Digital creation passed off as largest blue whale caught on camera

Digital creation passed off as largest blue whale caught on camera

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We searched on Google Images using keywords ‘blue whale bridge’ and found an Instagram post shared by a handle called ‘umutrecberart’. The Instagram user had posted the image on 26 July and


mentioned that the photo is a result of a digital manipulation using editing tool Photoshop. The caption along with the image reads: “_( NOTE: This is my own digital manipulation study. It


was created by bringing two photos together. Photoshop was used as a tool. Thanks to everyone who conveyed their best wishes to me for the artwork I have done. I hope you will be pleased


with my work. Good day to everyone)_” In a series of posts, the user further showed the original images and the one edited by the user. The user mentioned that the bridge’s photo had been


taken from ‘@chuttersnap’ We found that the image was indeed available as a stock image on the handle. _(Not convinced of a post or information you came across online and want it verified?


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