Photography cheat

[SueEllen]

The cheating has started....

https://www.theguardian.com/technolo...s-ai-generated

A photographer is refusing a prestigious award after admitting to being a “cheeky monkey” and generating the prize-winning image using artificial intelligence.
The German artist Boris Eldagsen revealed on his website that he was not accepting the prize for the creative open category, which he won at last week’s Sony world photography awards.

The winning photograph depicted two women from different generations in black and white.

[TestMangler]

I very much doubt that's the 'start' of anything. AI has been able to create accurate watercolour/acrylic paintings and 8k pictures for ages now. I know someone who makes a living selling prints of 'paintings' online and selling to stock sites.

[SueEllen]

I very much doubt that's the 'start' of anything. AI has been able to create accurate watercolour/acrylic paintings and 8k pictures for ages now. I know someone who makes a living selling prints of 'paintings' online and selling to stock sites.

Does your acquaintance submit their paintings to competitions?

[WTFH]

Some would argue that editing a photo to remove unwanted bits is cheating. Others would go further to say that enhancing a photo is cheating.
There used to be competitions on Flickr called "SOOC" - Straight Out Of Camera. You weren't allowed to straighten it or anything. It made people better photographers because it took things back to old school principles, where you recorded on film and didn't get to play round with it.

[vetran]

Some would argue that editing a photo to remove unwanted bits is cheating. Others would go further to say that enhancing a photo is cheating.
There used to be competitions on Flickr called "SOOC" - Straight Out Of Camera. You weren't allowed to straighten it or anything. It made people better photographers because it took things back to old school principles, where you recorded on film and didn't get to play round with it.

Dark rooms were always a part of photography, straightening and enlarging the image was a first basic step.

[NigelJK]

Yep and blemish removal

[ladymuck]

Dark rooms were always a part of photography, straightening and enlarging the image was a first basic step.

This is true. I did work experience centuries ago (well it feels like it!) with a photographer who had his own dark room. He taught me how to process film and create a photo print. There's some simple tricks to selectively overexposing parts of an image. He only did black and white photos, anything taken in colour was sent to a lab for processing.

[NigelJK]

Touching up was done using a fine brush and Indian ink for B+W.

[SueEllen]

This is true. I did work experience centuries ago (well it feels like it!) with a photographer who had his own dark room. He taught me how to process film and create a photo print. There's some simple tricks to selectively overexposing parts of an image. He only did black and white photos, anything taken in colour was sent to a lab for processing.

Be careful a certain poster will be along to ask you about your modelling career....

[TestMangler]

Does your acquaintance submit their paintings to competitions?

Only local ones, not national or magazine ones, but yes :-) Also, that winning pic is obviously AI, because there are certain things that AI is tulipe at. Anyone who's spent 5 mins fannying around with AI photos would spot it. Have a close look at the fingers on the younger woman's shoulders. Ai struggles with hands, among other things.