Thanks, yes I thought there was probably two but twice bad didn’t really improve the information quality in my shot. May I use your improved version with proper attribution? It’ll make the record so much better. ;-)
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After hitting that one with my tuning kit.
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Oh absolutely. I was hoping you might consider using it. Glad to be part of this.
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I added your pic. Thank you, I’m now much happier with my terrible photo.
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https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/174161528
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/174161621
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/174157045
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/174161562
Terrible photos of Red Admirals, though mostly ID-able
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I’d say this is a significant improvement, it’s still just not a good picture. The loon was so far away I couldn’t really see it, someone told me they saw it through their binoculars and I just shot in that direction optimistically and cropped it when I got home. Unfortunately the bird is out of focus, but it’s at least identifiable. I got this really good shot on the same trip though: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/187552501
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Gorgeous shot! Mind telling us a bit about your gear for that one?
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I’ve got a nikon d750 and a used 200-500mm nikkor lens. Pretty much the setup I could afford while still spending money to travel, it gets some decent bird pictures although the resolution isn’t as high as I’d like it to be
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my Nikon D3100 with a kit lens can get ok pictures in the right hands. Which is why I upgraded to a camera that can compensate for me a bit. (yes, I just admitted to having used a D3100)
Some people can make almost any camera do magic.
I aspire.
edit: that means I think you are gaining skills.
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I have the guilty hobby of trying to find the ‘best’ worst picture I can. I.e. what is the minimum detail/fewest diagnostic characters required to ID that individual?
The individual below is cleary Pica pica, and probably my favourite ‘best’ worst picture so far.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/188557512
Camera traps are good for hobby, I also have several Lepidoptera/Odonata accidentally caught passing the camera trap that can probably never be IDd. Plus all the normal fare of poor blurry/dark handheld shots out in the field.
I forgot the other contender, a silhouetted gecko -
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This is probably my worst!
I am usually kind of picky about the photos I upload, but I was so surprised (or concerned) by a couple of Western Pipistrelle bats flying around my porch in mid-winter that I thought it was worth documenting. It doesn’t matter whether it reaches RG. The sunset is nice :).
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/197851674
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That gecko picture is a great photo, though, hardly a “worst pic”. But I see what you mean about fewest diagnostic characters required to ID.
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just uploaded a “ghost deer” from the heaviest fog we have ever hiked in:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/198511292
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https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/199008934
This one of a squirrel sucks too.
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my new worst:
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Actual size?
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yes, because I had to crop out all of the coots surrounding it. Also, it was so far away I didn’t even see it until I spotted it through a Nikon P950 at full zoom. it was still hardly visible.
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