Peter Newman
November 2024 - Bird on a Bench
About the Image(s)
Equipment: Nikon D8800 converted to IR by pulling out the iR filter. 1/230 @ f5.0 ISO 200. Did the IR conversion in ACR and processed in Topaz Photo AI to remove artifacts, sharpen and clean up skin.
About: While walking in Central Park i stopped to listen to the harpist. At first, I could not understand why everybody was looking away from the harpist. Then I saw this small bird sitting on the bench. The harpist was concentrating on her music, and oblivious to the bird. Between the music and the bird scene I stopped feeling the heat.
5 comments posted
I like this photo. Bird aside, I like the juxtaposition between the harpist and the runner, if you were looking to emphasize that. Obviously you can't always chose your pic, but I might have waited longer to see if the other people on the bench left. It would make the "message" of the photo a little clearer. Nice work! Posted: 11/13/2024 07:48:11
Thanks' for your comment. Actually, this image was my establishment shot. While enjoying the harp music I was also waiting to see what would happen. I wound up deleting most of the subsequent images.
As a segway: I was playing with the left side of the image. I wanted to use AI to fix the toes of the people on the left. I kept receiving a message claiming that my image violated policies. Turned out that the machine deemed the runner to be pornographic. (You can't make these things up.) Posted: 11/13/2024 10:37:41
As a segway: I was playing with the left side of the image. I wanted to use AI to fix the toes of the people on the left. I kept receiving a message claiming that my image violated policies. Turned out that the machine deemed the runner to be pornographic. (You can't make these things up.) Posted: 11/13/2024 10:37:41
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Peter, it is probably because she looks semi naked and with very tight outfit. Posted: 11/14/2024 08:46:32
That's the difference. A human with even poor eyesight can tell that she is appropriately clothed. A machine that is trained with a constitutive bias will not. Just think how thinking changes: if a female appeared dressed that way in 1940 she wood have been arrested; in 1950 probably warned; in 1960 snubbed; in 1970; gawked at; 1980 & later, admired. Posted: 11/14/2024 21:37:32
That's the difference. A human with even poor eyesight can tell that she is appropriately clothed. A machine that is trained with a constitutive bias will not. Just think how thinking changes: if a female appeared dressed that way in 1940 she would have been arrested; in 1950 probably warned; in 1960 snubbed; in 1970; gawked at; 1980 & later, admired. Posted: 11/14/2024 21:37:32