Multiple photos per observation
When you have multiple photos of a nature sighting, they should all be posted as a single observation. To make identification easier, it's a good idea to have multiple photos of a sighting from different angles, etc. (2 to 3 pics is ideal). Here's how to get multiple photos to show-up in a single observation.
1) Upload 2 or more photos to iNaturalist together (similar steps to a single photo),
2) Drag & drop each additional photo on the right on top of the left most photo,
or using your mouse/cursor draw a box around all photos and click on the "Combine" button
above.
3) You are done.
Photo tips from iNaturalist:
Take multiple photos: Many organisms, particularly plants and insects, cannot be identified to species from a single photo. Show students how to take multiple photos from different angles (top, bottom, side, front, back), and/or photos showing different features of the organism. For plants it's especially important to take pictures of flowers or fruit. Photos of flowers or fruit AND leaves are the most helpful. Be sure to add multiple photos of the same organism to the same observation.
Here's a short video tutorial on taking a good set of photos for observations:
https://vimeo.com/167341998
The MVFN iNaturalist project team
(denisag2)
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Is there a way to combine photos in separate observations after they're already submitted?
If you have photos in 2 observations that you want to combine into one observations.
1) Delete one observation (Delete is in drop down menu next to Edit button).
2) Then use the Edit function on the other obseration to add deleted photos (i.e. from your computer, etc).
That's one way. Hope that helps.
From your message, tt appears there is some other way as well - could you please explain that too @denisag2
I did the mistake of uploading a bunch of photos as individual observations and all of them need to be batched.
Yes, I did too. Super frustrating. I'm just learning this and find it clunky
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