Isopods of the world (isopod.site)

35 points by debesyla 3 days ago

11 comments:

by sjsanc 2 hours ago

The macro photography looks bizarrely uniform and the poses contrived. I feel like a sleuth trying to decide if this is AI generated or not. I suspect it isn't, but I'm somewhat distressed at how suspicious I am of cool things now.

by Schiendelman an hour ago

As someone who has done some stacked photos, they always look suspicious! If it's any consolation, I recognize the photographer and they are the sort of person who would never use AI!

by keldami an hour ago

>I recognize the photographer and they are the sort of person who would never use AI!

That is exactly what an AI Bot would say XDXD

by sph an hour ago

Plenty of worries if those images are AI-generated. I'll give the author the benefit of the doubt as he's a macro photographer: https://www.nickybay.com/

by sjsanc an hour ago

Indeed, I saw the watermarks. It's clearly a testament to his skill that his consistency is so unbelievable. Maybe that's common in macro photography but I'm genuinely floored by it.

by tejohnso 22 minutes ago

> Plenty of worries if those images are AI-generated.

What would be so worrying about someone using AI to generate images for their site?

by yreg 4 minutes ago

I don't mind it at all for decorational images, but in this case I would mind. I suppose I would mind the inaccuracy, the worry that the creatures might not look exactly like the real world ones look.

Not that it actually matters but if those images were generated it would feel pointless to me, even if I can't tell the difference.

by michaelscott 2 hours ago

The kind of site that makes one happy the Internet exists

by rhet0rica 2 hours ago

This may be the most important story of the year (for creatures with 20 pods.)

by nickgray 2 hours ago

Cool site and beautiful photos!

by ludicrousdispla 2 hours ago

I can't tell whether the images are heavily photoshopped or AI generated.

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