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[–] Hjalamanger@feddit.nu 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Those are amazing! There so cute 😍

I wounder if we could make a script to pick a random one and use it as a background image? It would be awesome to have those as background images but o don't know if the author would be okay with me using them for that

[–] lemmyreader@lemmy.ml 6 points 7 months ago

Those are amazing! There so cute 😍

Yes, I'm very impressed by the high quality photos and how it captures how the penguins live their lives.

I wounder if we could make a script to pick a random one and use it as a background image? It would be awesome to have those as background images but o don’t know if the author would be okay with me using them for that

Don't know, but nice idea. btw, I found out about the photographer on Mastodon today as someone used a photo. When I zoomed in on the penguins photo I noticed the photographer name and searched and found their photo site.

[–] IrritableOcelot@beehaw.org 4 points 7 months ago

It looks like the photographer sadly passed away two years ago, so checking if he'd be OK with that would be challenging. Most OS's let you cycle among a set of background images if you want, I dont think you'd need to write a script.

It's not commercial use, so I think it's reasonable to download the photos and use them as backgrounds as a memorial to his work.