Great Outdoors

May 22

May 22

6 hours ago, JackFTwist said:

@Horace12: By "beneath the waterfall," I'm not sure whether you mean #1 or #2 above. Short answers: #1: not sure whether it's AI; #2: no, the model is real, although the model's image may be photoshopped onto the background.

#1: My hunch is that he is AI, but that's based almost completely on the skimpy evidence that the background is very blurry, which is typical for most AI images.

That's not conclusive, though, because even a relatively skilled amateur photographer can achieve that effect by reducing his camera's depth of field to focus on the main subject. (You may be familiar with the f-stop on old film cameras or on professional digital cameras. Your mobile phone's camera may also have a setting that will produce a similar result.)

On the other hand, the model's body doesn't have the plastic, "Ken doll" look that AI images tend to have. What's shown of his hands looks realistic, although part of his fingers are cropped off, and that's where AI images' flaws frequently tend to be more obvious.

#2: The model's name is Priyank Chaturvedi, and the image is on his Instagram page here:

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cu9nu5EPPCO/?img_index=1

An important clue that the image is real can be seen even without the benefit of having the IG page's image, though: You may have to squint, but you can see the Calvin Klein logo on the waistband of his briefs. (It's easier to read in the larger image below.) AI images can't yet produce legible text beyond a few characters, at best, much less reproduce the distinctive CK logo so accurately.

I suspect that the image has been photoshopped because the waterfall appears to be directly behind the model, while the foliage is farther away in the background. That doesn't seem realistic.

Very detailed and perceptive response. Thank you. I was referring to the top image. Sorry I didn't notice there were two waterfalls!

May 22

May 22

22 hours ago, Horace12 said:

Is the guy beneath the waterfall AI?

Possible or possibly AI enhanced as he looks an awful lot like this guy:

May 22

14 hours ago, Horace12 said:

Very detailed and perceptive response. Thank you. I was referring to the top image. Sorry I didn't notice there were two waterfalls!

Thanks @JackFTwist. See my reply to Horace's comment-I have 2 other pics of what I think is the same guy (attached to my reply) and the one of him on the balcony in a towel has normal hands. I think the waterfall pic may be AI enhanced but it could also be a blurred background to focus on the main subject - the guy.

Edited May 22 by teddy0012