Quality and quantity
Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 10:01 pm
Hi Pete
You already know that I think ukbutterflies is one of the best websites around. Someone noted that the species descriptions still need to be done, and I will be inputting as much as you want for these.
About the only real criticism that I can make of ukbutterflies is that there are far too many images of each species - often a dozen or more shots of an adult or larva. In many cases there are several almost identical shots of a particular species, and the quality varies from excellent to substandard.
I can understand why you want to publish shots from all contributors, but I think the site would be notably improved if the number of images was reduced, using a bit of ruthless editing. Better I think to limit the pictures on the species pages to only say half a dozen high quality images of the adults, a couple of egg shots, one shot of each larval instar, and perhaps 2 or 3 of the pupa.
Perhaps the best method would be to include only the best available images in the species section, and to put the rest in a separate gallery - otherwise the site will eventually accumulate hundreds of shots of each species, which is unnecessary, and the quality of the site will deteriorate.
All the best
Adrian Hoskins
You already know that I think ukbutterflies is one of the best websites around. Someone noted that the species descriptions still need to be done, and I will be inputting as much as you want for these.
About the only real criticism that I can make of ukbutterflies is that there are far too many images of each species - often a dozen or more shots of an adult or larva. In many cases there are several almost identical shots of a particular species, and the quality varies from excellent to substandard.
I can understand why you want to publish shots from all contributors, but I think the site would be notably improved if the number of images was reduced, using a bit of ruthless editing. Better I think to limit the pictures on the species pages to only say half a dozen high quality images of the adults, a couple of egg shots, one shot of each larval instar, and perhaps 2 or 3 of the pupa.
Perhaps the best method would be to include only the best available images in the species section, and to put the rest in a separate gallery - otherwise the site will eventually accumulate hundreds of shots of each species, which is unnecessary, and the quality of the site will deteriorate.
All the best
Adrian Hoskins
