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Category: How To

  • Crystal Visions: Enchanting Lensball & Hot Mods Art Fusion

    Crystal Visions: Enchanting Lensball & Hot Mods Art Fusion

    I am currently embarking on a new creative project based on my photography, & the use of AI to generate re-imaginings of some of my shots. You can follow my progress in my Fan Of… series (my first AI post here: https://jezbraithwaite.blog/2023/12/11/from-photos-to-fantasies-exploring-ai-art-manipulation-in-my-fan-of-series/), as I tackle prompt engineering within Hot Mods, a function of ChatGPT.

    Having seen my first post, Bushboy mentioned Lensy featuring; a shot of him was my very first go at prompt engineering. The original shot is of Lensy sat on a mossy branch in a wooded glade with the low winters sun coming through a break in the trees. As this was my first prompt, it is at it’s most basic & I simply told the AI to make the scene mystical. Below are the original & the re-imagining.

    More lensball re-imaginings will feature in the coming weeks.

  • Bee Rescue #2

    Bee Rescue #2

    Hi All 👋

    Following on from my rescue of a weary bee with sugar water a couple of weeks ago, I came across another struggling bee in the garden a few days ago. I think this wee chappie had got a bit drookit from a recent shower & was too tired to take off. He was struggling through the grass, but every time he climbed a blade to get into the sun, it bent under his weight & landed him back where he started.

    My wife mentioned that she’d read about people handling bees when they were tired to help them out so I gave it a go. I put my finger next to him on the ground & he climbed up onto it. I thought that he would hang on there until I got him up onto a leaf or twig in the sun so he could dry out & recharge; he had different thoughts. He climbed up my finger to the back of my hand & promptly took a nap.

    Bee climbing my finger
    Taking a nap on my hand
    Taking a nap on my hand

    So, what next… My wife got some kitchen roll & smeared some honey on it to hopefully give him some energy. After a few minutes of dozing the bee woke up & started lapping away at the honey

    After another few minutes of him lapping away at the honey, I was able to entice him onto the kitchen roll & set them down in the sun. After another few minutes of drying, recharging & feeding he took off & joined his friends in the hebe hedge

  • How To Sleep With a Broken Ankle — Bed Tent

    How To Sleep With a Broken Ankle — Bed Tent

    Recently I broke my leg, just above the ankle, and hadn’t anticipated the effect on my sleep. How was I going to be able to sleep with the duvet pushing down on the foot? At first I was in what’s known as a moon boot.

    One moon boot
    One moon boot
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