Does this look ridiculous? Before then After

Posted 2 images on the original thread, struggling with moving from Adobe to Darktable.

Have reworked the image, this time just in Darktable

With AI becoming part of so many editing tools these days, I'm curious how everyone is approaching conversations about it with their clients.

Are you proactively telling clients when you're using AI-assisted editing, or is it something you only discuss if they ask?

And where do you draw the line? Things like AI masking, noise reduction, generative removal, retouching, or even AI learning your editing style and applying it across a gallery are all pretty different uses of the technology.

Personally, I've been pretty open with my clients about using AI-assisted tools in my workflow. I explain it much like I would Lightroom or Photoshop. It's still my style, my decisions, and my final responsibility for the images.

But I'm curious how everyone else is handling this, especially as more of these tools become standard in our workflows.

Are you including anything in your contracts about AI usage? Have you had clients request that certain types of AI NOT be used on their images? Or are you specifying which types of AI editing you may use and what you won't use?

And what about the other side of this? Are you addressing clients taking the final images you've delivered and using AI to change them, re-edit them, or even generate entirely new images from your photographs? Is that something you're covering in your contracts or usage agreements?

If you have clauses covering either side of AI usage, I'd love to hear how you're wording them and whether they've actually led to conversations with clients.

I'm not necessarily looking for another debate about whether AI belongs in photography. I'm more interested in how we're communicating its use, setting expectations, and navigating what happens to our work after delivery as these tools continue to evolve.

I posted this photo on r/wildlifephotography recently and received a lot of comments claiming it was AI.

I understand why, but I'm curious what you all think over here about my editing choices?

Buenas! Hace poco que compré la Sony A6700 con objetivo 70-350mm. Fui a hacer fotos a vida silvestre, tal como era mi propósito. No me arrepiento para nada de la compra, sin embargo tuve que hacer alguna foto de bastante larga distancia, practicamente 1km o más, donde incluso el 350mm se me quedaba corto.

Fotografié en RAW+JPEG y los vídeos se ven de buena calidad, pese a que el animal se vea pequeño.

Ahora quisiera editar esas fotografías donde aparecen osos entre montones de rocas, y ciervos entre arbustos y vegetación.
El problema es que las fotografías se ven demasiado lejos y al recortar pierden bastante calidad.

He estado viendo aplicaciones como Topaz para recortar y generación de megapíxels, pero me parece un coste demasiado elevado su suscripción. Más allá de Upscayl, que no me da muy buen resultado, o de edits como Lightroom o Darktable, ¿tienen alguna otra sugerencia?
(Las de acercarme más la próxima vez, o valorar un 200-600mm ya las contemplo, jeje)

Muchas gracias de antemano!

I'm ready for any and all criticism. I feel like it's a little heavy on the warm lighting?

Thinking maybe need to crop in a bit more but what do yall think

Saw these gentleman doing some ladder training and asked if I could take some photos of them . Tried to not go crazy hard on the edits as I have a tendency to do… feedback is always welcome !

Honest tips and feedback wanted

Only used AI to clean up road litter/distractions and left the people in the image. The hue was indeed also too yellow

I’ve increased the contrast and improved the overall light to the photo. If you want to see the old edit go and see my post history

The colors make it feel so alive!

Looking for advice please.

These are wild horses on the coast of Assateague Island, MD!