RobinHood Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 (edited) 10 minutes ago, PaulK said: This ended up being a link to the species page not the photo! Oops, thanks for pointing that out, possibly redundant now - I just thought it was a 3.5 or 4. https://ebird.org/checklist/S75953939 The American Tree Sparrow Edited April 9, 2021 by RobinHood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bird Nuts Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 1 hour ago, IKLland said: are you saying that you currently use a point and shoot or used to have one an are showing what they did? I used to use a point-and-shoot as my main birding camera and BN#2 still uses one. Those are the best bird photos we've taken with them. I now have a DSLR, as @Seanbirds mentioned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bird Nuts Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 (edited) oops, double post. Edited April 9, 2021 by The Bird Nuts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexHenry Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 This is my best ever Rock Wren photo! Rated 1 star in eBird. Not sure what’s going on with that rating. IMO that’s easily a 3 or a 4. 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spyonabird Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 This is an interesting thread. Maybe I am weird (or old) but I never paid attention to the ratings on ebird. I feel that there are 2 main types of bird photography. Documentation and artistic. Sometimes the 2 merge into one. I prefer a more artistic style and that will not get a high rating on ebird. If it is something unusual I will post the picture regardless of quality. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexHenry Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 23 minutes ago, Spyonabird said: If it is something unusual I will post the picture regardless of quality. Agreed! Many of the photos I post are mediocre- or low-quality documentation photos for rare/uncommon birds. I don’t care about ratings on those photos, as my purpose in those cases is just to provide documentation. I don’t usually post low-quality photos of common birds. If I get a decently good picture of a common bird, I’ll post it. I don’t do much of the “artistic” stuff. My focus is usually just to get as clearly identifiable a photo as possible, or sometimes to capture interesting behaviors or unusual counts. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor L. Posted April 9, 2021 Author Share Posted April 9, 2021 1 hour ago, AlexHenry said: This is my best ever Rock Wren photo! Rated 1 star in eBird. Not sure what’s going on with that rating. IMO that’s easily a 3 or a 4. Those are a solid four. Just put them up a bit. Probably just one bitter guy. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinHood Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 An example of the randomness of eBird photo ratings is provided in this link to Northern Cardinal photos at a County level. https://ebird.org/media/catalog?regionCode=CA-ON-SC&date.yearRange=YALL&taxonCode=norcar&mediaType=Photo&sort=rating_rank_desc If anyone is bored it would be interesting to see what happens if just a few people gave some objective ratings, not looking for a boost in this case so you can ignore my photos, just wondering what a more balanced non - subjective approach does. I am really trying to stop caring about ratings but keep getting sucked back in ?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan B Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 (edited) Apparently, someone just went through and rated all of the Surfbird and Black Turnstone Photos I've uploaded to ebird in the past two days as one star. I reuploaded almost all of them but it's still kind of annoying loosing all the ratings they did have. Here the best four are. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/326113371#_ga=2.27440956.1477050337.1617590628-1021818232.1612749747 https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/326113491#_ga=2.27440956.1477050337.1617590628-1021818232.1612749747 https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/326113351 https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/326113321#_ga=2.30145727.1477050337.1617590628-1021818232.1612749747 Edited April 14, 2021 by Aidan B 5 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 7 hours ago, Aidan B said: Apparently, someone just went through and rated all of the Surfbird and Black Turnstone Photos I've uploaded to ebird in the past two days as one star. I reuploaded almost all of them but it's still kind of annoying loosing all the ratings they did have. Here the best four are. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/326113371#_ga=2.27440956.1477050337.1617590628-1021818232.1612749747 https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/326113491#_ga=2.27440956.1477050337.1617590628-1021818232.1612749747 https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/326113351 https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/326113321#_ga=2.30145727.1477050337.1617590628-1021818232.1612749747 I just rated all of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanbirds Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 16 minutes ago, Kevin said: I just rated all of them. Me too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor L. Posted April 14, 2021 Author Share Posted April 14, 2021 (edited) 7 hours ago, Aidan B said: Apparently, someone just went through and rated all of the Surfbird and Black Turnstone Photos I've uploaded to ebird in the past two days as one star. I reuploaded almost all of them but it's still kind of annoying loosing all the ratings they did have. Here the best four are. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/326113371#_ga=2.27440956.1477050337.1617590628-1021818232.1612749747 https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/326113491#_ga=2.27440956.1477050337.1617590628-1021818232.1612749747 https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/326113351 https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/326113321#_ga=2.30145727.1477050337.1617590628-1021818232.1612749747 If ever there were poorly-rated photos... Edit: I mean to say that anything lower than five for these seems wrong. Edited April 14, 2021 by Trevor L. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 On 4/14/2021 at 5:50 AM, Seanbirds said: Me too! Me three! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanbirds Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 This birder friend of mine has some outstanding photos, they’re just not getting rated. https://ebird.org/media/catalog?searchField=user&userId=USER1139996&q=Nick Stroot 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanbirds Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 2 minutes ago, Seanbirds said: This birder friend of mine has some outstanding photos, they’re just not getting rated. https://ebird.org/media/catalog?searchField=user&userId=USER1139996&q=Nick Stroot I’m trying to get him to join Whatbird. ? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 Two stars? https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/272735421#_ga=2.73129491.1013537695.1617478482-1338034976.1615994683 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanbirds Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 1 hour ago, Kevin said: Two stars? https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/272735421#_ga=2.73129491.1013537695.1617478482-1338034976.1615994683 High three for me. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BirdNrd Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 3 Stars??? https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/327738841 https://cdn.download.ams.birds.cornell.edu/api/v1/asset/327738841/2400?__hstc=264660688.00cf86ec0c226262b331da884166f7d5.1582994137422.1618785532041.1618794836137.214&__hssc=264660688.77577.1618783274820&__hsfp=790041800#_ga=2.197558767.1342075697.1618367456-1169194520.1583204631 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanbirds Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 14 minutes ago, BirdNrd said: 3 Stars??? https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/327738841 https://cdn.download.ams.birds.cornell.edu/api/v1/asset/327738841/2400?__hstc=264660688.00cf86ec0c226262b331da884166f7d5.1582994137422.1618785532041.1618794836137.214&__hssc=264660688.77577.1618783274820&__hsfp=790041800#_ga=2.197558767.1342075697.1618367456-1169194520.1583204631 Almost 5 for me. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 1 hour ago, Seanbirds said: Almost 5 for me. 4 for me, but i could see it as 5. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birding Boy Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 Hey all, what would you call this willet shot? 4 or a 5? I was pretty sure it was a 5 but it got a negative rating or several pretty quickly. Reuploaded it, but I’m curious what y’all think.https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/328094421 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avery Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 4 minutes ago, Birding Boy said: Hey all, what would you call this willet shot? 4 or a 5? I was pretty sure it was a 5 but it got a negative rating or several pretty quickly. Reuploaded it, but I’m curious what y’all think.https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/328094421 Easy 5 for me. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BirdNrd Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 26 minutes ago, Avery said: Easy 5 for me. Agreed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birding Boy Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 1 hour ago, Avery said: Easy 5 for me. 48 minutes ago, BirdNrd said: Agreed. Thanks, guess it was a case of random rate bombing in that case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birding Boy Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 Welp it was just rate bombed again. Guess I shoulda waited a few days before uploading that one. Someone else just uploaded a bunch of willet photos which are on the best of the day, kinda sus... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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