This Incredible Photo By Reuben Krabbe May Have Just Gotten You A Free Blowjob – Find Out Why & Hear The Inside Story

When photographer Reuben Krabbe gave a buddy permission to post this amazing photo of skier Tobin Seagel under the northern lights on the internet a few days ago no one could have expected the reaction it got. You gotta hear this story!

The internet is an amazing thing. It can bring down governments and give a voice to millions of otherwise ignored souls. For better or worse. Anyone with some experience into the world of online comments and trolling will easily attest to the fact that that power can sometimes be dangerous if not wielded carefully. Such was the case when the above photo got posted to Imgur, a photo-sharing website, and then shared on Reddit, "The frontpage of the internet", both incredible tools in their own rights but also home to millions of very bored people just itching to make their mark via snarky, and sometimes hilarious, comments in the comments section.

With over half a millions views on the first day alone, this photo clearly speaks to many people, apparently for different reasons. Check out few highlight of the online comments below and then find out what Reuben himself thinks of the whole thing!

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(ps, the photo was posted with the title "For a single photograph, my friend traveled 2000km, and camped -30c to capture an image of a skier under the Aurora Borealis." and the choice of words was as much a target of the comments as the photo!)

Krabbe and Seagel. You'd think they'd take a picture at a beach.

All that work and he only took one photo?

This is definitely photoshopped. At least a composite. There isn't enough light to freeze the skier and capture the sky.

World's Okayest Photo. Congrats, man.

For a single photograph, my friend traveled 2000km, and camped -30c, and took a photoshop class.

Did your friend travel 2000km and camped at -30C to capture an image of a skier? The title and description is very ambiguous.

I was just writing a post on how impossible this shot was without being a composite but I figured it out while I was typing it.

The Aurora Borealis? At this time of year? At this time of day? In this part of the country? Localized entirely within your kitchen?

"Hey! Sorry, lens cap was on! I'm gonna need you to come back up!"

I appreciate how hard it is to get the photo, but it looks very fake. It's not a great photo. Sorry.

i never understood saying "for a single photo". did he like limit himself to only one picture? why only take a single photograph if you travel 2000km? you should take tons of photos

And of course, the clear winner:

If this is not photoshopped I will suck each and every dudes dick in my city

This shit was too funny so I had to hit Reuben up to get his side of the story:

33MAG: When did you decide to drop this photo into the public? Don't photographers usually keep their hammers for the mags?

Reuben: The photo is actually about a year old. It was the center piece of a story in SBC Skier mag in Sept 2013 and ran as a DPS, then it is in print in Ski magazine right now, and the whole story is also in 4Skiers italy. I released it since it wasn't going to run again this year, and has huge value to be out in the world rather than sitting on a hard drive.

How did it end up on Imgur, was that intentional?

My friend from Calgary posted it, with permission. I was sorta hoping for it to get spread around a bit, I wasn't expecting it to have half a million views in less than 24 hours. 

At what point did you realize it was blowing up as hard as it has been?

I received a text from a friend saying 'dude, you're on the top of reddit right now'. I was standing on top of a mountain, and the rest of the world was sitting on toilets and office chairs looking at it. Very strange feeling

All this attention, a photo that was years in the making gets seen by millions, and you get paid zip for the added eyeballs. You cool with this or is it a bit of a kick in the ass?

I've been paid for the photo from previous publishing, at this point I'm more interested in sharing something with people, rather than getting more little publishing here and there. Obviously photography is my job so I seek payment, however I don't simply shoot for paycheques. I shoot to create things that people can enjoy.

Also, the photo likely reached people who would never be paying to see ski content, which is cool to create something that transcends the echo chamber of sports

Any big plans to use the momentum to your advantage now that your the most famous photographer on the internets?

Hmm, not really sure how reddit views would translate to a big advantage other than the way that it exposes your work to a ton of people. I don't think yesterday was a world changing moment for me, it's simply another moment when people see a photograph and associate it with a photographer.

What about the comments … They're frickin' hilarious. What are your thoughts on that?

Love em, a couple could be pretty offensive if you didn't realize the people hating are doing so simply to say things and make noise. I love how many people appreciated the photo, the discussions it created, and hopefully a couple smiles.

But it's not real, is it? 😉

Blue pill, red pill, or green pill?

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