unni, i have noted your good suggestions. we will come up with an improved version.
At 5:00 PM +0530 12/28/09, Unni Pulikkal wrote: > > >Dear Krishnamegh, >I would suggest a rather simplified format: All >the info on the species on the upper >side(English name, Latin name, Author's name and >year etc) and that of the particular image ( the >name of the photographer, where he spotted the >species and the media code) on the lower side. >Just a suggestion. Pls think it over. See the >attachment. > >Sunshines to you! >unni >................................................. >Dr.Unni Krishnan Pulikkal ARPS ><http://www.imagery.in>www.imagery.in :: ><http://www.bafindia.org>www.bafindia.org >................................................. >The Butterfly Art Foundation, India >Pady P.O., Kodaly, Thrissur Dt., >Kerala, India PIN.680699 >Cell: 9446508102 > >On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 9:12 AM, Krushnamegh >Kunte ><<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]> >wrote: > >everyone has been sending their "best picture of >the year 2009", so i thought i would send my >entry. actually, i have already sent some of my >best pictures so this is just one more. but this >is certainly something very special for me: >Forest Pierrot (Taraka hamada). it looks similar >to the Common Pierrot (Castalius rosimon) at >first glance but you would notice that the >spotting pattern is quite different in detail. >also notice the unusually fluffy legs. the thing >that makes the species special is its >carnivorous habits: the caterpillars don't eat >plants like most butterfly caterpillars, they >feed on scale insects. i had waited for this >species for many years, so the sighting in >sikkim last month made me especially happy. > >btw, the attached picture is formatted >differently than the pictures that i have been >sending for many months. one idea is that we >would format all the pictures that we load on >IFoundButterflies in this/similar manner. in the >present picture, the top left corner mentions >the lowest taxonomic assignment of the specimen >(in this case the subspecies name, with >author-year of subspecies description), followed >by specimen details (place and date). the top >right corner gives a unique code that will be >assigned to every media item (picture/video). >this number will be useful if, say, people want >to give reference to a particular picture in >their research papers. since many journals don't >publish color pictures, or any pictures at all, >the website users could load pictures on species >pages and mention media code numbers in their >papers so that the pictures can be referred to >either as a proof of the record that is being >reported in the paper or whatever (one use for >non-professionals is that they can just email >their friends media code numbers of the pictures >that they would like their friends to see). the >lower left corner gives english name of the >(sub)species, and the lower right corner shows >copyright information (name of the photographer >and year of copyright), which will protect >rights of the contributors (we are also working >towards locking the images/videos so that random >people can't download copyrighted material). > >i think it is important that we keep the >scientific information associated with each >picture/video all in one place, and also give >due credit to the person who took the >picture/video, so i came up with this format. >does this sound like this is something that we >should implement on the website? can anyone >think of a better format? > >looking forward to your comments/suggestions. >-- > >Krushnamegh Kunte > >Post-doctoral Research Fellow >FAS Center for Systems Biology >Harvard University >52 Oxford St >Northwest Lab Room 458.40-3 >Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. > >Ph: (617) 496-0078 >Cell: (512) 577-1370 >Fax: (617) 495-2196 >Email: <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected] >Other emails: ><mailto:[email protected]>[email protected], ><mailto:[email protected]>[email protected] > >Personal website: ><http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~kunte/index.htm>http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~kunte/index.htm >Indian Foundation for Butterflies: ><http://ifoundbutterflies.org/>http://ifoundbutterflies.org/ >Google profile: ><http://www.google.com/profiles/krushnamegh>http://www.google.com/profiles/krushnamegh > > > > >Content-Type: image/jpeg; name="Forest Pierrot.jpg" >Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Forest Pierrot.jpg" >X-Attachment-Id: f_g3r63c2r2 > >Attachment converted: Mammoth:Forest Pierrot.jpg (JPEG/«IC») (00386B3B) -- Krushnamegh Kunte Post-doctoral Research Fellow FAS Center for Systems Biology Harvard University 52 Oxford St Northwest Lab Room 458.40-3 Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. Ph: (617) 496-0078 Cell: (512) 577-1370 Fax: (617) 495-2196 Email: [email protected] Other emails: [email protected], [email protected] Personal website: http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~kunte/index.htm Indian Foundation for Butterflies: http://ifoundbutterflies.org/ Google profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/krushnamegh -- Enjoy
