!

paulrph1 Loc: Washington, Utah

kind of reminds me of Nessy.

Retired CPO Loc: Travel full time in an RV

paulrph1 wrote:

kind of reminds me of Nessy.