© Terje Hellesö

Swedish Nature Photographer of the Year, Terje Hellesö, on a radio debate accusing him of doctoring a number of his images, particularly the one featured above:

“No no no, of course not. Not under any circumstances,” he said.

Four days later:

Not all the pictures are manipulated, just a few of the lynx pictures.”

A week after that:

The jury believes that there are likely to have been images manipulated even before 2011, meaning that he can not retain the title,” the agency explained in a statement on Monday.