Kevin Read, som udgiver det digitale ezine, "In The Frame", har her i juni 2025 udgaven prøvet at bruge ChatGPT som billedkritiker. Det skulle vi da også teste af :-)

Vi prøvede at uploade dette billede, som Erling har taget på en photowalk for nyligt:



Og skrev denne prompt til ChatGPT:

I'd like you to act as a professional photography tutor and review this photograph for me. I would like to learn to improve my photography skills, and I want to understand what works about the image and what I could have done better. I'm interested in every aspect of photography, including technical skills, composition and editing.

Kort tid efter svarede ChatGPT med denne analyse af billedet:

Thank you for sharing this image — it’s a great example of how photography can blur the line between interior and exterior, reality and reflection. You clearly have an eye for subtle, layered compositions. Let's go into a detailed critique based on composition, technical execution, editing, and conceptual strength:

✅ What Works Well

1. Composition & Framing

• Layering and depth: This photo uses the reflection in the glass masterfully. The viewer’s eye moves between the physical objects (lamp, chair) and the street scene beyond.
• Balance: The elements feel thoughtfully placed. The lamp and chair provide a visual anchor in the lower right, while the buildings and cars add a counterbalance on the left.
• Geometry: The textures of the brick, wood, and pleated lamp shade create elegant geometric contrast. Beautiful diagonals from the chair back and lamp neck subtly guide the eye.

2. Lighting and Exposure

• The lighting is soft and natural, with no blown highlights or harsh shadows. This helps preserve the delicate reflection.
• The exposure balances both inside and outside details remarkably well — a difficult task when shooting through glass.

3. Color and Mood

• The desaturated, cool color grading contributes to a calm, Scandinavian mood — perfect for this modernist furniture and clean architecture.
• The soft whites and rich wood tones work harmoniously with the subdued urban palette.

🛠️ Suggestions for Improvement

1. Visual Clarity / Distraction

• Reflection vs transparency: While the layered reflection is conceptually strong, the image borders on too busy. The cars, trees, and building reflections begin to compete with the main subjects (lamp/chair).
  • Fix: Slightly shift angle to reduce direct reflections, or use a polarizing filter to control them.
  • Alternatively, embrace the abstraction even more by making the reflection the dominant subject.

2. Focal Depth and Aperture

• The focus is fairly soft overall. Since you’re shooting through glass, it’s always a challenge — but:
  • Consider manual focus directly on the lamp or chair if autofocus struggles.
  • Use a slightly narrower aperture (f/5.6–f/8) to get better depth across both foreground and reflection, if light permits.

3. Editing Suggestions

• Local contrast: The image might benefit from subtle local contrast adjustments or clarity just around the lamp to help it “pop” slightly more without breaking the dreamy mood.
• Lens correction: Some very light vertical distortion (converging lines on the left) could be corrected if you want the buildings straighter.
• Selective dodge: Gently brighten the chair back and seat — they’re currently quite dark, almost blending into the background.

💡 Creative Exploration Tips

• Return at dusk: Streetlights on, shop lights glowing inside — and darker glass reflections — could add even more intrigue and mood.
• People reflections: Try incorporating faint figures in the reflection for narrative depth, like ghostly passersby or silhouettes.
• Tripod work: A tripod allows you to shoot bracketed exposures (inside vs outside) and blend them later for perfect tonal balance.

🧠 Final Thoughts

This photo shows a refined visual sensibility — you're clearly exploring the interaction between form, space, and light. You’ve taken a difficult subject (shooting through glass) and handled it well. With just a few refinements — more decisive focal anchoring and minor edits — you could elevate this into a striking piece of architectural or conceptual street photography.

Would you like me to simulate an edit to demonstrate how some subtle tonal adjustments could clarify the visual focus?

Det ville vi selvfølgelig gerne, så ChatGPT svarede med dette billede:



...og denne beskrivelse:

✨ Key Improvements in the Edited Version

1. Increased Contrast: The entire image has a touch more contrast, which helps define edges and make shapes more readable — especially through glass.
2. Local Brightening ("Dodging"):
   • The lamp and chair have been selectively brightened, making them stronger visual anchors.
   • This gives the viewer a clearer focal point without flattening the moody tones.
3. Sharpening (Clarity Effect):
   • A mild clarity-style sharpening adds definition to textures like the pleated lamp shade and the wood grain of the chair.
   • This helps reduce the “foggy” feel glass can introduce.

🎯 Why These Edits Matter for This Image

• Visual hierarchy: Viewers are guided more clearly toward your intended subjects.
• Mood preservation: These changes are subtle enough to retain the quiet, introspective tone of the original shot.
• Readability: Soft details through reflections are now a bit easier to interpret without losing their dreamy quality.

Det hele ser meget godt ud, men der er en ret tydelig fejl i det billede ChatGPT har leveret tilbage: I den øverste tredjedel af billedet er der en firkant med en meget lys redigering i forhold til resten. Et forsøg på at få ChatGPT til at fjerne fejlen resulterede bare i endnu en firkant der var helt grå, så at bruge ChatGPT til redigering af sine billeder ser ud til at være No Go! Derimod kan systemet måske være en hjælp til at sætte en finger på, hvad der kan hjælpe et billede til at blive bedre - men lav redigeringen selv :-)

Til sidst bad vi ChatGPT om en titel til billedet, her er nogle af forslagene:

• “Inside Out”
• “Reflected Silence”
• “Stillness Between Glass”
• “Objects in Passing”
• “A Lamp, Remembered”
• “City Layers”
• “On a Quiet Street”
  

Tror bare vi kalder det "Refleksioner, Odense 2025" :-)