KCNA | Snapped Shot

I am of the opinion that this photograph, released by the North Korean news agency and passed on without comment by the uncritical lunkheads at Reuters, is a complete fabrication.

Look at the difference in perspective between the light brown foreground and the dark brown background, where the cattle are. The way the background looks like a flat photograph--heck, it ends on an almost perfectly straight line. There's even a difference between the lighting in the foreground of the shot and its background.

But hey, why have a photographic-oriented blog like this if I'm the only one here that gets to speak. What do you think?

Is this photo a pile of bovine poo? Or am I the only cow patty laying around in these parts?

Sound off now, my friends.

[ Daylife Link - though it is far more obvious when zoomed in ]

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (6th R) poses for a photograph during his visit to the July 18 cattle ranch, part of the 580 military unit, at an undisclosed location in North Korea, in this undated photograph released November 20, 2009 by North Korea's official news agency KCNA. KCNA did not state the date the picture was taken. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA POLITICS MILITARY ANIMALS) NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS. QUALITY FROM SOURCE

PS: A companion shot from the same series looks equally as fishy. The green map on the right-hand side appears to be a comical paste job.

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