Wait...I've seen this one before

[hollis]

I just saw this on http://icanhascheezburger.com
I think I've seen this photo (minus the cheezburger speak) before.
Isn't this from somebody here?
Part of a National Geographic contest?

[Medley]

tineye.com found 59 instances of this image, everywhere from several flickr accounts to Devinatart,com, to individual websites. My guess is that this is public domain, and has been for some time. If not.....

- Joe U.

[Grandpaw]

I believe that photo belongs to Loupey and was in National Geographic, Jeff

Hollis, you may want to remove this picture from your gallery.

[mjs1973]

I believe that photo belongs to Loupey and was in National Geographic, Jeff

Yup, that looks like Loupey's photo. It will be interesting to see if he sold or licensed it or if it simply being stolen.

[CaraRose]

That's Loupey's image. You can download it as wallpaper from nat geo's site which is where it probably where whoever captioned it got it from.

I actually PM'd him earlier because the image was credited to "unknown," so I'm doubting he was aware of it being used.

[hollis]

Yes!
Loupey, that's who I was thinking of but the name didn't pop into my head.
Congrats Loupey
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/yo...top-shots-2009

[hminx]

Saw this tonight with a different caption at the local fish and chip shop's TV

[Loupey]

Thanks for letting me know about this.

Medley - thank you for providing an image search site. I did a search using it and, interestingly, it did not come up with either my website or NatGeo

I'll continue to monitor for more copyright violations (I still retain all rights).

Saw this tonight with a different caption at the local fish and chip shop's TV

hminx - how did you see it on "TV"? As in a commercial?