By Sarah Bailey
Publication Date: 2026-03-26 08:00:00
Sarah Bailey
My friend Lucy recently took a photo. Lucy rides horses and had just finished a ride when she noticed a kangaroo standing nearby next to a fox while a bird flew artfully in the sky above them. In the shot, flowers form a vibrant mauve veil and the surrounding grass is a lush green. It’s objectively a great photo and she did what most of us do these days when we take a good snap: she posted it online.
Within minutes the comments started pouring in.
AIone person wrote.
Not realagreed another.
The bird looks wrong.
Lucy and I later texted about it and agreed that it was sad that so many people were so eager to dismiss the photo as…