Something different this week. Members had swapped raw files with a partner, and then had processed both their own raw file and their partner’s raw file, each creating two and sometimes more final images. It was both an engaging and instructive evening!
The range of images in the raw files was considerable and included: a performer at Edinburgh Fringe; the Auld Brig at Ayr; a castle tower; dog statues; a still morning at Loch Leven; a dog portrait; a cross-country cyclist; a Mediaeval market courtyard; a robin on a bench; a vintage bride-and-groom image; and a coiled snake.
Some of the processing was along traditional lines. For example, Ian Mortimer transformed his own well-underexposed dog portrait with some verve.
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And as you probably guessed, Ian selected this image particularly because the original was so underexposed … but doesn’t it show what can be done with today’s editing software.
However, there were also some images altered by Artificial Intelligence. For example, the image of the snake was processed by its author Dale Powell to produce the superb image the image at the head of this post.
But Bill Stitt trying out the Artificial Intelligence approach easily placed the snake into a jungle scene, as you can see below. This generated quite a discussion about AI whose use is banned from any formal photo competitions. With questions around how to know whether an image has been produced by AI or not? And is it a threat to creativity? But still, what an amazing result!
