I've been with Hartford insurance for many years with a good driving record and haven't had any claims on my house for over 20 years. Gradually they have been raising the rates to where I'm ready to jump ship to another company.

Are there any insurance companies that you would recommend.
Interesting side note when I was talking to an insurance company they said they couldn't insure me because I was in a fire zone. I live in a rural area amongst alfalfa fields. Go figure.

Thanks

The definitions are simple enough. What are not so simple are the meanings that we end up with through common usage. The best we can do is persist in proper usage of the terms and hope that it rubs off on those who misuse the terms.

You're right in noting that the root source is relevant. If the root source is an image generated by a photographic imaging device, it's a photograph.

If that image becomes modified because of post processing it becomes a modified photograph.

That isn't automatically a bad thing because photographs, regardless of how good they are, are never a perfect capture of reality. And regardless of whether the post processing is good or bad, it doesn't stop being a photograph because of those modifications. It goes from being an SOOC photograph to being a modified photograph. Almost all photographs ever taken have been modified in some way.

If the post processing is done well it becomes an enhanced photograph.

"Modified" and "enhanced" should not be dirty words in the world of photography.

So Ive never been one of those photographers who think its OK to do basic editing to a photo but that anything more major is cheating....the mentality that says replacing a background or a sky doesnt reflect on what was actually seen at the time of pressing the shutter button and therefore isnt a true photograph. Ive always thought those views were from the dark ages.
The other day I thought Id investigate AI for the first time. I typed in a fairly lengthy description of what I wanted it to come up with....key words etc and then pushed the ok button. I was amazed to find it was more or less exactly what I envisaged in the first place.
I added it to my Flickr photostream but only placed it into a few specific groups designed for AI images.
Id already tagged it as AI generated and the only other thing I did in photoshop was to decrease the size of the bottle in the pic.
Later that day I discovered that it had been chosen as a photo to be included in Flickr explore and that it had recieved several thousand views and a couple of hundred Faves.
I never received any negative feedback...quite the opposite infact...and yet still feel slightly guilty that something I didnt take with a camera has been so well received.
What do other hoggers think?

I am selling my Nikon D500 that has two full frame zoom lenses to get a Zfc or Z50 with zoom lens. The D500 has served me well, and the quality of images has been terrific, but I want lighter and smaller for travel. For cruise ships and other travel it has become too much trouble to lug around at my advancing age. Landscape and dinner parites are my major uses. My question is ..... am I compromising quality ? Are there other compact mirrorless bodies that I should consider ? Comments welcome. Thanks.

I recently sold all of my Nikon gear as it was getting too much to lug around on hikes at 75. On the recommend of my sister and a bunch of other research I purchased an OM-1 with the 12-40 lens. I consider myself to be an amateur photographer. With that in mind here are some of my observations for what it's worth. No external battery charger. The battery must be charged in camera. Not a real big deal just an inconvenience I'm going to have to get used to. The main dials are difficult to access as they are somewhat recessed into the body. "The Basic manual" consists of 3 pages repeated in 28 languages. Many of the menu items are difficult to understand as I am so used to Nikon terminology. It took me an hour to figure out that the lens has a Tokina style AF/MF clutch. I'm still looking for a video or pdf that explains some of what the menu features do. I'm of the opinion that it's designed for previous Olympus owners. I've only used it once and image quality is excellent. Live ND is awesome. It has some other interesting features I'm looking forward to exploring. In short, switching from a lifetime of Nikon to OM system has been quite an experience.