When Watermarking Photos Gets Taken Too Far…

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Photographer James Brandon gave quite a few people a chuckle recently after sharing this picture of a supercell thunderstorm in Seymour, Texas, on his Facebook page. As you can see, he slapped his watermark quite prominently on the photo to prevent it from getting stolen by others.

Unfortunately for Brandon, the drastic measure didn’t stop his buddy (and fellow photographer) Derek Kind from “stealing the shot” by cloning out the watermark and overlaying his own:

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Ah, the wonders and horrors of sharing photos on the Internet.


Image credits: Photograph by James Brandon and used with permission

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