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The original Lenna is controversial, but I'm delighted to share the "ethically sourced Lenna": https://mortenhannemose.github.io/lena/ https://mortenhannemose.g

by tux3 11mo ago

The original Lenna is controversial, but I'm delighted to share the "ethically sourced Lenna": https://mortenhannemose.github.io/lena/ https://mortenhannemose.github.io/lena/

ziml77 11mo ago
This feels better than the original anyway. I never liked the yellow color that one had. Maybe it was an artistic choice, but to me it just looked degraded, like when white plastic is left exposed to the sun.
- cyclotron3k 11mo ago
  Agreed. Seemed like a particularly poor choice to show off the capabilities of an image compression algorithm
- deleted 11mo ago
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malfist 11mo ago
Oh my goodness that is delightful
kelseyfrog 11mo ago
What's the impetus behind replacing the image with something even sexier?
- DonHopkins 11mo ago
  Cute, but still not as sexy as the original Mandrill test image! https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Original-standard-test-image-of-Mandrill-also-known-as-Baboon_fig9_259521525 https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Original-standard-test-i...
pezezin 11mo ago
Now I regretting leaving the machine vision field, I would love to use this picture in a paper xD
lelanthran 11mo ago
> The original Lenna is controversial, but I'm delighted to share the "ethically sourced Lenna": https://mortenhannemose.github.io/lena/ https://mortenhannemose.github.io/lena/ How is this ethically better than the original Lena - the model in that also one expressly approved the usage of the photo for the purposes it was being used for.
- mark-r 11mo ago
  How did she expressly approve the original, when she didn't know for decades that it was so widely used?
  - lelanthran 11mo ago
    > How did she expressly approve the original, when she didn't know for decades that it was so widely used? Maybe I read the wrong interview with her, but when she found out about it she expressed happiness about it. Since this replacement image was created after her interview, how is it ethically better in any way?
    - dinkelberg 11mo ago
      Lena Söderberg expressed her wish for her image to be "retired from tech" in 2019 (see the end of this clip, https://vimeo.com/372265771 https://vimeo.com/372265771), when the above alternative image was published.
      - amy_petrik 11mo ago
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by tux3 11mo ago

The original Lenna is controversial, but I'm delighted to share the "ethically sourced Lenna": https://mortenhannemose.github.io/lena/ https://mortenhannemose.github.io/lena/

ziml77 11mo ago

This feels better than the original anyway. I never liked the yellow color that one had. Maybe it was an artistic choice, but to me it just looked degraded, like when white plastic is left exposed to the sun.

cyclotron3k 11mo ago
Agreed. Seemed like a particularly poor choice to show off the capabilities of an image compression algorithm
deleted 11mo ago
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malfist 11mo ago

Oh my goodness that is delightful

kelseyfrog 11mo ago

What's the impetus behind replacing the image with something even sexier?

DonHopkins 11mo ago
Cute, but still not as sexy as the original Mandrill test image! https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Original-standard-test-image-of-Mandrill-also-known-as-Baboon_fig9_259521525 https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Original-standard-test-i...

pezezin 11mo ago

Now I regretting leaving the machine vision field, I would love to use this picture in a paper xD

lelanthran 11mo ago

> The original Lenna is controversial, but I'm delighted to share the "ethically sourced Lenna": https://mortenhannemose.github.io/lena/ https://mortenhannemose.github.io/lena/ How is this ethically better than the original Lena - the model in that also one expressly approved the usage of the photo for the purposes it was being used for.

mark-r 11mo ago
How did she expressly approve the original, when she didn't know for decades that it was so widely used?
- lelanthran 11mo ago
  > How did she expressly approve the original, when she didn't know for decades that it was so widely used? Maybe I read the wrong interview with her, but when she found out about it she expressed happiness about it. Since this replacement image was created after her interview, how is it ethically better in any way?
  - dinkelberg 11mo ago
    Lena Söderberg expressed her wish for her image to be "retired from tech" in 2019 (see the end of this clip, https://vimeo.com/372265771 https://vimeo.com/372265771), when the above alternative image was published.
    - amy_petrik 11mo ago
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