>>4476996
Reasonable.
My view is similarly utilitarian, when applying any tool I just ask myself if I think this made the photo better/closer to how I perceived the stuff being depicted. If so, I'll use it.
Sometimes I doubt myself and ask for second opinion, but not this time.
So when some schizo told me my thrush is ruined by evil AI tools and looks nothing like the "actual" photo I took, this caught me by surprise, and I decided to get to the bottom of this.
Probably should have just ignored those ramblings instead.

To be clear, I don't consider any of the photos I took that day to be particularly good "photos".
Although the thrush one has redeeming qualities, the pose is nice, the intense stare, the face is well-framed and all the surroundings add context.

But really, they are just sightings, which is good enough for me, as I love meeting animals.
And they are good enough for my friends, who always get surprised when they realize our city has wildlife that's not pigeons and crows.