Posting Photos Rules
- 1. Post a photo of a herp in its habitat hiding.
2. Subjects of the photo must be large enough in the photo so that the herp can be identified.
3. If the subject is obscured (i.e., partially covered in leaf litter), subject must still be identifiable by what is visible (no expecting an identification of a foot sticking out under some bark or the like!).
4. You must provide the basic hint of location. Somewhat vague is fine - for example, Southern Illinois would be find for a Cave Salamander photographed at Snake Road. Saying the US would be too broad. This is merely to help guessers get an idea of what animals they may be looking for. After all, you're not going to be looking for a salamander in Australia! No need to give exact details here, obviously, just enough to help players.
5. Don't post a new photo until it's your turn.
- 1. You must guess the active photo before being able to post your own, or unless someone passed their turn.
2. You are not required to know the species of animal when you guess, just be able to find the animal (identifying roughly in the photo where the animal is). Guessing the correct species, however, gives you more points. People who have successfully found the hidden herp then get to post their own photo or pass.
3. Anyone can post a photo after a pass.
4. If no one has correctly guessed the active photo after a day, it no longer is active and anyone can post a new photo.
5. We're working off of the honor system here. Since many host their photos on various websites (Flickr, Photo Bucket, Personal websites, etc), chances are they may be elsewhere on the interwebs. Don't go searching for them to try to figure out what you're looking at. Obviously, for those posting, remove any identifying titles or whatever when posting here.
The following are the points allotted for various conditions of the game:
- 3 points - Correctly find the herp and correctly identify the species in the picture
2 points - Correctly find the herp and correctly identify the genus of the animal
2 points - Post a photo where no one has found the herp after a day
1 point - Correctly find the herp
I'll start with an easy one just to get the ball rolling and so I can start seeing others' photos.
Northern Mississippi