TSG's Favorite Little Bird

Canyon Wrens are found throughout the west. Their descending trill is one of the sweetest sounds you're likely to hear when you're out on the trail. This little guy was hopping around the edge of Bear Gulch Reservoir at Pinnacles National Park.

Deli Confidential: TSG's Artificially Intelligent (Intelligently Artificial?) Sandwich

Wherein we pull back the curtain on the evolution of the Chez Le Hop Special. 

 The image wasn't 100% AI-generated as we might have suggested in our disclaimer. As noted, our original photo didn't turn quite out the way we wanted, and our on-board editing tools weren't up to the task of "fixing" it to our satisfaction.

Original Image: not bad, but not what we wanted

 So then we turned to the Deep Dream Generator, hoping to come up with a more palatable (so to speak) result. We used the photo as the base image and input the following "text prompt" for the AI to apply to it: 

"Meal photo on menu sandwich creation, Smoked Trout Filet, melted Horseradish Cheddar & Coleslaw on a lightly toasted sweet steak roll. Baked Lays and Brick Oven Beans, Clausen Dill Spear garnish"

The AI bots (or whatever you want to call them) actually did a pretty good job, but the legumes and dills were MIA:

Dream Generator output: No pickles! No beans!

Well, our photoshop skillz were up to the task of fixing the AI omissions, so no problem there. We copied and pasted the beans into the little metal ramekin and flew in the dills to rest alongside the coleslaw. Et Voila!

 

 

This Evening's Special @ Chez Le Hop

 Our chef's exclusive sandwich creation: Smoked Trout Filet, melted Horseradish Cheddar & Coleslaw on a lightly toasted sweet steak roll. Baked Lays and Brick Oven Beans, Clausen Dill Spear garnish.

Bon Appétit!

(Disclaimer: our actual picture of this dish didn't turn out all that great. So, we used the less-than satisfactory photo as a base image, input a text description, and put it through an AI photo generator. The result looks somewhat more appetizing than the original.)