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[MarkG]

 

[smskelton]

Malachite Sunbird, Cape Town, South Africa.

[BirdNrd]

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/390171881

[IKLland]

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/390185381

[IKLland]

3 hours ago, IKLland said:

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/390185381

@Kevin, why does the quality look sharper on whatbird than the link? Zoom in and that’s the case……weird. 

[Aaron]

21 minutes ago, IKLland said:

@Kevin, why does the quality look sharper on whatbird than the link? Zoom in and that’s the case……weird. 

Ebird compresses images too when they’re displayed in the Macaulay library. When you drag and drop the image into the new tab that’s extracting the actual full sized/raw/uncompressed photo that’s stored in the servers. 
Which is why there’s an option to “download original”. 
At least that’s how I understand it. 

Edited November 23, 2021 by Aaron

[Kevin]

25 minutes ago, IKLland said:

@Kevin, why does the quality look sharper on whatbird than the link? Zoom in and that’s the case……weird. 

I don't really know, I have just always guessed that it compressed it more than eBird. 

[IKLland]

6 minutes ago, Aaron said:

Ebird compresses images too when they’re displayed in the Macaulay library. When you drag and drop the image into the new tab that’s extracting the actual full sized/raw/uncompressed photo that’s stored in the servers. 
Which is why there’s an option to “download original”. 
At least that’s how I understand it. 

Thanks. When I hit download original, it still doesn’t look right. 
https://cdn.download.ams.birds.cornell.edu/api/v1/asset/390185381/2400?__hstc=264660688.c695a93e6745b82f454483011d1a21cb.1630771745079.1637630480750.1637631741807.101&__hssc=264660688.3.1637631741807&__hsfp=2606936460

it only looks right when you embed it from here, as you said

[Aaron]

They look the same quality to me ??‍♂️
Adding the image through the URL just makes it so this website doesn’t have to download it, convert it, and store it. So the actual image itself is being stored on eBird (which is the original image) and not here, even though it is displayed here. Which is why it avoids whatbirds compression and doesn’t take up as much space as adding images ‘the old way’.

At least I think that’s how it works… maybe I’m making this up ?.

Maybe @Charlie Spencer knows 

[IKLland]

26 minutes ago, Aaron said:

They look the same quality to me ??‍♂️
Adding the image through the URL just makes it so this website doesn’t have to download it, convert it, and store it. So the actual image itself is being stored on eBird (which is the original image) and not here, even though it is displayed here. Which is why it avoids whatbirds compression and doesn’t take up as much space as adding images ‘the old way’.

At least I think that’s how it works… maybe I’m making this up ?.

Maybe @Charlie Spencer knows 

I’m on an iPad, so maybe it’s different. 

[MarkG]

 

[Charlie Spencer]

9 hours ago, Aaron said:

Maybe @Charlie Spencer knows 

Or maybe not.

[smskelton]

Lao Tzu said "A journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step."  Cactus Wren:  "Obviously, Lao Tzu didn't have wings."

[OregonRon]

Great Blue Heron with a frog it had just caught.

 

[Charlie Spencer]

Gibson Pond Park, Lexington SC, 21 Nov 21.

I'm a sucker for reflections in the water.

Edited November 23, 2021 by Charlie Spencer

[Aidan B]

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/390447261

[MarkG]

 

[DLecy]

I've always struggled to get a decent photo of this species.

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/390504021

[IKLland]

Great shots today! My best photo ever of a cedar waxwings: 

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/390519741

More good images on the list: 

https://ebird.org/checklist/S97988594

[Seanbirds]

8 minutes ago, IKLland said:

Great shots today! My best photo ever of a cedar waxwings: 

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/390519741

More good images on the list: 

https://ebird.org/checklist/S97988594

Nice!! LOVE the shoveler photo in that checklist.

[IKLland]

Just now, Seanbirds said:

Nice!! LOVE the shoveler photo in that checklist.

The female? 

[Seanbirds]

Just now, IKLland said:

The female? 

Yeah, sorry I didn't see the others at first.

[Connor Cochrane]

Willet

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/390535481

[smskelton]

Amethyst Sunbird 

[IKLland]

12 hours ago, Connor Cochrane said:

Willet

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/390535481

Nice photo!