Following the example of a couple of people who introduced me to iNat, I commonly include my fingers, my hand, or even my foot sometimes, in at least one of the photos I post for an observation, especially for plants and insects. This is to give an indication of size and also often allows better fo…

I enjoyed your musings, but yikes!, if my fingers ever get to look like that I’ll know it’s definitely time to stop including them in photos!

Your Number 8 wire is probably what we in the States call baling wire and it is valuable for many things in the field. I could’ve used some this week in the backcountry when all that was available were some worn-out bungee cords and scraps of string.

[image] chrisc: Carrying a coil of fencing wire over one’s shoulder would also enable one to measure the height of trees. A clinometer would be easier to carry. Of course, then you’d need to know trigonometry.

Probably a lot easier to learn trigonometry than to cart around coils of wire to measure trees with.

I am greatly amused and glad to be of service @chrisc , for Canadians it’s duct tape…now I’m thinking a hose cart (with good wheels) to have multiple options for all your Inatting needs!

I confess… Photoshop. And, not my finger. Though the Xylaria polymorpha behind the fake finger, are the real thing.

Guessimation is more popular, but I’ve used long measuring tape plus a meter stick when I had to. And a bit of math, but not even trig. Now there are electronic devices that can replace the tape and stick.

Today I started adding a tag “fingers in observations” to observations that have fingers in it like this one

[image] ram_k: Today I started adding a tag “fingers in observations” to observations that have fingers in it Thanks for reminding me: I have been meaning to upload this one.

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vreinkymov June 20, 2022, 2:32pm 137

Is it normal for tree enthusiasts to carry such equipment to exactly measure height? I assume guesstimation is more popular, no?

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