Surprise and Delight

Others have commented on the GIFs automatically generated in Google Photos. I'd like to echo their sentiments. Real surprise and delight that leaves someone smiling is difficult to achieve in digital product design. We're essentially asking robots to do something very human. I took photos at my friends' wedding and here's the moment that Google "chose" to animate...

MandyGabe_Wedding-61-ANIMATION

If that's not delightful, I don't know what is.