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Sep 21, 2022Liked by Nishant Jain

Love this idea. I enjoy trying to identify the trees around me. It’s something I do when wandering on long walks around old places and new. Combo of google lens+ plant identifying apps

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Google Focus is pretty great for plant/bird ID from photos as well. But my wife swears by the Picture This app.

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Good to know!

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And...trees have always driven me nuts, in my drawings and watercolors, trying to decide how much/little detail to include. So many leaves! So many branches! So many trees! And varieties of trees! Especially in a Colorado landscape! Argh!

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Which app are you using?

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Sep 21, 2022Liked by Nishant Jain

PlantNet, Nature ID. I”ll have to try Seek/Picture This. It’s a bit cumbersome to identify trees because you gotta take a pic of the leaves and the trunk and even the flower somtimes to get accurate info, but worth knowing usually :)

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You don't have to take pics on Seek, but you do need to get close and spend time with different angles!

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Great sketches and post Nishant! Since I started my perpetual nature journal in 2020, a couple of apps have been very helpful in identifying plants drawn. I use both the Seek and PlantNet apps. I find the PlantNet app to be more accurate in identifying local plants in my area though. 🌿

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