Beach Volleyball

Like many of you I have been glued to the Olympics watching sports I would never watch in any other context, such as beach volleyball. I was reminded of a time a few years ago when I was on holiday in Australia and came upon some very good beach volleyball players on a beach in Glenelg, South Australia. I took a few photos but because there were many people just walking along the beach I couldn't keep them out of my shot. I tried cloning them out but the nets made the job next to impossible so I gave up and relegated the images to my discard bin. Fast forward to 2024 and now the technology exists to quickly and easily remove unwanted distractions. Using Generative AI in photoshop it took me approximately 60 seconds to flawlessly remove 5 people walking in the background of this shot. Say what you will about AI, but when it helps me rescue a shot so easily I'm all for it.

[Diana]

A fabulous action shot! I hate the idea of AI text to image, but certainly use the generative fill or expand in PS. It has saved many of my shots.

[Casablanca]

Great Summer sport. I won't go near AI yet. The concept disturbs me

[Joan Robillard]

Good capture

[PhotoCrazy]

Nice capture!

[Dave]

Nicely done. Watched Canada beat US yesterday.

[Corinne C]

Fabulous capture!

[Bucktree]

Nice action shot. AI did a remarkable job.

[Beverley]

Ai abilities are scary…

[LManning (Laura)]

Great action!

[gloria jones]

Nice action shot

[Kathy]

I think it's fine to use when you give it credit, as you did.

[Diane]

Nice action shot. A good use of AI (which I haven't tried yet.) I saw that Canada beat the US team, 2 women from LSU.

[Karen]

Nice action capture. It’s hard work, this beach volleyball.

[Chris Cook]

@eudora That was a big upset. This morning they defeated Spain to advance to the semi finals. I never knew I could get this excited about beach volleyball.