Nikon under fire for awarding prize to photoshopped image

It's a bird, it's a plane... oh wait, it's photoshop

Nikon has just awarded a prize to a badly photoshopped image, and the internet is not letting them live it down.

The Singapore branch of Nikon recently held a competition on their Facebook page and, misjudging a picture, awarded Yu Wei a Nikon bag for capturing a plane perfectly framed between the side rails of a rooftop ladder.



While the monochrome picture seemingly looks okay, by adjusting a few levels on Photoshop, one can clearly decipher the box around the plane and figure out that the picture is, in fact, a fake, reported RT.

PHOTO: SHAUN HO

Photographers were outraged as well as amused at how the multinational company could miss such a big flaw in the photo and took to social media to shame Nikon.

This photographer somehow managed to Photoshop his way to a prize from none other than Nikon! Hard not to laugh!https://t.co/iwDCnBOYAi

— Photographers.com.au (@AuPhotographers) February 1, 2016

Those guys from Nikon Singapore need to learn more about Photoshop. #smh

— Jian (@jiangenovana) January 30, 2016

https://twitter.com/Dxnl95/status/693698268585299973

An Incredibly Bad Photoshop Just Won A Nikon Photography Contest https://t.co/Zw4DkGerDQ pic.twitter.com/DD44uJqBiq

— Comedy Central UK (@ComedyCentralUK) February 1, 2016

Super Proud to use Lightroom and not Photoshop and Fuji over Nikon.. #fujifilm #nikon #pho… https://t.co/2ucLVL3cJT pic.twitter.com/DoBX950qU2

— Peacock Hypnotherapy (@Peacock_Hypno) January 30, 2016

Sheesh. That's not even a moderately half-decent job

Wow.#nikon #photoshop https://t.co/LnFof4SuDS

— John Koetsier (@johnkoetsier) January 30, 2016

@rnurdoch @babypeanutbutte I THOUGHT YADDLE WAS A BAD PHOTOSHOP OF YODA WITH OBI WANS HAIR FOR LITERAL YEARS

— the italian crooner (@trepanum) February 1, 2016

Photoshop busted! Nikon should know how the picture had been photoshopped 😒😒😒 pic.twitter.com/Hc4ZdTtdtI

— 𝕏 (@capekk__) January 30, 2016

https://twitter.com/weeteck/status/693279603306029056
https://twitter.com/AudiKhalid/status/693258091945545728



Many took it as a joke and uploaded their 'badly' photoshopped images in hopes of winning the prize

Hopefully we win something from Nikon too. pic.twitter.com/zh8UWMPRo6

— Mediacorp 987 (@987fm) February 1, 2016

"Poorly Photoshop Image wins Nikon Photo Competition"https://t.co/I7r7qrYrz7
seru liat postingan komennya :D pic.twitter.com/LiA9h8ejVu

— Iksan (@Iksan_KaeLthaz) January 30, 2016

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The awarded photographer, guilty as charged, has since apologised.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BBKgxvlrROk/?taken-by=yuuuuuwei

The photographer explains that he got 'lucky' with this prize-worthy shot, and decided that the addition of a plane in the middle would make it look better.



According to BBC, After Yu Wei's social media confession, Nikon has finally taken the photo down and apologised for their mistake. They have promised a stricter photo review process in the future.

PHOTO: BBC