ickplant@lemmy.world to Tan Eggs@lemmy.ca · 1 month agoGiant multi-colored squirrels of Indialemmy.worldimagemessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-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 · 1 month agomessage-square12linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: squirrel_spotting_society@lemmy.sdf.org
minus-squareSaltSong@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 month agoAre these true color pictures?
minus-squarefossilesque@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·edit-21 month 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-up9·1 month 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-up9·1 month agoIt’s the brightness & saturation levels, I think. :)
minus-squareElectric_Druid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-21 month 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-up3·1 month agoI’ve seen it a lot in astrophotography, but there they have a reason to remap the colors.
minus-squareElectric_Druid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month 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