{"id":17441,"date":"2024-06-13T08:28:19","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T08:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/?p=17441"},"modified":"2026-01-22T08:15:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T08:15:05","slug":"ai-photo-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/ai-photo-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"AI Photo Contest: Real Photo Wins Grand Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A photographer who participated in an artificial intelligence photography contest won the competition with a real photo but was subsequently disqualified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is significant criticism regarding the participation of AI-generated images in photo contests. This time, a photographer was disqualified because he did not submit an AI-generated photo, leading to his awards being revoked. Photographer Miles Astray was nominated in the artificial intelligence category for the prestigious 1839 Awards, which focus on new technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His work &#8220;F I L A M I N G O N E,&#8221; featuring a headless flamingo, was captured in 2022 on a beach in Aruba with a Nikon D750 camera using a 50mm prime lens, f\/1.8 aperture, and 1\/1600 shutter speed. The photo won both the third prize and the People&#8217;s Choice award in the competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The photographer explained why he did this<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AI-Photo-Contest-Real-Photo-Wins-Grand-Prize-1024x684.jpeg\" alt=\"AI Photo Contest\" class=\"wp-image-17442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AI-Photo-Contest-Real-Photo-Wins-Grand-Prize-1024x684.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AI-Photo-Contest-Real-Photo-Wins-Grand-Prize-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AI-Photo-Contest-Real-Photo-Wins-Grand-Prize-768x513.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AI-Photo-Contest-Real-Photo-Wins-Grand-Prize-1536x1025.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AI-Photo-Contest-Real-Photo-Wins-Grand-Prize-2048x1367.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AI-Photo-Contest-Real-Photo-Wins-Grand-Prize-150x100.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AI-Photo-Contest-Real-Photo-Wins-Grand-Prize-scaled.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The jury, composed of members from The New York Times, Christie&#8217;s, and Getty Images, announced that while they acknowledged the creativity and impressiveness of Astray&#8217;s photo, they awarded the prizes to images in the category that were created using artificial intelligence. Consequently, Astray was disqualified from the competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"><\/a>You may also like this content<\/h3>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts\"><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A photographer who participated in an artificial intelligence photography contest won the competition with a real photo but was subsequently disqualified. There is significant criticism regarding the participation of AI-generated images in photo contests. This time, a photographer was disqualified because he did not submit an AI-generated photo, leading to his awards being revoked. 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