tired_lemming

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tired_lemming,

The baby owl mafia demands its cut.

tired_lemming,

Now that’s the way to use technological improvements. May there be more and more babies.

tired_lemming,

This photo doesn’t look so bad. Also a very wholesome story.

tired_lemming,

BABIESSSSS! LOVE IT.

tired_lemming,

Booties are cute but knowing this plus the whole monkeys dropping dead from trees due to heatwave makes me sad. 🥲

tired_lemming,

For a moment i wondered what they would do with 3 owls left. Looks like there will be hope for increasing the wild population.

tired_lemming,

Even if they weren’t siblings their kids would be! 😅

I really hope this and more such projects work out.

tired_lemming,

Truly all parents understand the bone dead exhaustion a baby brings.

tired_lemming,

Aww, I’m really intrigued by its blink. Big eyes yes and that short blink where you see the eyelids is pretty cool too.

tired_lemming,

Yes. Yes. Yes. So yes, give us all of them fledglings.

Discussing wildlife photography ethics, including the story why this Flammy looks quite displeased (lemmy.world)

I came across an article called Owls — Not Quite as Clever as We Think and after the post about AI generated images and today’s is it real or isn’t it pic of the Northern Lights https://lemmy.world/post/15495156, I felt now was the right time to share this article and see some of your opinions on the matter. I feels it’s...

tired_lemming,

This kind of reminds me of an article I read about an exotic animal ranch that specialised in faking photos for wild life shoots or films and I’m not for it.

I’ll rather I never see the animals than how disruptive we are being to them in their habitats or faking shots for the camera. I know a good wildlife photographer means lots of wasted time trying to get good shots and helps to raise awareness but I think animals should be left alone as much as possible rather than danced in front of us like a circus.

tired_lemming,

The problems there is how you make exotic wildlife ‘perform’. Unlike say dogs, wildlife rarely enjoy performing tricks. So far places like zoos have managed to make them ‘perform’ stuff they pretty much always do (eg. Fly from place to place or sit still). But when you start reading about stuff like the whales from Free Willy and Seaworld dolphins I’ll rather we have shitty cgi animals in shows.

I know we’ve progressed a bit beyond those days but you just need to see the reports of ongoing exotic animal abuse for me to once again say we can forgo realism for the sake of animal welfare. Animals that can never be sent back to the wild should at most be used in documentaries that usually go like “this is Sigrid, who can never be released because their wings were permanently damaged in a fire” or something. There are always humans who are ready to ruin a good thing so by stopping all of it we avoid the issue in the first place.

And yeah don’t worry I don’t think you’re attacking me. It’s good to have an open discussion and it can always spark new ideas.

tired_lemming,

Oh yes. We’ve definitely progressed quite far. I guess I’m just a bit cynical in terms of how easily humans can backslide. Like how “well this is okay so why not a bit more”. Sometimes decades of progress can get wiped out by a few greedy idiots. Still with how photorealism and cgi stuff has been progressing I also feel that the time may come where for filming you can use technology. Aside from fictional movies where you can use these animals, simulations can also be done. Like how documentaries like air crash investigation does a recreation since they obviously don’t have film of the cockpit at time of crash, using technology for the purposes of simulating what animals behave like in the wild could be great too.

I definitely think drones have great potential though. And as long as the noise disruption and other potential dangers are reduced (I have read about some accidents from collisions given how fast some drones can be) I think that’s a great new avenue for wildlife filming.

tired_lemming,

Now those are some nice and unique poses you don’t see every day. T Pose owl lol.

tired_lemming,

It’s lovely to know that some efforts are bearing fruit. We do need uplifting news time to time.

tired_lemming,

I definitely want any and all AI art to be clearly mentioned. But honestly I’ll prefer the real things and it’s nice to know that you manage to find such great photos. Definitely appreciate you wading through all the shit to find the gems but absolutely don’t burn yourself out. If weird fakes are of interest, maybe a once a week or once a month post with titles like “worst AI shit trying to pass off as real” or something.

Like you said, this one looks like emo candycorn (black stripes) but definitely do declare in title because people have such short attention spans and best not to leave any doubt.

tired_lemming,

Beak fencing sounds like the cutest thing. Reminds me of dogs and cats play fighting.

tired_lemming,

Wait. Those are actual owls in the tree? Not a crappy photoshop? It’s crazy what the right angles in photography can do in creating a photo. Reminds me of the perspective tricks they used in Lord of the Rings to film naturally but give the illusion of size differences.

tired_lemming,

Fuzz. Fuzzier. Fuzziest.

tired_lemming,

I was already thinking it had a cool shadow and the photographer mentions how he did it on purpose and that’s pretty neat.

tired_lemming,

Wait, this was a moonlight picture!? That’s nuts. I would need super blackout shades, I’m super light sensitive.

Also a great photo.

tired_lemming,

Well yes. There’s a reason I’m just tired all the time lol.

But yeah, even with night vision or whatever equivalent it is this is close to pretty much being a day time picture. There’s none of the usual night picture markers.

tired_lemming,

An Owltiful harvest!

tired_lemming,

This was such a nostalgia trip. Thanks.

tired_lemming,

It’s always terrible when people act so ignorant of the impact their actions cause. People behave so carelessly just to get rid of some pests and never consider the bigger picture. Really a problem with some parts of society as a whole.

Here’s hoping recovery goes well for the owl.

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