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Subjective Beauty

 Normally I don't post sunset photos on my blog.  But I do like to look at mountains that are getting more red sunset-light than usual.  I stepped outside my camper's door to see this:


Very pleasing.  Only then did I turn to the west to see this:

It was quite a shock, enough to make me break my own rule about not putting sunset photos on this blog.  Let it be known that no AI or even editing software was used.  

Since AI can take a pile of dog crap and make it look like a beautiful sunset, will the world simply abandon sunset photos?  It might as well.  So that photo is my last hurrah.  Perhaps photography will begin to die when everything seems fake.

Will You Tube find a way to filter out -- or at least label -- AI videos?  I find myself steering clear of certain types of videos because they are obviously fake.  But it won't be so easy for You Tube to clarify the issue.  When does mere photo editing software become AI?  Are they supposed to eliminate edited photos and videos as well?

Beauty is indeed in the eye of the beholder.  Every year I visit the most beautiful outhouse that I know of, in the Lake Mead area.  It is stone and roofless.  Perhaps it was built in the 1930s.



Well OK, one more sunset photo, even though it can't compete against that stone outhouse:



Comments

Anonymous said…
Beautiful sunsets !
Sigh...nothing nice to say about the outhouse.
Anonymous said…
I like the Outhouse. Bonus: Smell probably gets swept away with the wind.
Barb in FL said…
That is the most unique outhouse I have ever seen. Who is it for in the middle of nowhere? Great catch of the red sky!
yes indeed, the wind would keep things smelling fresh. I wonder if this outhouse every had a roof? Probably not.
Actually Barb it wasn't in the middle of nowhere. It was part of a stone visitor's center/rest stop. There were also stone picnic tables and a barbecue pit.