[Odonata-l] Dragonfly images

[Dennis Paulson]

Mark, thanks for the information. There are some beautiful photos on  
the site, and it's always a pleasure to look at good nature photos.  
That Rhyothemis by jiaren777 - wow!

To me, there is often as much frustration as pleasure in looking at  
nature-photography sites, as the photos are so often not named, and  
if it's a plant or animal I don't know, knowing what it is would have  
made the experience more satisfying. Furthermore, they're often  
(usually?) not located, not even by continent. Am I the only one  
frustrated by this? I don't suppose this custom will be easy to  
change, but it would be so nice if all the many nature-photo sites  
there are now would recommend to their users that a locality, even a  
date, associated with each photo would be a wonderful asset. If they  
don't know what they photographed, a lot of dragonfly people out  
there are willing to try to identify photos, but a location would  
make it so much easier. There are odonates from all over the world on  
this site - what an educational resource if it could be tapped! I  
realize some photographers don't need to know the names of their  
subjects, but many of us viewing the photos would like to have that  
option, which might be made available if the locality was known.

These comments aren't intended to denigrate your group, as most  
nature sites are like this. A wonderful exception is BugGuide.Net,  
where people post photos of North American terrestrial arthropods  
either identified or needing identification, with localities and  
dates. We need an international BugGuide now.

Dennis
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Dennis Paulson
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On Mar 27, 2006, at 11:10 AM, Mark O'Brien wrote:

> I don't know how many of you know this already, but I have a photo  
> group on
> Flickr devoted to dragonfly images:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/groups/dragonflies/
>
> Enjoy!
>
> Mark
>
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> Mark F. O'Brien, Collection Manager
> UMMZ Insect Division, 1109 Geddes Avenue
> University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079
> 734-647-2199    fax: 734-763-4080
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