Editorial contribution · Personal
What is that? Turn your photo into a discovery.
An unfamiliar object, a new detail and a question for your next walk.
Published: · Version 1
A prompt to try
What might this be in my photo? Context: [LOCATION AND SITUATION, WITHOUT A PRIVATE ADDRESS]. 1. Describe visible features before offering a cautious identification. Explain confidence in words, not an invented percentage. Offer two possibilities if appropriate. 2. Share one reliably known interesting fact. If you are guessing, say so; do not invent a story, origin or source. 3. What extra photo or feature could help identify it? Do not identify people. For plants, fungi, animals, medicines or possible hazards, do not infer edibility, use, treatment or safety from a photo. This is for curiosity only; reliable identification may require an expert.
Copy the text into your AI, fill in the placeholders and check the answer.
Why try this?
The AI describes visible features and suggests what additional detail could help identification.
What you need
- A photo in an AI chat with image support and some context.
How to start
- Copy the prompt, paste it into ChatGPT or Claude and fill in the placeholders.
- Add your details; answer any follow-up questions one at a time.
- Check and correct the result, then choose a useful next step.
What an answer could look like
Illustrative example · not a tested AI response
Illustrative example: The leaf arrangement is not visible. Another photo could distinguish two possibilities.