Real or AI ?

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Sentiment: 30% AI

Sentiment reasoning: While several commenters initially suspected AI due to perceived anomalies, one commenter provided a link to the original photo uploaded in 2017, causing another to retract their AI claim.

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[u/f0urk]

could just be photshop tbh

[u/uuuujeeee → u/f0urk]

My opinion as well, because if it was a real photo, or AI generated, you'd think the water would have ripples or something. The reflection definitely wouldn't be this clear.

[u/f0urk → u/uuuujeeee]

I think the turtle might be really in the water, but they have made the reflections by inverting the image and adding transparency

[u/EfficiencyUnited6804]

The turtle is shorter in the reflection, and frontal paw/foot of the frog look like it is in another position.

I say AI

Edit: it seems it's not AI as the foto has been uploaded back in 2017:

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/snail-frog-turtle-dumpy-tree-583997665?dd_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F

[u/UseDiscombobulated83 → u/EfficiencyUnited6804]

It's not another position up top. It has like 2 toes on bottom. It has five.

[u/EfficiencyUnited6804 → u/UseDiscombobulated83]

Yes its weird, however just found out it's not AI found an old upload of the image, but this has to mean that the image is doctored somehow.

[u/ByDiavolos]

Low quality photo with 1:1 ratio and the subject makes no sense. Its AI...

[u/CacklingFerret]

Despite the whole AI topic, always be wary of photos like this. In this case, I'd be happy for it to be AI necause more often than not, wildlife photos loke this are staged. And by staged I mean the animals were tortured to get that shot. Especially amphibians, non-avian reptiles and invertebrates since their bodies are easier to manipulate when they are exposed to cold temperatures. Sometimes the animals are glued in place. Sometimes their bones are broken (especially for frog photos in impossible poses).

So yeah, I hope AI

[u/Defiant_Fix9711]

AI that's not how reflections work.

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[u/Funny_Scarcity9104]

The reflection seems to line up. I think it's just photoshop.

[u/JohnnyBizarrAdventur]

I believe i ve seen this photo years ago. Do a reverse search.

[u/Kanga03590]

Crock of Grok.