Short journal · Original editorial · The honest caption
An invented landscape resembles a real destination.
An image can invite an interpretation without proving it. Begin with visible details, then mark any imagined story as imagined. A careful caption adds context while preserving the uncertainty outside the frame.
Describe it as an imagined illustration rather than a travel photograph.
Keep the original situation in view. A method that solves a different problem is still a detour, however attractive it looks.
Try a question
What would you notice after trying this in one small, real situation?