https://arxiv.org/abs/1202.6429
What do you guys (yes, guys) think about making Fabio the standard image instead?
- grayscale (lenna image is rgb)
- very odd 271x257 resolution (lenna image is square 512x512 which is a power of two)
- just hair as fine detail features (lenna image has several: hat, feather boa and hair)
http://www.betapleatedchic.com/uploads/3/0/4/1/30413754/4907...
An optimal image would have the following properties:
- different textures at different
- scale
- brightness
- frequency
- easily recognizable features
- color
- power of two resolution
- no cultural issues
- no licensing issues (not a scan of a magazine, globally recognized license, i.e. not "public domain")
No, we shouldn't.
Them using a different image in their research is perfectly acceptable--when one spends hours looking at something rendering, one shouldn't have to look at something one objects to--but referring to the research as a social statement diminishes the scientific value by framing it as a publicity stunt.
Also, apart from using research time/money for licensing: "lena" has become shorthand for "face-female-with-various-patterns" and is a historical accident. "Fabio" will always be Fabio, a commercial model; a less than optimal choice for a scientific paper.
I don't agree at all with your statement here. There is a whole historical/social difference at play here; taking it into account doesn't make you a hypocrite.
(I hate the "hypocrite" judgement. So easy to cast and rarely true)
>Of course, anyone who does have an issue with Lena would have equal issue with a male equivalent, if they're not a hypocrite.
Part of cedex12's point, I take it, is that there is no 'male equivalent'. Your 'of course' following by accusation of hypocrisy makes it seem you were looking for a fight, not a discussion, and mainly wanted to dump out the standard 'talking point' which followed. "Of course" is just bluff, begging the question, code for "I have no reason to give but I'm right, obviously". No, you're not "even".
(I do however disagree with cedex12's claim that accusations of human hypocrisy are rarely true.)
[0] I dislike like the sound of me saying that. I tried removing it, but I disliked the implied acceptance of the way you were speaking on here even less, so I put it back.
No objection here. Heck, make both the Fabio and Lena images part of the test image set so that everybody's happy (or at least equally unhappy).