Super Sniffer

Anyone who finds this image anywhere on the website, please petmail me Oldwoman stating where you found it. You will win 200 points and a nice badge!

Vote for Best Photo

Hello friends, it's time to cast your votes for the best photo! Go to the

forum

select 3 of the best photos, download them to your computer and petmail them to me Oldwoman.

Please don't vote for your own photos. You may vote for photos you nominated.

Congratulations to our 10 Gold Cup Members this week, good job!

Ada, Barbara, Blanche, Didi, Erna, Lynn, Madie, Patricia, Ulvi, and Zorica

Authentic pet moments

— real expressions, real behaviour, real personality.

I am reasonably happy about the approach to AI pictures I outlined previously:

AI‑enhanced real photos will be classified as unedited photos,
fully AI‑generated images will be classified as edited photos.

What about the Best Photo Competition. What is a "good" photo? With AI it's much easier to create nicer pictures with AI‑assisted polish.

The way forward is to focus on

• observed
• captured
• lived
• authentic

rather than

• constructed
• directed
• curated
• synthetic

A good photo should have

• natural expression
• spontaneous behaviour
• real personality

rather than

• perfect lighting
• perfect composition
• perfect staging

Authenticity, personality, spontaneity, humour, emotion, timing, natural expression or activity is what we are looking for.

Please post your comments in the club.