ickplant@lemmy.world to Tan Eggs@lemmy.ca · 12 days agoGiant multi-colored squirrels of Indialemmy.worldimagemessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up1217arrow-down15file-textcross-posted to: squirrel_spotting_society@lemmy.sdf.org
arrow-up1212arrow-down1imageGiant multi-colored squirrels of Indialemmy.worldickplant@lemmy.world to Tan Eggs@lemmy.ca · 12 days agomessage-square12fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: squirrel_spotting_society@lemmy.sdf.org
minus-squareSaltSong@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·12 days agoAre these true color pictures?
minus-squarefossilesque@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·edit-212 days agoNot quite, looks slightly enhanced, but they’re still cool looking. There’s different kinds apparently. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_giant_squirrel
minus-squareObtuseDoorFrame@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·12 days agoI could’ve sworn the first pic was AI… there’s just something off about it. I think it was the post processing/color tweaking that was throwing me off. Your photos don’t have that same weirdness. What a cool animal!
minus-squarefossilesque@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·12 days agoIt’s the brightness & saturation levels, I think. :)
minus-squareElectric_Druid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-211 days agoI’ve been seeing a lot of these “color retouched” images being shared around- it’s deliberately misleading and we need to call them out as such.
minus-squareSaltSong@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 days agoI’ve seen it a lot in astrophotography, but there they have a reason to remap the colors.
minus-squareElectric_Druid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 days agoGood point, problematic in some areas but useful in others
Are these true color pictures?
Not quite, looks slightly enhanced, but they’re still cool looking. There’s different kinds apparently.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_giant_squirrel
I could’ve sworn the first pic was AI… there’s just something off about it. I think it was the post processing/color tweaking that was throwing me off. Your photos don’t have that same weirdness.
What a cool animal!
It’s the brightness & saturation levels, I think. :)
Yea, still cool.
I’ve been seeing a lot of these “color retouched” images being shared around- it’s deliberately misleading and we need to call them out as such.
I’ve seen it a lot in astrophotography, but there they have a reason to remap the colors.
Good point, problematic in some areas but useful in others