# Hands in observations **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [March 19, 2020, 10:05pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/hands-in-observations/10878 "2020-03-19T22:05:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![pisum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/91b2a8/32.png) [@pisum](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/pisum)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2020, 2:49am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/hands-in-observations/10878/21 "2020-04-02T02:49:04Z")
i try to keep my hands out of photos because i’m paranoid about security. whenever i see clear views of fingerprints in photos, the devil on my shoulder whispers ideas for troublemaking into my ear… ---
**Author:** ![bug\_girl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/bug_girl/32/38067_2.png) [@bug\_girl](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/bug_girl)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2020, 2:50am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/hands-in-observations/10878/22 "2020-04-02T02:50:18Z")
Lol. Have fun and try and keep out of trouble. :-) ---
**Author:** ![kiwifergus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/kiwifergus/32/1904_2.png) [@kiwifergus](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/kiwifergus)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2020, 8:37am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/hands-in-observations/10878/23 "2020-04-02T08:37:07Z")
> [@pisum](#): > > whenever i see clear views of fingerprints in photos, the devil on my shoulder whispers ideas for troublemaking into my ear… omg, that’s a credible defence right there! ---
**Author:** ![bobasil](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/bobasil/32/1441_2.png) [@bobasil](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/bobasil)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2020, 12:39pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/hands-in-observations/10878/24 "2020-04-02T12:39:02Z")
Defense, because you can always rest assured you have an alibi. At the specific time, as the specific place you were one on one with nature, far away from mischief. ---
**Author:** ![kiwifergus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/kiwifergus/32/1904_2.png) [@kiwifergus](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/kiwifergus)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2020, 9:18pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/hands-in-observations/10878/25 "2020-04-02T21:18:48Z")
Defence for anyone, in that they can claim that Pisum must have “copied and planted” their finger prints at the scene of the crime… And defence for Pisum, in that he hears voices that tell him to do things :D ---
**Author:** ![valentinhamon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/valentinhamon/32/3477_2.png) [@valentinhamon](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/valentinhamon)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2020, 5:00pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/hands-in-observations/10878/26 "2020-04-05T17:00:41Z")
> [@bobasil](#): > > What would be your method to photograph a bush having a mass of foliage each leaf identical about 2-3 cm, totally obscuring stems and trunk, no buds, flowers, or fruit, no clues as to the relative size? @bobasil I did answered that already : "There is some identifications that are not possible without using hands or a small piece of wood, but for me it is the exception, not the rule. " ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/2X/7/7831452cf7f0d653ff1ffd34176334b7ef1b6a17.png) [@system](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2020, 5:00pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/hands-in-observations/10878/27 "2020-06-04T17:00:43Z")
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