After yet another successful year on the Odds & Sods thread, initially started I think by Hazy, it might be wise to kickstart the 2023 thread off.
Thank you to those who have contributed to last years thread, and there has been very interesting odds and sods in "Odds & Sods 2022" that aren't enough to place into a dedicated thread, which you can look back on the following link:
https://community.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/f/all-creatures/278729/odds-sods-2022/1417300?pifragment-4285=76#pifragment-4285=1
What better for me, and as yet, I've not ventured far, ewe know what I mean, with this lassie on Baddesley Clinton estate yesterday....
Mike
Flickr: Peak Rambler
Unknown said:Wotcha, John. Not so much issues with AI tracking as knowing its strengths and limitations. From my IT career, I knew the technology could only go so far - especially as all the software is loaded onto a chip in the camera, and the processor isn't massively powerful. AI eye tracking is the easiest to confuse. So many objects can look like an eye - especially in the pile of rubble the Skylark is stood on. AI animal tracking is next easiest to fool. I reckon the software is not looking for specific animals, but rather has a generic set of animal shapes it tries to match against. Some of the rocks on the pile can look like animals, and this is what my R7 was locking on to. I think my R7 was choosing the rock the Skylark was stood on. Hence, I turned it off. But when the Skylark was flying against the cluttered background, that's where AI tracking worked really well. Like any tool, it's learn strengths and weaknesses.
Sadly I'm not a software engineer. Your sentence: "AI eye tracking is the easiest to confuse. So many objects can look like an eye - especially in the pile of rubble the Skylark is stood on." sums it up perfectly, and that is the impression I had already gained.
I appreciate the confirmation of my suspicions.
regards
John
Would this be a juvenile heron?
A dont think so DB but best wait for someone in the know ;-)
(Pardon the Scottish Accent)
2013 photos & vids here
eff37 on Flickr
A Mexican standoff?
They remained like this for several minutes.
90% luck, 5% field craft, 5% camera skills.
I reckon he's hiding from t' wife ...
No where near as good as Bob's badger photo from last week but this is 1st time it's been light enough to get a photo of mine with my camera rather than the trail cam..It showed up about 10.50 this evening....
Eating left over chopped pear the BBs didn't eat
Then off it went :-)