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My Fan Of… this week is cycling in the rain with my wife, Susan, & a big patch of crocuses. This is also my post for Cee’s FOTD.
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This week, some snowdrops get the Hot Mods treatment.
I started off with a very basic picture of some snowdrops & let my inner chimp’s (Godfrey) imagination run crazy; this is the baseline picture.
My first idea was to have the snowdrops in an ornate frame but seeming to grow out of it.
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This is also my post for Terri’s Sunday Stills: Editing.
This time, Lensy’s getting the Hot Mods treatment.
I used this shot of the Clackmannan Bridge as my baseline shot for my first re-imagining.
My idea for this shot was to have a dragon guarding the bridge.
I wasn’t specific enough in the prompt about Lensy, so the AI removed him from the image; back to the prompt
My next shots are variations of modifications to Lensy sat on a mossy branch.
I was going for an enchanted forest setting with runic symbols/glyphs. I was happy withy the outcome for these.
Next up, Alloa Tower House gets the Hot Mod treatment.
Again, staying with the mystical/enchanted theme.
Clackmannan Tower gets a similar treatment.
For these, I was trying for a fusion of old & futuristic. I designed the prompt so that the image inside Lensy was an old-style, mystical tower, whilst outside was a futuristic world.
The first re-imagining combined old/futuristic within the lensball, so back to the prompt. The others came out pretty well.
Prompt engineering is an evolving function; for the same prompt, you will get different outputs from different photos. The prompt needs to be tweaked constantly to fit the original photo & the desired outcome. So, join me over the next few weeks as I delve further into the world of prompt engineering & artwork manipulation.
Come back next week to see how a simple shot of some snowdrops…
…led to a tottie wee bit of an obsession & the following end result.
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It’s my birthday at the end of the week, so I’ll be taking a wee break. Fan Of… will return on the 26th of February.
This time, Lensy’s getting the Hot Mods treatment.
Probably, most of you are wondering why AI; it all comes down to the time of year. Here in Scotland, daylight hours in winter are pretty much between 0900 & 1500 & unless you get one of those bright, clear days. The weather can best be described as dreich (those grey, miserable, wet days) where the light is not so great. Don’t get me wrong, If there’s something worth photographing, I’ll happily be out in the worst of weather?
I also work in retail; this sees an increase in work hours & very little chance to get out with Snappy. The end result is that I can feel my creativity start to wane; not being able to get out with my camera certainly puts a dampener on the creative spirit — & so over to AI & Hot Mods.
For more about AI in the creative world, visit Susan’s site & in particular, the series of posts that she’s writing: Post 1 & Post 2.
This form of AI artwork allows me to use my own photography as a basis for AI prompt engineering. In all my Fan Of… posts about AI creativity, I’ll show the original image & then the various outputs from Hot Mods as I work with the AI to create new artwork.
As you’ll see from these posts, the expected output is not always what I wanted (I’ll share these as well), so I’m back to rewriting the prompt.
This is the original image I shot & used as the basis of my prompt engineering.
The first re-imagining is Lensy in an enchanted forest with a dragon that can only be seen through him.
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Finally, it’s here, more AI-assisted re-imaginings of an old steam train. This week’s Fan Of… #237 is AI-assisted artwork featuring the Bo’ness Steam Locomotive. This old steam locomotive runs a short tourist route out of Bo’ness Station to Kinneil on the southern shores of the Firth of Forth. Bo’ness Station is also home to the Museum of Scottish Railways.
Probably, most of you are wondering why AI; it all comes down to the time of year. Here in Scotland, daylight hours in winter are pretty much between 0900 & 1500 & unless you get one of those bright, clear days. The weather can best be described as dreich (those grey, miserable, wet days) where the light is not so great. Don’t get me wrong, If there’s something worth photographing, I’ll happily be out in the worst of weather?
I also work in retail; this sees an increase in work hours & very little chance to get out with Snappy. The end result is that I can feel my creativity start to wane; not being able to get out with my camera certainly puts a dampener on the creative spirit — & so over to AI & Hot Mods.
For more about AI in the creative world, visit Susan’s site & in particular, the series of posts that she’s writing: Post 1 & Post 2.
This form of AI artwork allows me to use my own photography as a basis for AI prompt engineering. In all my Fan Of… posts about AI creativity, I’ll show the original image & then the various outputs from Hot Mods as I work with the AI to create new artwork.
As you’ll see from these posts, the expected output is not always what I wanted (I’ll share these as well), so I’m back to rewriting the prompt.
This is the original image I shot & used as the basis of my prompt engineering.
Hi All 👋 Feel free to join this weekly challenge whenever you think, “I’m a fan of…” (see below for how-to).
Finally, it’s here, more AI-assisted re-imaginings of an old steam train. This week’s Fan Of… #236 is AI-assisted artwork featuring the Bo’ness Steam Locomotive. This old steam locomotive runs a short tourist route out of Bo’ness Station to Kinneil on the southern shores of the Firth of Forth. Bo’ness Station is also home to the Museum of Scottish Railways.
Probably, most of you are wondering why AI; it all comes down to the time of year. Here in Scotland, daylight hours in winter are pretty much between 0900 & 1500 & unless you get one of those bright, clear days. The weather can best be described as dreich (those grey, miserable, wet days) where the light is not so great. Don’t get me wrong, If there’s something worth photographing, I’ll happily be out in the worst of weather?
I also work in retail; this sees an increase in work hours & very little chance to get out with Snappy. The end result is that I can feel my creativity start to wane; not being able to get out with my camera certainly puts a dampener on the creative spirit — & so over to AI & Hot Mods.
For more about AI in the creative world, visit Susan’s site & in particular, the series of posts that she’s writing: Post 1 & Post 2.
This form of AI artwork allows me to use my own photography as a basis for AI prompt engineering. In all my Fan Of… posts about AI creativity, I’ll show the original image & then the various outputs from Hot Mods as I work with the AI to create new artwork.
As you’ll see from these posts, the expected output is not always what I wanted (I’ll share these as well), so I’m back to rewriting the prompt.
This is the original image I shot & used as the basis of my prompt engineering.
Hi All 👋 Feel free to join this weekly challenge whenever you think, “I’m a fan of…” (see below for how-to).
Firstly, I would like to apologise for not being able to interact with your posts this weekMy two-day, sixteen-hour work schedule unexpectedly turned into a five-day, 40+ hour marathonI hope to catch up with all your posts this week
I know this week was meant to be more re-imaginings of the Bo’ness & Kinneil Steam Locomotive, but I went a different route
This week’s Fan Of… #236 Susan’s Spies, Lies & Digital Skies Digital Art Challenge
This week’s prompt is “The Elusive Double Agent“.
My baseline picture.
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I know this week was meant to be more re-imaginings of the Bo’ness & Kinneil Steam Locomotive, but I went a different route
This week’s Fan Of… #235 is images that didn’t make my post for Susan’s Spies, Lies & Digital Skies: Clandestine Meeting.
One of my thoughts was to have the clandestine meeting down at the docks; this is the original image I shot & used as the basis of my prompt engineering.
Hi All 👋 Feel free to join this weekly challenge whenever you think, “I’m a fan of…” (see below for how-to).
This week’s Fan Of… #234 is AI-assisted artwork featuring the Bo’ness Steam Locomotive. This old steam locomotive runs a short tourist route out of Bo’ness Station to Kinneil on the southern shores of the Firth of Forth. Bo’ness Station is also home to the Museum of Scottish Railways.
Probably, most of you are wondering why AI; it all comes down to the time of year. Here in Scotland, daylight hours in winter are pretty much between 0900 & 1500 & unless you get one of those bright clear days, the weather can best be described as dreich (those grey, miserable, wet days) where the light is not so great. Don’t get me wrong, If there’s something worth photographing, I’ll happily be out in the worst of weathers?
I also work in retail; this sees an increase in work hours & very little chance to get out with Snappy. End result is that I can feel my creativity start to wain; not being able to get out with my camera certainly puts a dampener on the creative spirit — & so to AI & Hot Mods.
For more about AI in the creative world, visit Susan’s site & in particular, the series of posts that she’s writing: Post 1 & Post 2.
This form of AI artwork allows me to use my own photography as a basis for AI prompt engineering. In all my Fan Of… posts about AI creativity, I’ll show the original image & then the various outputs from Hot Mods as I work with the AI to create new artwork.
As you’ll see through these posts, the expected output is not always what I wanted (I’ll share these as well), so back to re-writing the prompt.
Last week was the Glenlee; this week, I’m working on the old Steam Locomotive that runs out of Bo’ness Station.
This is the original image I shot & used for the basis of my prompt engineering.