Winning 2012 National Geographic Pro Photo Contest with Fujifilm X-Pro1 Locked

You realise that the only reason any of us know about this is because the photographer decided to share the story as a kind of cautionary tale, right? All he's done is say 'Yeah, I messed up' and explained what happened on his blog. National Geographic keep all this under wraps so it's not like there was some big controversy and he's desperately trying to defend his reputation — he's the one who opted to make this public.

Your apparent derision for him seems unnecessary considering the guy was basically just telling a 'whoops' story of bad fortune, just as much laughing at himself as sharing the story. Of course, again, you wouldn't know this because you couldn't be bothered to read the article. You come across as someone who sniffed out an opportunity to be a dick and acted accordingly.