Can AI depict the whimsy of friendship memories?

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Step 1: Human Image to Prompt

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The User Description

Here is a personal memory from Julie, who shares their feelings about this photo: Reminds me of the time I was carefree and in my unemployed travel era haha. I was going on adventures with people I just met and living with their peculiarities.

The First Prompt

a group of people riding skis down a snow covered slope, instagram, plein air, letterboxing, lying on the woods path, high school, standing on boulder, karla ortiz, 2 0 1 9, crawling, snacks, 💣 💥, 2 0 5 6

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Step 2: Human Prompt & Image + AI Prompt

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The Second Prompt, based on this image

a group of people riding skis down a snow covered slope, by Maggie Hamilton, enjoying a stroll in the forest, ny, 2 0 2 1, girls, nice slight overcast weather, helmet is off, vertical orientation, with a tree in the background, touring, college, traverse, modified, mid body shot, overhead, covered, side shot, fi, guide

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Step 3: AI Image + Second Prompt

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The Third Prompt, based on this image

a group of people riding skis down a snow covered slope, a picture, by Dietmar Damerau, shutterstock, on forest path, shot on leica sl2, hemlocks, gray, helmet view, sup, high res photo, bogna gawrońska, mid shot photo, petite, camp, 1 2 9 7, narrow, tourist photo

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Step 4: AI Image 2 + Third Prompt

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Final Thoughts

The images conjure ski equipment out of nowhere, removing the whimsical atmosphere of the original photo. In the very last photo, no face can be seen.