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January 22nd, 2010, 05:40
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2010/01/500x_500x_article-1237468-07ac1190000005dc-11_634x554.jpgThis beautiful photo of a wolf jumping over a fence elicited the usual rabble of "fake!" claims (http://gizmodo.com/5432771/the-ultimate-fake-internet-whining) when it won a prestigious wildlife photography competition. The photographer denies the claims, but he's just been stripped of the award.
Unusually, nobody doubts that it's a real wolf (as opposed to some sort of photo manipulation)—the controversy is that the wolf pictured may in fact be a tame wolf by the name of Ossian. The evidence: It's an exceedingly rare species, hardly ever seen in the wild; a wild wolf would be more likely to squeeze through the fence than leap over it; and, um, it looks like Ossian (I guess there are people out there who can tell wolves apart; I can barely tell that it's not my neighbor's dog). Jesus termed it "the ultimate FAKE internet whining." (http://gizmodo.com/5432771/the-ultimate-fake-internet-whining)
The judges for the Natural History Museum have decided after awarding this photo the top prize that the wolf pictured is in fact a tame specimen, which breaks the rules of the competition.
Jim Brandenburg, a judge and a wildlife photographer with 45 years experience of taking pictures of wolves, marvelled at the image of the animal, captured so clearly and apparently hunting a farmer's livestock. He declared it "a masterfully executed moment", but having studied pictures of Ossian and Rodriguez's image, he is now "99.9%" sure it is a tame wolf, according to Carwardine.
So, internet, you win this round. Sort of. [The Guardian (http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jan/20/wolf-wildlife-photographer-award-stripped), thanks to everyone who sent this in!]
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Unusually, nobody doubts that it's a real wolf (as opposed to some sort of photo manipulation)—the controversy is that the wolf pictured may in fact be a tame wolf by the name of Ossian. The evidence: It's an exceedingly rare species, hardly ever seen in the wild; a wild wolf would be more likely to squeeze through the fence than leap over it; and, um, it looks like Ossian (I guess there are people out there who can tell wolves apart; I can barely tell that it's not my neighbor's dog). Jesus termed it "the ultimate FAKE internet whining." (http://gizmodo.com/5432771/the-ultimate-fake-internet-whining)
The judges for the Natural History Museum have decided after awarding this photo the top prize that the wolf pictured is in fact a tame specimen, which breaks the rules of the competition.
Jim Brandenburg, a judge and a wildlife photographer with 45 years experience of taking pictures of wolves, marvelled at the image of the animal, captured so clearly and apparently hunting a farmer's livestock. He declared it "a masterfully executed moment", but having studied pictures of Ossian and Rodriguez's image, he is now "99.9%" sure it is a tame wolf, according to Carwardine.
So, internet, you win this round. Sort of. [The Guardian (http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jan/20/wolf-wildlife-photographer-award-stripped), thanks to everyone who sent this in!]
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