You have to be very astute to find the answer.
This photo went viral after being posted on Turkish social media a while ago. The person who posted the photo is George Steinmetz – an American photographer.
The photo has caused a stir among Turkish netizens because it is unclear what the white spot on the camel’s leg is. Some people think it is a product of photoshop, while others think the author edited it to increase interaction.
Photo by American photographer George Steinmetz.
In fact, this is a 100% camera-shot product without any editing or cropping.
According to the author of the photo, he took it in 2004 while flying on a paraglider on a journey to explore the “world’s largest sand sea” Empty Quarter from Saudi Arabia to Oman and then to Yemen.
And the answer is: The white spots are real camels. The black camel shapes are their shadows.
The reason why we easily confuse these two images at first glance is because the photo was taken from above.
George Steinmetz is a veteran American nature photographer. His work has been published in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Smithsonian, Time, The New York Times Magazine, National Geographic.
He has a passion for taking photos from above, while paragliding. Below are some of the photos that George Steinmetz updated on his Instagram page.