![on golden flake](https://photos.smugmug.com/Fun-Stuff/Scapes/Snowcatcher-AI/i-4qQgs8s/0/5c66bea4/M/IMG_5417-M.jpg)
I keep hoping I can become a better AI artist, but so far, my track record is not going well. (I specifically prompted six sides to achieve the below image, and even in reiterations, I still could not convince the program to recount!)
![six-sided prompt gone wrong](https://photos.smugmug.com/Fun-Stuff/Scapes/Snowcatcher-AI/i-jMVkmFV/0/d8f7f081/M/IMG_6279-M.jpg)
The below image (not generated by me) totally communicates my feelings on AI!!!
![Yuppers, that's what I get with AI!](https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-zJmNHG4/0/bd270d0d/M/i-zJmNHG4-M.jpg)
Using an AI program, an artist (in this case, me) enters a description of the desired image, and with some programs, the artist may use a photo or drawing to help enhance the artificial intelligence rendering. I have seen some spectacular creations, but as of yet, most of my AI artwork is not up to my standards.
![Who replaced the ear the butterflies are carrying away with a bear paw???](https://photos.smugmug.com/Fun-Stuff/Scapes/Critterscapes/i-PnSZCGh/0/82ada48f/M/IMG_8949-M.jpg)
After receiving several (highly inspiring!!!) emails with links to the unbelievable (because the images are generated via AI) ice flower blooms on the Songhua River, I decided the world needs my crocheted snowflakes posing as ice flower blooms on a sunrise-reflected smooth water surface. No matter how awesome my writing and how diverse my vocabulary, I have not been able to get anything near as exquisite as the lovely artwork likely created by an experienced AI artist.
![searching for ice flowers in all the wrong places](https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-rSqxrRB/0/f4b57a93/L/i-rSqxrRB-L.jpg)
(And I can't for the life of me figure out why said creator of above images has not stepped forward to claim the now world widely-circulated images (being passed off in many cases as real photos).)
![Frost Flower by Leah Xu](https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-GbRMWTj/0/0cea983a/L/i-GbRMWTj-L.jpg)
The above scene is not imaginary, although it is a stacked image. It is NOT AI-generated. The photographer explains how and why a stacked image is created. Most astrophotography is stacked, and many famous snowflake photographers use stacking software. I have an image stacker, but I've yet to snap enough photos of one snowflake to use the Photoshop plug-in. (My snowflakes melt too fast!!!)
![one of my single-image snowflakes](https://photos.smugmug.com/Seasons/Winter/Super-Duper-Macro/i-zkgFQzq/0/96f936d0/M/DLA7442-M.jpg)
Back in my days of journalism, most photographers would provide details if an image was altered. Back then, I absolutely hated Photoshop because I thought it would lead to images that were not real being passed off as genuine and "straight out of camera" or SOOC, which, in my mind, should be a relevant hashtag!!! Now, Photoshop is one of my best friends.
![He mooned me!](https://photos.smugmug.com/Cycling/I-Want-to-Ride-My-Bicycle/i-K3JFQ4w/0/26e7b16b/M/32382a-M.jpg)
I started with the purely innocent removal of dust spots from my images (and closing zipper flies in family and wedding photos), but I gradually learned the concept of digital art, and oh, how I LOVE the medium. Yet I never try to pass off altered images as real life.
![peekaboo](https://photos.smugmug.com/Fun-Stuff/Scapes/Critterscapes/i-zVLV37K/0/d99a9893/M/IMG_8938-M.jpg)
Anyway, here are a few of my frustrating AI attempts at generating a crocheted-snowflake-on-the-water image.
![what the heck???](https://photos.smugmug.com/Fun-Stuff/Scapes/Snowcatcher-AI/i-h8cz3w6/0/afe315f4/M/IMG_5433-M.jpg)
I even montaged two of my photos in Photoshop to try to help AI create what I was looking for. My altered photo turned out better than anything the AI generator has come up with so far.
![Will it work???](https://photos.smugmug.com/Fun-Stuff/Scapes/Snowcatcher-AI/i-8XLG8VJ/0/1d1f8a30/M/DSCN3922a-M.jpg)
I gave it another go in an attempt to create a chocolate snowflake with peppermint heart embellishments. My time might have been better spent in the kitchen with real chocolate and peppermint, but then I'd probably weigh 100 pounds more than I do now. So I guess I'll keep giving AI second, third and four-thousandth chances.
![um, I'm scratching my head...](https://photos.smugmug.com/Fun-Stuff/Scapes/Snowcatcher-AI/i-JMsgvMj/0/9d74bdf9/M/IMG_6272-M.jpg)
I'm not adventurous enough I guess; I prefer regular, human-generated photos. But it looks like you're having fun with this quest!
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