Thanks to the great and distinguished @AgentX1976 for designing this photo. This is a PERFECT example in my humble opinion of a supporting photo. Now, I realize all of your specific situations may not have a street sign in it, but you get the idea. Use the current terrain and landscape to paint the…

[image] BlameJamal: What are your thoughts on this? Interesting topic! I don’t see any issues with using such supporting images. These can indeed help reviewers. [image] AliceWonder1511: Don’t you think that supporting photos like this couldn’t be misused for abuse? Influencing reviewers…

I have done this before, made a collage with a zoomed in part of a picture. The dodgy arrow was included during review [1000023668]

You are going to make @Glawhantojar dance on a cloud. His entire mission in life is to get Explorers to get better with their supporting photos. We are def going to start making this part of our submission process. Will report back!

I generally do not edit my photos in any way, I prefer doing the initial photos on-site and then just editing text later - but here’s one of my supporting photo/information combos for a footbridge along a walking/biking trail that I hope allowed users to better analyze location - [Screenshot 2024-…

[image] AliceWonder1511: Maybe the style of arrows… I do know what you mean here though. There for a while I was seeing supporting photos like this with a big circle pointing out something obvious - this was for the volleyball court and I did wonder if this was an identifier. [image]

[image] BlameJamal: You are going to make @Glawhantojar dance on a cloud Time to get a telescope? Just kidding :rofl: [image] BlameJamal: His entire mission in life is to get Explorers to get better with their supporting photos. That’s very noble of him. Let him know that I wish him w…

[image] NianticAaron: Just a quick addition, adding a link to unlisted or public gaussian splats in the supporting statement can go a great length too. Hi, i’ve been reminding people not to do that because the splats are tied to your Niantic ID and can be “submitter identifiable” or even “inf…

Oh wow :flushed: Thank you all for responding, interesting thoughts and clarification. Shut this thread, it can’t become better :rofl: But for sure, to know that a supporting photo allows more than the main photo, could be a game changer. I’d appreciate to find that somewhere. Help page? It effe…

Absolutly! I thought of minimal stuff like using everytime pink. But now it’s clear. Without the third party thing (google maps screenshot…)

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