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A repository of beautiful photos and images

123 points by grantcarthew 7y ago

breakingcups 7y ago
How would one know which image is licensed under which license?
- grantcarthew 7y ago
  The csv file has the original URL and licenses.
  - breakingcups 7y ago
    No, it does not have the license.
    - vmh1928 7y ago
      The csv file has the URL to the original picture. Since most(all?) of them are from Wikipedia/Wikimedia commons each picture has its own page which includes metadata about the picture. This does seem like a "tragedy of the commons" in the making if people start using Github as a photo sharing site, possibly in reaction to the demise of free photo sharing sites.
jokes9000 7y ago
id like to file a bug report
- polycaster 7y ago
  Life finds a way [1]. [1] https://github.com/grantcarthew/data-stunning/issues/1 https://github.com/grantcarthew/data-stunning/issues/1
netsharc 7y ago
Feels to me like GitHub is the wrong place to host photos, but well, I'm not the GitHub police.
- onion2k 7y ago
  This isn't just "hosting photos". It's the pictures plus some meta data (the CSV and readme files). I don't think it'd be a good idea to use raw.githubusercontent.com to access them but using Github to host the collection and meta data isn't that different to any other project that needs a ton of binary assets.
- grantcarthew 7y ago
  I had the same feeling when I made it. Didn't stop me though!
kyriakos 7y ago
Not sure how long this will last on github
retSava 7y ago
If for personal use and no redistribution, I love checking https://unsplash.com/ https://unsplash.com/ Their license is very permissive also for use in commercial settings. (No affiliation.)
- tpowell 7y ago
  +1 for Unsplash. They've got a nice little Mac app [1] that updates your desktop with random shots, too. [1] https://apps.apple.com/us/app/unsplash-wallpapers/id1284863847?mt=12 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/unsplash-wallpapers/id12848638...
- arethuza 7y ago
  Some great photos on there - I take it that some kind of AI processing is used at the top level to tag the pictures as it is mostly pretty good but I was surprised that this picture is described as "gray concrete bridge near mountain at daytime": https://unsplash.com/photos/lhah6lFnims https://unsplash.com/photos/lhah6lFnims NB The description on the picture itself is fine - its the top level description in the search results that is a bit odd
  - bigzyg33k 7y ago
    I may be wrong, but I think the photographer wrote that description - it's not unusual to see image descriptions like this on stock photography websites as it allows for more precise searches.
    - arethuza 7y ago
      I'd be surprised if someone wrote "rule of thirds photography of gray concrete shed" for this one: https://unsplash.com/photos/c_s23W8ZqFg https://unsplash.com/photos/c_s23W8ZqFg
- rasikjain 7y ago
  Thanks for the link. Bookmarking it.
- 7y ago
warpech 7y ago
What a great place to pitch the user script that adds inline file previews on the GitHub file listings: https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/396357-repo-tree-inline-images https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/396357-repo-tree-inline-im...
keith___talent 7y ago
Why rob creative people of making profit. Open source often cuts people out of profit under the promise of notoriety for imaginary future profits. Many people are not advanced graduates of elite colleges or independently wealthy. To create free repositories undermines talent that should be paid for and nourished. If you live in utopia this is great, for those who don’t it is another barrier to your dream.
- input_sh 7y ago
  They're all sourced from Wikipedia. The license needs to be pretty permissive for the photo to be included in Wikipedia in the first place.
- abtinf 7y ago
  This is the same argument used to oppose free trade and immigration. On an economic level, it ignores all of the benefits of open source materials, claims that more expensive goods result in greater wealth, and doesn’t account for comparative advantage.
- Meph504 7y ago
  I'm sorry but that's crazy, firstly this repo has nothing to do with lisc. So if someone was going to pay for an image to use commercial this wouldn't effect them. And open source is a social equalizer, it allows those who couldn't afford to license code a place to have access to and learn about coding, and development process. Your argument basically sounds like we should close all public libraries because they rob the authors of books profits. I would also argue that there are very few people that are being tricked into working on open source projects. Open source repos are worked on by people from all walks of life from people would went to the best colleges in the world, to people who didn't finish high school. I love to know where you got these notitions from.
- Tepix 7y ago
  These images were given away by their creators. Are you saying they shouldn't be allowed to do that?
- derekp7 7y ago
LandR 7y ago
I opened a few, they look like pretty ordinary landscape photos. Hardly stunning or beautiful.
- grantcarthew 7y ago
  I like them :)
DyslexicAtheist 7y ago
was expecting at least a couple of nudes. how disappointing.
- cjamesd 7y ago
  Was hoping there _weren't_ any but didn't want to verify. Thanks!
ggambetta 7y ago
Readme: sed s/from the wed/from the web/
- Fnoord 7y ago
  It is no "Show HN" so you might want to make a ticket. Even for typos it gets appreciated.
codeduck 7y ago
on a sample of 9 random images from the repository: all nine looked like random point and click photos - soft focus, poor lighting, no composition - as if, in fact, you'd faced a landscape feature and taken a photo with no thought to how to present it. I'm not going to click through all the images, but based on the sample I took it doesn't deserve the 'beautiful' adjective.
- grantcarthew 7y ago
  I'm no photographer @codeduck. I like them as wallpaper though. I haven't added many from the "Wiki Loves Earth" competition yet. They might be better from your perspective.
- StavrosK 7y ago
  I both agree and disagree. Most of these look straight out of the camera (unprocessed) but I didn't find them as bad as you say, they were mostly good SooC photos that just hadn't been processed. I didn't find many with soft focus.
LilBytes 7y ago
Holy shit. This guy many moons ago taught me a Powershell advanced course in Brisbane (don't judge me). Did not expect to see this here. Nor was I expecting to see myself already subscribed to his repo. Edit: I have now noticed you posted it yourself, Grant :)
- grantcarthew 7y ago
  Hey @LilBytes. Still teaching. Still love tech.
fizixer 7y ago
I only see about a 100 images. Not sure what's going on.
- grantcarthew 7y ago
  It's a side project. I just add photos when I get time. Not much at the moment.
  - fizixer 7y ago
    Thanks. Great work!
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jileczech 7y ago
amateur photos. Does the author really consider the photos stunning? I have explored all the England, Netherlands, Tibet and Switzerland photos, and perhaps ONE came close to what a basic Windows 10 lock screen has to offer...
- grantcarthew 7y ago
  I thought they looked great. Still adding to it.

123 points by grantcarthew 7y ago

breakingcups 7y ago

How would one know which image is licensed under which license?

grantcarthew 7y ago
The csv file has the original URL and licenses.
- breakingcups 7y ago
  No, it does not have the license.
  - vmh1928 7y ago
    The csv file has the URL to the original picture. Since most(all?) of them are from Wikipedia/Wikimedia commons each picture has its own page which includes metadata about the picture. This does seem like a "tragedy of the commons" in the making if people start using Github as a photo sharing site, possibly in reaction to the demise of free photo sharing sites.

jokes9000 7y ago

id like to file a bug report

polycaster 7y ago
Life finds a way [1]. [1] https://github.com/grantcarthew/data-stunning/issues/1 https://github.com/grantcarthew/data-stunning/issues/1

netsharc 7y ago

Feels to me like GitHub is the wrong place to host photos, but well, I'm not the GitHub police.

onion2k 7y ago
This isn't just "hosting photos". It's the pictures plus some meta data (the CSV and readme files). I don't think it'd be a good idea to use raw.githubusercontent.com to access them but using Github to host the collection and meta data isn't that different to any other project that needs a ton of binary assets.
grantcarthew 7y ago
I had the same feeling when I made it. Didn't stop me though!

kyriakos 7y ago

Not sure how long this will last on github

retSava 7y ago

If for personal use and no redistribution, I love checking https://unsplash.com/ https://unsplash.com/ Their license is very permissive also for use in commercial settings. (No affiliation.)

tpowell 7y ago
+1 for Unsplash. They've got a nice little Mac app [1] that updates your desktop with random shots, too. [1] https://apps.apple.com/us/app/unsplash-wallpapers/id1284863847?mt=12 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/unsplash-wallpapers/id12848638...
arethuza 7y ago
Some great photos on there - I take it that some kind of AI processing is used at the top level to tag the pictures as it is mostly pretty good but I was surprised that this picture is described as "gray concrete bridge near mountain at daytime": https://unsplash.com/photos/lhah6lFnims https://unsplash.com/photos/lhah6lFnims NB The description on the picture itself is fine - its the top level description in the search results that is a bit odd
- bigzyg33k 7y ago
  I may be wrong, but I think the photographer wrote that description - it's not unusual to see image descriptions like this on stock photography websites as it allows for more precise searches.
  - arethuza 7y ago
    I'd be surprised if someone wrote "rule of thirds photography of gray concrete shed" for this one: https://unsplash.com/photos/c_s23W8ZqFg https://unsplash.com/photos/c_s23W8ZqFg
rasikjain 7y ago
Thanks for the link. Bookmarking it.
7y ago

warpech 7y ago

What a great place to pitch the user script that adds inline file previews on the GitHub file listings: https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/396357-repo-tree-inline-images https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/396357-repo-tree-inline-im...

keith___talent 7y ago

Why rob creative people of making profit. Open source often cuts people out of profit under the promise of notoriety for imaginary future profits. Many people are not advanced graduates of elite colleges or independently wealthy. To create free repositories undermines talent that should be paid for and nourished. If you live in utopia this is great, for those who don’t it is another barrier to your dream.

input_sh 7y ago
They're all sourced from Wikipedia. The license needs to be pretty permissive for the photo to be included in Wikipedia in the first place.
abtinf 7y ago
This is the same argument used to oppose free trade and immigration. On an economic level, it ignores all of the benefits of open source materials, claims that more expensive goods result in greater wealth, and doesn’t account for comparative advantage.
Meph504 7y ago
I'm sorry but that's crazy, firstly this repo has nothing to do with lisc. So if someone was going to pay for an image to use commercial this wouldn't effect them. And open source is a social equalizer, it allows those who couldn't afford to license code a place to have access to and learn about coding, and development process. Your argument basically sounds like we should close all public libraries because they rob the authors of books profits. I would also argue that there are very few people that are being tricked into working on open source projects. Open source repos are worked on by people from all walks of life from people would went to the best colleges in the world, to people who didn't finish high school. I love to know where you got these notitions from.
Tepix 7y ago
These images were given away by their creators. Are you saying they shouldn't be allowed to do that?
derekp7 7y ago

LandR 7y ago

I opened a few, they look like pretty ordinary landscape photos. Hardly stunning or beautiful.

grantcarthew 7y ago
I like them :)

DyslexicAtheist 7y ago

was expecting at least a couple of nudes. how disappointing.

cjamesd 7y ago
Was hoping there _weren't_ any but didn't want to verify. Thanks!

ggambetta 7y ago

Readme: sed s/from the wed/from the web/

Fnoord 7y ago
It is no "Show HN" so you might want to make a ticket. Even for typos it gets appreciated.

codeduck 7y ago

on a sample of 9 random images from the repository: all nine looked like random point and click photos - soft focus, poor lighting, no composition - as if, in fact, you'd faced a landscape feature and taken a photo with no thought to how to present it. I'm not going to click through all the images, but based on the sample I took it doesn't deserve the 'beautiful' adjective.

grantcarthew 7y ago
I'm no photographer @codeduck. I like them as wallpaper though. I haven't added many from the "Wiki Loves Earth" competition yet. They might be better from your perspective.
StavrosK 7y ago
I both agree and disagree. Most of these look straight out of the camera (unprocessed) but I didn't find them as bad as you say, they were mostly good SooC photos that just hadn't been processed. I didn't find many with soft focus.

LilBytes 7y ago

Holy shit. This guy many moons ago taught me a Powershell advanced course in Brisbane (don't judge me). Did not expect to see this here. Nor was I expecting to see myself already subscribed to his repo. Edit: I have now noticed you posted it yourself, Grant :)

grantcarthew 7y ago
Hey @LilBytes. Still teaching. Still love tech.

fizixer 7y ago

I only see about a 100 images. Not sure what's going on.

grantcarthew 7y ago
It's a side project. I just add photos when I get time. Not much at the moment.
- fizixer 7y ago
  Thanks. Great work!

deleted 7y ago

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jileczech 7y ago

amateur photos. Does the author really consider the photos stunning? I have explored all the England, Netherlands, Tibet and Switzerland photos, and perhaps ONE came close to what a basic Windows 10 lock screen has to offer...

grantcarthew 7y ago
I thought they looked great. Still adding to it.