Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Calliphora hilli.jpg

Calliphora hilli edit

 
Original - Hill's brown blowfly (Calliphora hilli)
 
Edit 1 by Fir0002 - WB
Reason
The surface is my boot. It landed there whilst I was photographing a headless moth.
Articles this image appears in
Calliphora
Creator
Noodle snacks
  • Support as nominator --Noodle snacks (talk) 06:00, 26 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Question How big was the fly? Why is the image res small compared to your other images. --Muhammad(talk) 10:55, 26 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • It was cropped a bit. I seem to have misplaced the raw, so this may be as big as it gets. It is 16 pixels narrower than all of fir's images, and 9 pixels shorter, just to put it in perspective. Noodle snacks (talk) 12:32, 26 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
      • Support I was just wondering why the resolution was small since these flies tend to be around 1-2cm. I moved the image to the taxobox --Muhammad(talk) 19:45, 28 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Question Why is the WB so warm? Sunset or filter? Seems warmer than the headless moth shot... --Fir0002 00:41, 28 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • The moth was in the shade. This was in the fairly low sun. Noodle snacks (talk) 04:40, 28 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak Support Edit 1 Assuming WB was naturally caused by low sunlight then it's a decent picture. However I'm not that keen on the boot foreground and the DOF/sharpness seems somehow lacking. From an empirical guess at the focus plane and the DOF at f/11 it does seem that the mouthparts should have been in focus...? --Fir0002 23:56, 28 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Where do you have such low sunlight at 14.33 ? Richard Bartz (talk) 22:24, 29 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    I think the most plausible explanation is that the time was set wrong on the camera. MER-C 11:51, 30 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    Even still, anyone can post an edit. Noodle snacks (talk) 11:56, 30 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak support (of either one) per Fir0002. The boot forground detracts modestly from a very attractive shot.--ragesoss (talk) 19:41, 2 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted No quorum. --wadester16   04:00, 4 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]