James Thomas
Well-known member
Didn't know where to post this, if Birguides had a forum I'd put it there.
Anyway, do you put pictures up, have a look on there, put thumbs up and leave comments?
I put pictures up because I often use the bank of photos to help on some id's especially where species have a wide plumage range and think anything that adds to this is worthwhile. For this find it easier to use than the opus (sorry!) and better because I like having loads of pictures to run through. I also put up some of my nicer pictures because I like looking at nice pictures of birds and hope others do.
I sometimes disagree with picture of the week, but thats down to personal preference, I don't think I've seen one I wouldn't have been delighted with.
What baffles me is the way that some pictures seem to get a hugely positive response without (in my view) merit. Bearing in mind that you can filter a search to include photos with comments only, I think the intention is there for you to see the best pictures only be that for illustrative, artistic or other reasons.
To illustrate my puzzlement look at the 25 pictures of Gyr falcons, the latest picture is valuable in that it shows that a Gyr was there but is it really the 3rd best picture.
(If you are reading Maurice I really hope I don't offend, I'd have put the picture up )
Anyway, do you put pictures up, have a look on there, put thumbs up and leave comments?
I put pictures up because I often use the bank of photos to help on some id's especially where species have a wide plumage range and think anything that adds to this is worthwhile. For this find it easier to use than the opus (sorry!) and better because I like having loads of pictures to run through. I also put up some of my nicer pictures because I like looking at nice pictures of birds and hope others do.
I sometimes disagree with picture of the week, but thats down to personal preference, I don't think I've seen one I wouldn't have been delighted with.
What baffles me is the way that some pictures seem to get a hugely positive response without (in my view) merit. Bearing in mind that you can filter a search to include photos with comments only, I think the intention is there for you to see the best pictures only be that for illustrative, artistic or other reasons.
To illustrate my puzzlement look at the 25 pictures of Gyr falcons, the latest picture is valuable in that it shows that a Gyr was there but is it really the 3rd best picture.
(If you are reading Maurice I really hope I don't offend, I'd have put the picture up )
