Here’s another from Hobbiton that I don’t think I’ve posted before. I decided to have a bit of fun with the processing on this one and give it a bit of a unique look… kinda magical in a way.
Exploring the hills along the coast towards the southern tip of the north island at sunset…
We’ve been playing a lot with AI lately. It’s quite fun to take them and apply them to my already-published images. Stu’s been cranking away with the new Stable Diffusion Video, and here’s a fun interpretation of that alien still image I took at Burning Man. I know it’s a little janky, but this is really early days. We’ll be able to take a single picture and create a little video story/vignette about it soon that flows even better.
(We used Photoshop AI to expand the left and right of the original image and extend the foreground so give it a bit more room and the right crop for the video. So, AI in there too…just to be transparent. 🙂 )
Here it is…
Just another epic view from the Routeburn track!
Here’s the next in the series, as we reached one of the higher parts of the track where we began to exit the forest.
A few years ago, I hiked the Routeburn track here on the South Island. It’s an epic trail but I didn’t release many images from that trip yet. So, let’s spend a few days fixing that. here’s a lovely stream from along the way. Nothing fancy, just lovely.
Here’s a great new interview that talks about the RIFT between artists and AI art with Android Jones and Sam Altman. Of course, I’m on Android’s wavelength… playing with AI, but still taking original photos as well. It reminds me of all the hate I got for HDR in early days.
My photo critique AI continues to evolve. Try this cool feature… upload 2 images and chat to it about which it thinks is the best with detailed feedback on why it “feels” that way… here’s a little snippet from that feature (it goes on to list further bullet points).
One of the amazing bits of accommodation on Laucala Island in Fiji.
Here’s an alternate version of a shot from last week, this time a bit wider and a bit further back. So many options with a quadcopter and each interesting in their own right.
