jazzie That is real paint (as a mark of the owner I think). Top right (outside the sheep) and bottom left. There were plenty of yellow flowers, but the sheep walked away from me until I got the camera, and because it started to rain I didn't want to wait to see if it came any closer again 😉
I like analogue photography too, especially working in a photo lab. But I have to admit I have health concerns recantly. The laboratory i have at my disposal has neither fresh air nor running water. And I hate doing this delicate work with gloves. And without them, experience has shown that skin contact with the chemicals cannot be avoided, even if you only touch the paper with pliers. How do you solve this problem - simply by not worrying?
Manipulating images is as old as photography itself - it's just much more time-consuming in analogue!
grainydays Mmm, not obviously a AI-edited pic. That said the sheep seems to have been painted yellow on his back, below its left ear.
That said, one of the reasons I shoot film is to stay away from AI as much as possible 😀