Re: Replacing the animal photos in the ‘erase’ activities

Karl Ove Hufthammer karl at huftis.org
Thu Feb 24 20:37:20 GMT 2022 

Karl Ove Hufthammer skreiv 21.02.2022 19:55:
> Here are a couple of example images to illustrate this.

And I’ve now spent the last few days browsing and searching through what 
*felt* like the entire Wikimedia Commons animal image collection (but is 
really only a small fraction of it!), to come up with more candidate 
images. I have tried to find images that are of high technical quality, 
preferably with a blurry background, and either beautiful, interesting, 
funny or cute.

The images also have to work when cropped into the rather wide 16:9 
aspect ratio (finding such an image of giraffe is *not* easy!), though I 
think it sometimes is acceptable to crop the image to show only part of 
the animal.

To keep the user’s interest, I think a goal when defining which images 
should be included is *variety*: There should be images of many 
*different* animals, e.g., both large and small, both land animals, 
birds, fish and insects, and animals from all parts of the world. And 
there should also be variety in the colour palettes (many images from 
Africa are brown/orange).

Below is list of potential images. It would be nice if we could have a 
quick informal vote on which images to include. Here’s a short and 
simple rating scale.

1 – An excellent image – a ‘must-have’.
2 – A very good image. Try to include if there’s space for it.
3 – An OK image. Can be included, but it’s not a priority.
4 – Not good enough for inclusion.

Just add your rating in front of the colon for each image, like this:

1: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Suricates,_Namibia-2.jpg

(If you want to add a comment, just write it on the next line.)

Then send your list of ratings to this mailing list or directly to me at 
karl at huftis.org. Everybody on this list is invited to participate.

Oh, and if there’s an animal you’re missing, feel free to mention it. I 
will search for an appropriate image. I will also do some light 
retouching (cropping, colour adjustment if necessary, resizing and 
sharpening).

I haven’t checked all the licenses, but I get the impression that *most* 
are (one version of) CC-BY-SA. But if the license of a *great* image is 
not acceptable, we could always ask the author if they are willing to 
relicense it.

Here are the images, in no particular order:

: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Suricates,_Namibia-2.jpg
: 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Juvenile_Nubian_ibex_in_Mitzpe_Ramon_(40409).jpg
: 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:West_European_Hedgehog_(Erinaceus_europaeus)1.jpg
: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Femea_Cervo_do_Pantanal_Perfil.jpg
: 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lion_(Panthera_leo)_old_male_Chobe.jpg
: 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Giraffe_Ithala_KZN_South_Africa_Luca_Galuzzi_2004.JPG
: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Greenland_467_(35130903436).jpg
: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sarlyk_Yak2.jpg
: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tiger-2.jpg
: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Suricates,_Namibia-2.jpg
: 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lobo_marino_(Zalophus_californianus_wollebaeki),_Punta_Pitt,_isla_de_San_Crist%C3%B3bal,_islas_Gal%C3%A1pagos,_Ecuador,_2015-07-24,_DD_12.JPG
: 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Biandintz_eta_zaldiak_-_modified2.jpg
: 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Equus_quagga_burchellii_-_Etosha,_2014.jpg
: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flehmendes_Pferd_32_c.jpg
: 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chobe_River_Front,_Botswana_(2625496300).jpg
: 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cheetah_(Acinonyx_jubatus)_female_2.jpg
: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ngorongoro_Spitzmaulnashorn.jpg
: 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Indian_rhinoceros_(Rhinoceros_unicornis)_4.jpg
: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hippopotamus_in_the_Zambezi.jpg
: 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Macaca_fascicularis_in_Tarutao_National_Marine_Park.jpg
: 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gibraltar_Barbary_Macaques_BW_2015-10-26_14-07-28.jpg
: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zaniskari_Horse_in_Ladakh.jpg
: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Schimpanse,_Pan_troglodytes_3.JPG
: 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hylobates_lar_-_Kaeng_Krachan_WB.jpg
: 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elefantes_africanos_de_sabana_(Loxodonta_africana),_parque_nacional_de_Chobe,_Botsuana,_2018-07-28,_DD_25.jpg
: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tamias_striatus_CT.jpg
: 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:American_robin_in_Central_Park_(52526).jpg
: 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Long-tailed_tit_Gennevilliers_03.jpg
: 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Female_northern_harrier_in_flight-1142.jpg
: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dromedary_in_Thar_desert.jpg
: 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sheep_on_the_sides_of_Sugarloaf_(496m),_Christchurch,_New_Zealand_03.jpg
: 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Swaledale_Sheep,_Lake_District,_England_-_June_2009.jpg
: 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Walliser_Schwarzhalsziege,_Belalp_2014.jpg
: 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Close-up_photograph_of_a_calf%27s_head_looking_at_the_viewer_with_pricked_ears_in_Don_Det_Laos.jpg
: 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Camelus_bactrianus_in_western_Mongolia_02.jpg
: 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Camelus_bactrianus_in_western_Mongolia_06.jpg
: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cat_yawning_in_park.jpg
: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_kitten_in_a_carton_(Flickr).jpg
: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_posing_kitten_(Flickr).jpg
: 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mountain_gorilla_(Gorilla_beringei_beringei)_female_2.jpg
: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eilat_Dolphin_Reef_(3).jpg
: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eilat_Dolphin_Reef_(4).jpg
: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eilat_Dolphin_Reef_(2).jpg
: 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D0%91%D1%96%D0%BB%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%96_%D0%B2_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D1%83_%D0%9E%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D1%96%D1%8F.jpg
: 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grey_headed_flying_fox_-_AndrewMercer_IMG41848.jpg
: 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elefantes_africanos_de_sabana_(Loxodonta_africana),_parque_nacional_Kruger,_Sud%C3%A1frica,_2018-07-25,_DD_05.jpg
: 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cercopiteco_verde_(Chlorocebus_pygerythrus),_parque_nacional_Kruger,_Sud%C3%A1frica,_2018-07-25,_DD_40.jpg
: 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Southern_puku_(Kobus_vardonii_vardonii)_female_head.jpg
: 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bonnet_macaques_in_anaimalai_hills_JEG2730.jpg
: 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2015-06-10_Pronghorn_in_Yellowstone_National_Park,_USA_7862.jpg
: 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cervus_canadensis_nannodes_at_Tomales_Point.jpg
: 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taufliege_(Drosophila_melanogaster)-20200607-RM-210232.jpg
: 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chrysotoxum_cautum_Richard_Bartz.jpg
: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asilidae_2_by_kadavoor.jpg
: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pollinationn.jpg
: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hymenoptera_diagonal.jpg
: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wasp_August_2007-12.jpg
: 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Papilio_machaon_-_Daucus_carota_-_Keila.jpg
: 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_World_swallowtail_(Papilio_machaon_gorganus)_underside_Hungary.jpg
: 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Parantica_aglea_at_Nayikayam_Thattu.jpg
: 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Damselfly_September_2007_Osaka_Japan.jpg
: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Damselfly_08_%28MK%29.jpg
: 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bos_grunniens_at_Yundrok_Yumtso_Lake.jpg
: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ladybug_aphids.JPG
: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sally_Lightfoot_Crab_2019.jpg
: 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ocypode-ceratophthalma-horned-ghost-crab-krabi-thailand.jpg
: 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Synchiropus_splendidus_2_Luc_Viatour.jpg
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AndrewMercerIMG_5585_Australian_Water_Dragon.jpg
: 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BennyTrapp_Chamaeleo_chamaeleon_Samos_Griechenland.jpg
: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eisvogel_kingfisher.jpg
: 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pteroglossus_torquatus_Costa_Rica.jpg
: 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Diomedea_exulans_in_flight_-_SE_Tasmania.jpg
: 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sau_p%C3%A5_Hylsete_i_Sogndal-2.jpg
: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ara_ararauna_(Linnaeus_1758).jpg
: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eurasian_eagle-owl_(44088).jpg
: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Falkland_Islands_Penguins_49.jpg
: 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Penguin_in_Antarctica_jumping_out_of_the_water.jpg
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2019-03-03_Chinstrap_penguin_on_Barrientos_Island,_Antarctica.jpg
: 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Steinadler_Aquila_chrysaetos_closeup2_Richard_Bartz.jpg
: 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mute_swans_(Cygnus_olor)_and_cygnets.jpg
: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CygnusOlorShallowDOF-560mm.jpg
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:D%C3%BClmen,_B%C3%B6rnste,_Alpakas_--_2020_--_5251.jpg
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:D%C3%BClmen,_B%C3%B6rnste,_Alpakas_--_2020_--_5338.jpg
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Papageitaucher_Fratercula_arctica.jpg
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monarch_Butterfly_Danaus_plexippus_on_Milkweed_Hybrid_2800px.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Giraffe.JPG
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eastern_great_egret_in_flight_at_Tenn%C5%8Dji_Park_in_Osaka,_November_2016_-_1478.jpg
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%96_%D0%B2_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82%D1%96_%D0%94%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8E.jpg
: 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Proboscis_monkey_(Nasalis_larvatus)_female_and_baby.jpg
: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Giraffe08_-_melbourne_zoo.jpg

-- 
Karl Ove Hufthammer

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