TIPS FOR GSB PHOTOS

Remember to upload your observations to our project - only photographs taken between 22 and 25 October.

• You do not need to know or be able to identify something in order to upload it to the project. There are experts who will help with this once you have uploaded.
• Zoom in / take close-up shots to make sure the subject can be identified. Clear shots help!
• Your phone/camera should note location of photographs as well as time – this is important.
• Take multiple angles where possible: eg. underneath as well as on top of a flower, the leaves, the habitat; the front, back and side of insects or mammals, etc.
• Remember to only load one specimen (with multiple photos where available) per observation. If you find another one of the same type, make a separate observation. If you go back in a couple of days later and photograph the same specimen – make a new observation.
• If you photograph a bush with different flowers poking through the branches and a beetle on one of the leaves – upload the same image three times and make three different observations (1. Bush, 2. Unrelated Flower, 3. Beetle).
• If you observed something that is not wild, like a garden plant, make sure to mark it as captive/cultivated. Try to find “wild” creatures in your garden, such as insects, spiders or caterpillars.
• No photographs of humans or their pets are permitted.
• Try to upload your observations every evening (to give time for identification). If you do not know what your photograph is of, and none of the suggestions seem to fit, then please give a generic name like “bird” or “fish” rather than leaving it blank.

PS: when doing bulk uploads (like we hope you will do during GSB!) do them on your computer ... much faster than your phone!

Publicado el 08 de octubre de 2021 a las 08:47 AM por sandyi