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The 1960 DiDia 150 is a one-of-a-kind, hand-built luxury car designed by Detroit clothing designer Andy DiDia. Taking seven years to complete (1953–1960) and costing over $150,000 (around $1.5 million today), the car was known for its bold, unconventional style. It became the dream car of singer Bobby Darin, who drove it to the Academy Awards and featured it in movies. Darin donated the car to the Museum of Transportation in 1970, three years before his death. The vehicle features a V8 engine, a 125-inch wheelbase, and was originally built in Detroit, Michigan.
I’ve always been a fan of macro photography, but I haven’t been any good at it. However, I keep working at it. Honestly, it’s pretty fun. Here are a few images I generated this week.
Last week, I worked on putting things inside glass spheres—my version of the ship in the bottle. Here’s what I came up with.
As I dived deeper into AI, I finally figured out how to compose a realistic AI macro photograph. Tell me what you think. Next month, I should be able to pick up my camera and take some shots.
I’ve been immersed in the world of Generative AI and have found myself simultaneously frustrated and enchanted. Typically, for Macro Monday, I use an actual photo, but this week, I thought I would present one of the things I’ve been working on. Quickly, I discovered the lack of macro work in my AI portfolio—oops. So, I found this cute image I created for something I can’t remember. It felt like when one comes across a photo on the card that you don’t remember taking.
I’m impressed by the amount of intricate detail in this creation, which was created about a month ago. I didn’t have a handle on prompt engineering at the time, so if I were to try to reverse engineer this creation, my approach would be different. I probably wouldn’t get the same image, but there are some things I would add and a few things I’d remove.
Feel free to express your candid thoughts about this creation or the use of AI in digital art. I love hearing opinions about stuff.
One of things I enjoy about photography is the ability to make the mundane into something interesting. Well, it works out that way sometimes. I compare it writing. Sometimes you just can’t get a sentence the way you want. Or you write this complicated sentence when a simple will do just fine.
So, this is what I come with for today…
I was walking into an office and saw this toolbox. Nothing about it is unique. I’ve owned several of the years. However, that day I just stopped snapped a photo. I wondered what I would do with it. I’m sure I’m not finished with it either. Well, at least I don’t think so.
As I look at this picture, I’m drawn to the symmetry of the pattern and the surface’s texture. I also notice a slight reflection of the adjacent building I hadn’t noticed before. At any rate, to me, what I’m seeing just illustrates the point I’m trying to make.
Typically, I don’t stage my photos, but this time I got tired of tripping over these dang things.
I was trying to focus my camera to get another shot and accidentally took this picture.
Memoirs of Madness 