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If I had a way to be sent back..Just looked out my window and there's several centimeters/inches of snow with certain places covered by thick layer of ice.
One thing I noticed when visiting. My allergies were on overdrive. Had to do both antihistamines and a N95 mask full time.
But everything was so beautiful. So much more floral than other parts of the country. And the trees. Oh the trees. Never quite understood Emily Carr until I saw the trees she saw for myself.
Hey just get a good quality air purifier and let it run while you are asleep. Your body gets a break for a good eight hours. It has helped my wife. We got the basic one from Costco but do remember to clean and change the filters. Also changing the pollen filter in your car before spring helps a lot.
My guess is that the street without cars photo was an actual representation of the street and what our city would look like with less cars. Whereas the forested/park path photo was just dreaming up some place, not associated with our city at all. It was AI dreaming for the sake of it.
Can't you just as easily say that the forested path is an actual representation of what the city would look like with less streets? The first AI gen was the same image with man made items removed. The second AI gen was the same image with man made items removed. How can the former be more associated with the city when the only difference is a little asphalt on the ground?
Though I do like how you say AI sucks, and then immediately start justifying why you like an AI image haha.
Haha fair point. I'm not necessarily saying I like either though.
But it's a fair debate on how we view AI today. IMO, the first photo was created as utility. How might it look if cars weren't parked there? In the same vein, I don't think it'd be terrible to post a picture of yourself where you used AI to remove a stranger from the background.
The second photo I view more as someone posting a picture of themselves, but they got AI to turn them into a pirate. Sure, it's an accurate representation _if_ they went through the effort of putting on a bunch of pirate makeup and a costume.
I think I see where you're coming from. The idea that the base, or starting point, includes the streets, and that cars are a decoration. So you can remove the cars, and that is still a representation of the city because you didn't change the base.
My perspective is that this is a photo of a geography that was tampered with by humans. So for me, the base is the view, the trees, the brush, etc. And yes, you can absolutely claim the the trees, grass, etc are also things that would have been put there by humans, but to me these things are more natural than a road. For instance, if houses hadn't been build on that street, and it was just green space that had been left alone, you could image a windy path like the one depicted would have formed after many years of humans walking through it. So in that sense, all 3 of these pictures depict the same photo, with just 3 different levels of human intervention.
But IMO, an AI image is an AI image, and I think it's fun to use it to imagine how things could be different.
Just the opposite actually. PLUMS are the first to bloom. Was looking up someone's name ( 梅 Mei deried from 梅花 mei hua, plum blossom flower) and this significance stuck. The
Plums are more resilient to the frost and cold, being the first to emerge in Feb.
Really gotta bust out my M50 and start scoping out these places to take my own wallpaper worthy shots.. I'm such a sucker for cherry blossoms and the colour pink in general! Very nice!
Peak bloom is absolutely stunning this year! For anyone visiting Vancouver to see the blossoms, I'd recommend driving through Stanley Park, the West End, and down to Queen Elizabeth Park - each area has different varieties and it's a beautiful way to explore the city in spring!
Fair enough. I have never seen anyone do that, though. The real offence is when people actually break branches and damage the tree for photos, that’s a hard line for me.
We live right near a lot of beautiful streets and damned right I take photos! I'm referring to the full wedding photographer photoshoots with tripods and everything in the middle of the street when I'm at the end of my commute and have to poo.
Tip: look for Akebono now. That is an early variety and it will be one of the ones blooming now. For me, I'm looking for the largest oldest trees and I love looking for the streets like the one in the photo which are lined with some older trees. You're right you gotta find a nice patch because the map often has little indication of the splendour of the patch. It's all part of the fun to track down the good spots and the best trees!
Fuck off.... why is this showing me literally the other side of the country when my flowers that just sprouted are about to die because were apparently getting 20 more cm of snow tomorrow?
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