this is kind of frustrating. shot this image over the lake near my house at golden hour, just a simple straight-down top view with the reflection of the clouds in the water, looked unreal in person. posted it to instagram and reddit and like half the comments are saying its AI generated or heavily photoshopped which it really isnt, i just did basic exposure and white balance adjustments in lightroom.

i guess its a compliment in a way but also kind of annoying because im proud of actually capturing it and people wont believe it. anyone else dealt with this, does it happen more with certain types of shots

yeah the top-down water reflection shots get that reaction constantly. theres something about the symmetry that the human brain just reads as fake even when its totally real. i wouldnt stress it honestly, if you know you got it in camera thats what matters. maybe just start watermarking with your exif info or something if it really bugs you

happens to me too but i kind of just stopped caring what instagram people think. half of them have never seen what the world actually looks like from 200 feet up so everything looks fake to them. post it here and let people who fly judge it instead