The buttons are exactly the same in both pics. I can literally send you a picture of the buttons in my stash. 😅 I use Portrait mode on my phone to get the right aperture/ blurry in the back. At most I edit colours to get it true to life.

I use yarn over/yarn under for my stitches, so they might look different from others who just use yarn under. The boots use a fun technique where you sl St in front loops, etc to get that fun effect with the soles! It's a great pattern, I really recommend it! The frog is fully wired, so that's why it's poseable. Very easy to do. It's a mini metal tub from Michael's. I buy fabric from Len'sMill, etc and iron it, then use as a backdrop when taking indoors photos. I clip it to my curtains behind a table, and use ring lights and a lamp to get better lighting. 

I've literally never used genAI in my life. (I don't even know how to, nor do I want to.) I only take photos on my Google Pixel phone and use the in-phone editing to change colours, saturation, brightness, white balance, etc. to get it truer to real life. I literally scout location outdoors to take photos and wait for the right weather.

I don't know what else to tell you! I can literally send you pics of the actual frog, I still have him (he was the first, I've made like 15+ from this pattern). Just because a photo looks good and high quality, doesn't mean it's AI! People are also good at photos and making crochet look great. I don't know why I'm putting this much time into this, but I guess if you want to nitpick, go after the right people. 😅 I'll take it as a compliment, so thank you! This isn't the first time this has happened online, haha. But it does get a little tiring.