Encyclopedia of Life Images

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About Group quality control	Vishal Bhave	1	9 hours ago
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Please introduce yourself	cyanocorax	123	1 week ago

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About Encyclopedia of Life Images

This group was started to allow anyone to provide images for the Encyclopedia of Life web site. Images and scientific illustrations of organisms or their signs (tracks, nests, etc.) are welcome. Videos are welcome too.

There is no limit on the number of images you post to this pool.
BUT
Please choose only your best photos of each organism, and submit more than one image only if it adds something new. Examples of something new could be 1) a new part of or variation in the organism that hasn't been pictured, 2) a different sex or life stage, 3) a new place the organism may be found, 4) a new behavior or habitat for the organism.


Helpful links:
Eol Flickr Tutorial
Changing your licenses
Adding machine tags
Complete machine tag list

Check out your Quality Control report to look for potential issues with images you have submitted. Click on the list of contributors, then the QC report link for your Flickr username.


We are proud to announce our Image Contest Winners. Our regular contests will feature a broad range of varying entry themes that will allow users to showcase the Best of EOL.
Congratulations to the winner and runner ups from Contest 004:Nocturnal


Our First-Ever 4-way win. Congratulations! (in order of submission):
by Danielguip by Arthur Chapman
by Mathieus Stewart by Dmitry Mozzherin
To learn more about our image contests and see past winners please visit Best of EOL Images.


Images posted in this group will eventually be featured on the EOL web site, as long as the entries adhere to the following criteria:

The image is set as public

The image is licensed with one of the following licenses:
-Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike Creative Commons (CC-BY-NC-SA)
-Attribution-NonCommercial Creative Commons (CC-BY-NC)
-Attribution Creative Commons (CC-BY)
-Attribution-ShareAlike Creative Commons (CC-BY-SA)

The image is tagged using one or more machine tags, including the most specific name for the organism:
- The machine tag for binomial scientific name (taxonomy:binomial=*) is preferred
- The machine tag for genus name (taxonomy:genus=*) is strongly recommended
- The machine tag for common name (taxonomy:common=*) is also recommended

Use quotes (avoid word processor smart quotes) around machine tags with spaces in them.

*replace with the name

See the complete list of EOL-friendly machine tags.


The Encyclopedia of Life will periodically check this Flickr group for any new or modified images. A computer program will find the images which meet the above criteria and add them to the appropriate EOL species page. The image will be attributed to the uploading Flickr user, and EOL will display a link back to the Flickr user's homepage.Your licensing information will be displayed next to the image within the EOL species page. The image will appear as 'unvetted' as we need to validate that the tag correctly identifies the organism in the photo.

To see the images on EOL you will likely need to change your information setting from "Authoritative" to "All."


To invite others to join the group and add to the pool, you can use this text:
Start copy here>>>>>
This photo would make an excellent addition to the <a href="http://www.eol.org">Encyclopedia of Life</a>. Please consider adding it to the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/encyclopedia_of_life/"> EOL Images</a> group.

EOL needs images for all 1.8 million known species, so you are also invited to share any of your other good photos, too.
<<<<<Stop copy here.


If you are concerned about applying the CC licenses to your photos, try one of these strategies:
- Upload only medium resolution versions and keep hi resolution versions for commercial licensing.
- Upload a sample from your collection, with a link in the photo caption to where potential clients can find more.

http://www.eol.org/