I followed the link, went all the way through to the Update at the end. The photographer says he in fact meant it as a joke and is apologizing for not realizing sooner that people were taking it seriously.
> On Feb 1, 2016, at 10:34 AM, P.J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 2/1/2016 7:56 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: >> http://petapixel.com/2016/01/29/nikon-awards-prize-to-badly-shopped-photo-hilarity-ensues/ >> > > The amazing thing is there are people actually making fun of the > photographer. The judges, if you can call them that, at Nikon are the ones > who deserve ridicule. I'm not sure he meant it as a joke, but it sure turned > into one. > > -- > I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve > immortality through not dying. > -- Woody Allen > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

