Wednesday, October 14, 2026

Yay or Nay

When I posted this photo last week . . . 


. . . someone suggested that it might look good in black and white.

I did try it, but I thought it looked better when I kept the orange leaves on the stone stairs.


I did keep the awning in its original colour at first,  but I thought it looked better in mono with the text coloured orange to match the leaves.

Yay or Nay?


Addendum

As an afterthought, I asked Gemini to replace the windows with ones without reflections. I think it's an improvement, but you can be the judge of that too, if you like. 

It is little jobs like this that would be a stretch to do manually and it is an example of AI being very useful in quickly doing the grunt work in photo editing, assuming that the grunt work would even be possible.



15 comments:

  1. Yes, the orange leaves really make that picture!

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  2. I love this. It's dark and spooky and makes me want to go there.

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  3. Definitely a Yay from me for both of them.

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  4. A yay for the second photo, but not the third.

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    1. Very odd, but you are not the only one.

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  5. They're all impressive, but for me it's that worm's eye view. Well done.

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  6. I love all of them but probably prefer 2nd ones. I find the reflecting windows a bit creepier.

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  7. I confess I like to use ChatGPT to change photos. I haven’t tried Gemini yet.

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  8. Colour splash works very well. I love the punchy feel!

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  9. In today's world where decent photo editors require subscriptions, AI has been a godsend and I now use it for all my photo editing. I won't shed a tear when Adobe goes bankrupt after forcing my "lifetime" license purchase to stop working in hopes I would buy a subscription.

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  10. The middle one sure is the creepy cool one and very stark! Good for a spooky photo!
    I have done AI by Deep Dream to create a background to use on my laptop for toy photography. Our photo club is having a rather interesting discussion regarding AI and photography.

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  11. I like the first best.

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  12. I like both the first and second pictures. It is amazing how the mono makes everything more ominous looking. Is there a way to keep the windows bright while removing the reflection? That contrast adds a balance to the scene somehow. Maybe even the very slightest golden glow, as if it is lit by flickering candles.

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  13. You sure like to play around with them!

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