Is this photoshopped or just a raw picture?

http://ph.news.yahoo.com/photos/jaw-dropping-photos-from-travel-photography-awards-slideshow/winner-of-one-shot-justin-mott-usa-a-women-shares-a-dip-with-an-elephant-in-phuket-thailand-justin-photo-1387283108806.html

It looks chopped to me. The elephant appears to be standing behind the water, rather than in it. The depth of field doesn't seem right. The girl's garment seems unnaturally bright. The reflections seem too focused as they near the transition between air and water. The transition itself looks like a blur was added. The water looks far to clear for river water. And who goes swimming under water when an elephant is traipsing about?

Having said all that, I assume the judges know a heck of a lot more about photography than I do.


--twk


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chopped

chopped

It's real!

No way chopped.

Infinity pool!

could it be she is swimming in a swimming pool and in the back the elephant walking

Actually you guys might be right. I have really hard time believing that guy is riding that elephant. I mean who does that?

I think the photographer was really lucky that day.
He brought with his camera when he was going to take a bath.
He were surprised by a man sitting on an elephant. He got scared and tried to run away, but he stopped when he saw the beatiful lady swimming under water. He grabbed his cheap underwater camera and shot some images.
When he got up from the water he found out that the beatiful girl were a chopper. So the problem here isnt the photographer, the girl on the photo did the chopping, on her laptop, on the beach.....

Finally a sensible explanation!

Can it be a photo of a chopped image? Than the photo itself is real

Elephant jockeys, geez don't you ever go to the track?