I think it is this one. Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus), which had flew away just before we were able to focus on it.
Anyway, if you are told the species you can recognise it.
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Mine are maybe a bit better, but when posted on Instagram they prompted a concerned friend to comment “are you sure that’s not a leaf?”
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/150778844
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If you squint and tilt your head you can see the Eastern kingbird in the center https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/65757211/large.jpg
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I’ve uploaded my fair share of shitty pics lmaooo
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/141669544
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/146744082
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/151924943
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/151924931
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/148003274
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/147754229
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/146394653
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/146331561
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/145662921
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/145350842
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/145241032
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/144985191
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/144853563
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yeah but as soon as I saw that i thought porcupine before reading it…so it can’t be that bad haha!
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You remind me of this observation of mine.
Apparently, young porcupines can scamper when they want to.
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There was a project started a while back to track terrible photos for fun - https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/debatably-an-organism
Here’s my worst - the super blurry back end of a red fox! (center of pic, to the left of the trash can)
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Flew down to far southern Baja California Sur with some friends, took a roadtrip to La Ventana, rented out a boat to a desert island, and hiked a few miles to find one of the rarest species of Dudleya… But only our friend who was an experienced freehand rock climber was able to find the small population not eaten by goats. I left the island and returned home disappointed that I hadn’t been able to climb up to find them, until when checking my photos, lo and behold, I had picture of a rockface with a small, 15x15 pixel Dudleya in it! Almost impossible to make out. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/150469775
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I realize now I didn’t exactly answer the question to the user’s specifications, but I still think it works.
Probably this one; a blurry, hyper zoomed photo of a tiny beetle moving at high speed on a wet, rotten dove carcass, surrounded by its maggot friends.
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Oh, don’t get me started! As @sambiology and other Texas iNatters know, I have a burgeoning catalogue of what I like to call my “Not-Quite-Ready-For-Audubon-Cover” bird photos. I will only bore you with a few which are (happily) identifiable to species:
Vermilion Flycatcher at South Llano SP, Texas.
Black Oystercatcher on the California coast.
Yellow Warbler at Castlerock Canyon SP in Colorado.
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…and, Maite, THANKS for starting a reeeally fun thread on the Forum!
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Probably this. It’s supposed to be a white butterfly.
It looks like a pillow
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https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/33153584
phone record of a flying jay in the city, would argue that wing posture here is enough to get it confirmed some day
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I’ve no count of how bad many photos I’ve uploaded here. I upload photos taken from both DSLR and phone, and both I’ve uncountable number of worst photos from kind of gears.
This one shows one of the missed focus and wrong ISO photo from DSLR: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/71009663
Atleast we’re not meant to be fastidious in this platform. We’re meant to be pure nature enthusiasts here and whatever floats your boat works as long as we’re documenting wildlife around us.
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I was a bit frustrated that the dragonflies wouldn’t settle and posted this in the hope that it was one of those distinctive species that can be identified from a blurry photo.
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I thought this one of a Sydney Funnel-web was funny so uploaded it.
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I can’t compete with most of you guys - mostly because I don’t generally contribute with observations. I am quite good at taking crappy pics ;-)
I do have this one, which is pretty bad, though - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/98111639. Added it because at the time there were no other records for the species on iNat and at least the pic is good enough for an id (given the location).
Also added an obs for Big Bend slider way back in 2014, because I was asked to. Didn’t know iNat at the time, didn’t bother to add a pic, because I didn’t see the point since they were all quite bad. When, years later, I realized that obs was still around but seemed worthless without a pic instead of adding one I deleted the obs because I saw no point documenting it with a pic where the turtles couldn’t be distinguished from red eared sliders anyway.
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