It often happens that many users photo just one photo of an organism and that this photo may also be more or less of poor quality (often not on focus) or may depict the organism from too far away or also that it may depict just one small detail. In all these cases the identification may be from ver…

I did not mean photos made in different periods maybe months bofore, but a set of photos made in the meanwhile. Then one could choose the better ones to upload. To be frank, I think that the option of the photo made live is totally unuseful.

As others have said, taking multiple clear photos of different features can be time-consuming and frustrating for a casual user, especially if one’s phone or the organism itself isn’t cooperating. I always appreciate specific comments on observations that point out what essential features I’ve misse…

[image] elias105: My phone often refuses to focus, so I have to spend a long time trying to trick it, like moving really close, then it focuses, then move away again and quickly take the picture before it reverts to being blurry. Ditto. It’s either just part of the challenge or a bit maddenin…

Android phone in my case. Previously I had phones where I could lock focus (I think on higher end Samsung phones you still can) which helped a lot, just focus on my hand then lock focus. With my current phone some AI handles focus. I’m convinced for red, purple, yellow and white flowers it recognize…

A colleague and I were just discussing this. For example, if you have a turtle in hand, photo top, bottom, side, head shot. Many times I’ve seen a single pic of a turtle that might’ve been IDable if only they’d flipped it over. I’m still learning the necessity of multiple angles for plants, includi…

comes from a ‘blonde’ cereal box. No idea there WAS a pattern there till I photographed it. See what’s in your recycling box …

I agree! People new to mushroom identification don’t understand that it’s VITAL to have two shots, one of the underside with stem, and we get pretty used to letting them know. Even after posting many, I appreciate knowing what particular feature differentiates, for example, this one Russula from on…

This is a good topic. There are some iNat users with many observations that seem to take pride in posting only a single photo regardless of the subject. I often skip doing ID’s for such users because of the frustration I feel. I hesitate to suggest to the user that more photos would be helpful.

[image] jnstuart: Many times I’ve seen a single pic of a turtle that might’ve been IDable if only they’d flipped it over. When I worked in environmental education, we taught the kids to look but don’t touch with any herps in the wild. Someone with that ethic probably isn’t going to flip the t…

Encouraging users to upload more than just one photo

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bobmcd October 24, 2022, 7:50pm 23

That needs to be added to Life Hacks https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/life-hacks-for-naturalists/4636 - please.

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