{"id":1380,"date":"2022-02-23T16:39:55","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T16:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/?p=1380"},"modified":"2022-02-23T16:41:25","modified_gmt":"2022-02-23T16:41:25","slug":"colors-in-nature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/colors-in-nature\/","title":{"rendered":"Colors in Nature"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Every year, I see some images shared online that viewers believe to be real but are digital creations that are not real.  In many cases, the digital artist wasn&#8217;t trying to fool anyone but the image is shared without stating that it is digital art.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A friend showed me a &#8220;photo&#8221; that impressed him &#8230;  reported to be a blue whale passing under a cable-stay bridge.  As the length of the whale was similar to the length of the bridge, I did not believe it and suggested this was not a real photo.  My friend seemed offended and asked &#8220;why would you question this photo?&#8221;  Even the largest whale on earth simply isn&#8217;t that big.  Later looking up details online, an adult blue whale may grow to a length of 100 feet. The bridge in the photo is the Samuel De Champlain Bridge and the section of the bridge in the image amounts to a length of approximately 1800 feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"732\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Davis12_1010060-Edit-1024x732.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Davis12_1010060-Edit-1024x732.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Davis12_1010060-Edit-340x243.jpg 340w, https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Davis12_1010060-Edit-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Davis12_1010060-Edit-1536x1097.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Davis12_1010060-Edit.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On several occasions, friends have share photos online of a bright red owl, sometimes identified as a Madagascar Red Owl.  Commonly people believe they are sharing a real &#8220;photo&#8221; and are stunned by the beauty of the bird.  The immediate problem is that owls are birds of prey and will not be highly visible to their prey; an owl should blend into its environment.  To this point, at least seven years ago, I modified one of my own images and declared it to be an Aquitane Owl with blatant caption explaining that the coloring isn&#8217;t real and should never be misrepresented as real.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some tropical birds are brightly colored; as a general rule, owls are not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have seen a few images that raised doubts, but a little research told me that the colors are not untrue, but perhaps digitally amplified. For example a black leopard with distinctive spots (not entirely black). And then there is a brown zorse (zebra horse) &#8211; apparently completely real.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year, I see some images shared online that viewers believe to be real but are digital creations that are not real. In many cases, the digital artist wasn&#8217;t trying to fool anyone but the image is shared without stating that it is digital art. 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