Rob Eyers

This one is  a winner Diane. Lovely frame and colour.

Congratulations Click.

Well done Patrick.

I agree that there should be some distinction for Ai created works Jasenka. Photo contests would benefit from separate categories. I too am intrigued by this new tech.

Actually Steve the GENERATIVE FILL in the new BETA of Photoshop does create the woodpecker from what it knows a woodpecker looks like. That’s the whole point of this new technology. To try it for yourself you have to download the BETA version of PS2023.

Yeah it’s that big of a difference. In that we can agree sir.

Thanks for this Federico.

Actually Steve the woodpecker is completely created out of thin air by Photoshop. Only the tree trunk is mine. All I can claim about the woodpecker is that I asked Generative Fill in PS to place one where I had selected. It gave me a few different ones to chose from so I guess that decision was mine too. Those choices were not of someone else’s…[Read more]

Not sure I agree with the difference Robert. Isn’t it just different horses for different courses?

Great Crested Flycatcher

It’s a good question Robert. Kind of goes to the heart of what is a photographer and what is an artist. Can an artist be a photographer or visa versa? Are photographers artists? Is removing power lines or adjusting perspective acceptable? If any of this is OK where is the line between what is too much and what is just making it look like what was…[Read more]

I too have mixed feelings about it Patrick. Looking back there was a time I spent hours in a dark room. Then came digital which was horrible to begin with. Now we all use post processing to adjust images in some manor. Some more than others. Maybe Ai’s validity will depend on the user’s integrity to achieve a goal. It will likely be misused too.

Here’s an oldie from 2012 showing fireworks as flower arrangements.

I’m used to seeing this area in colour Beth. Very effective series in B&W.

Eastern Towhee

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