wispy cove
It's the first week of April, which means a brand new series of challenges is launching this week! This week @grizzled yarrow put together some wildlife challenges, day 1: Spot the Location...
Did you know the spots on a Giraffe are used to regulate their body heat?
Giraffes can be found all throughout sub-Saharan Africa, but what about this species...
At first ei-ffel for the edit, it drove me in-Seine
In which country were the giraffes in this image most likely photographed?
proud surge
Hey! I've written a walkthrough for the challenge (no spoilers until the end). You can read it here: https://medium.com/@dam_coffee/bellingcat-challenge-spot-the-location-e5175d6c14af.
vast topaz
The answer is ||Zambia|| Methodology: googled articles on how to tell giraffe species apart and then examined the spots on the giraffes in the picture! Figured out the most likely countries and one of them was a hit
fervent lake
|| the original picture of these girafe in the wild is easily found with Google lens||
rugged vector
from this map, it should be ||Zambia! i saw this on social media few years ago, very cool fact ||
grizzled yarrow
|| the original picture of these girafe in the wild is easily found with Google ...
I had hoped the AI background would throw off the algorithm enough! Don't see it in my results|| - have you cropped it||?
rugged vector
I had hoped the AI background would throw off the algorithm enough! Don't see it...
have you tried overlaying a random color noise pattern with low opacity / blending mode? it's a good technique to obfuscate this kind of things
maybe it would ruin the pic tho