A social media travel influencer was slammed online by fans for editing clouds into her photos.
An observant Twitter user called out Tupi Saravia, an Instagram influencer with almost 300,000 followers from Buenos Aires, Argentina, for having “the same clouds in every photo.”
“This travel ‘influencer’ spookily has the same clouds in every photo,” Matt Navarra wrote on Twitter, adding four photos of the woman with the same background—and cloud formations—for a side-by-side comparison.
This travel ‘influencer’ spookily has the same clouds in every photo. ???????????? pic.twitter.com/uYzXhTiRJp
— Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra) August 28, 2019
The Twitter post, which quickly went viral, has garnered almost 9,000 retweets, more than 30,000 likes, and over 700 comments since being posted on Aug. 28
He added several follow-up tweets with photos featuring the same cloud formation.
And here too… pic.twitter.com/LqBdgZgeu7
— Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra) August 28, 2019
People online criticized Saravia for editing the photos, calling it “strange” and “fake.” While others found it funny and joked that even clouds were her loyal fans, following her around.
“Those clouds are loyal followers,” one person wrote.
Those clouds are loyal followers ☺️
— Alexis Coste (@LeSocialoMedia) August 28, 2019
“She’s able to influence consumers and weather patterns,” another added in the Twitter comments.
She’s able to influence consumers and weather patterns
— Josh Belzman (starman for hire) (@JoshEdits) August 28, 2019
“It’s actually the cloud’s IG account,” another joked.
It’s actually the cloud’s IG account
— Agustin Serrate (@AguSerrate) August 28, 2019
Another person on Twitter called the behavior “strange.”
To be serious for a sec, isn’t this kinda strange behaviour? It goes to prove that the digital world and the real world really are night and day. I’m becoming more and more cynical (getting old!!) towards online ‘influencers’ – I think it’s a bubble, that will eventually go pop
— Simon Murdoch ???????? (@Simon_Murdoch) August 28, 2019
Another added, “This really bums me out. There’s so many people who want what she has: a fabricated online reality.”
This really bums me out. There’s so many people who want what she has: a fabricated online reality ????
— Mark Ventura ???????? (@ItsMarkVentura) August 28, 2019
A YouTube vlogger also took to Twitter to write, “everything on Instagram is fake.”
Travel Influencer is busted for photoshopping the same clouds in her pic!!!! EVERYTHING ON INSTAGRAM IS FAKEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!! #DramaAlert pic.twitter.com/jIc619f6FT
— KEEM ???? (@KEEMSTAR) August 28, 2019
Saravia addressed the photoshopped clouds, writing in a comment on several of her Instagram posts: “Its an app called QUICKSHOT that i’ve always been opened about with my followers, actually there is a highlighted story on my feed where you can see how I edit my followers pics changing the sky,” she wrote. “No big deal, I use it for better composition in my pictures when the actual pic has a burt or overexposed sky♥️ can’t believe how far my clouds went, if you need some I can do a giveaway.”
She told Buzzfeed News that she doesn’t understand why anyone would be upset that she would photoshop a few clouds into her photos, which she said is to “help the composition of the photograph when the sky is burned or overexposed.”
“I really don’t see the big deal [here], I never lied about it,” she said,
According to the news outlet, Quickshot is an app with a feature called “Sky Control” that allows the user to control what kind goes into the sky, such as clouds.
She said that there were many different cloud formations to choose from in the app, but she “just happened to like that one,” referring to the specific formation seen in the skies in many of her photos on Instagram.
“I haven’t done anything wrong, and it was never my intention,” Saravia told Buzzfeed News in an interview published on Aug. 28. She added she has always been very open with her fans and that they were aware that she edits her photos, saying, “They were always aware about this because I never hide it. I always tell [fans] the apps I use.”
One of her highlighted stories on Instagram feature a collection of photos which show the transition from before and after the edits.
She further added that she was the first one to joke that the clouds were following her on her journeys, according to Buzzfeed News.
“Actually I’m the first one to tell the joke [that] the clouds are following me around the world,” she said, “I can’t believe how far this went.”
