Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Homoneura sp.jpg

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Homoneura sp. Mating[edit]

Original - 3-4mm long Homoneura sp. flies of the family Lauxaniidae. The top one is the male. Pictured in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Edit 1 Colors adjusted
Edit 2 Colors adjusted again per jjron's commnets
Reason
Good quality, DOF and EV. Almost an FP at commons as well, where it raised some pretty hilarious ethical issues
Articles this image appears in
Acalyptratae, Lauxaniidae, Homoneura
Creator
Muhammad
  • Support as nominator --Muhammad(talk) 21:05, 13 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Stalking more sexing insects, eh? I think some of the users at Commons were reminiscing a certain high-pitched, cinematic quote: "Heeelllppp meeee!" ~ ωαdεstεr16«talkstalk» 22:18, 13 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • His camera is probably like "Oh my, not again!". If not, maybe like "YES!". :-) ZooFari 02:00, 14 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support ZooFari 02:00, 14 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Because "FP" stands for "Featured Porn" =P Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 05:40, 14 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Given the size I'd probably consider supporting per Shoemaker. However I am a little concerned about the white balance, which seems to have a very yellow tint to it. What is the story there? Noodle snacks (talk) 08:57, 14 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • Uploaded edit 1 with colors adjusted. If there is pref for this version then I should upload this edit over the original. --Muhammad(talk) 17:29, 14 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
      • New edit looks a bit cold to me, though that's just a gut feeling - could be just because of its juxtaposition to the original. Is there somewhere in between you can go? --jjron (talk) 18:41, 14 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
        • Uploaded Edit 2. Better? --Muhammad(talk) 21:29, 14 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
          • Looks close enough to me. Second question though. What is with the "pools" of focus around the legs? Is this a focus stack? Noodle snacks (talk) 01:28, 15 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
            • The original image had good DOF but a small part of the legs was OOF and since I had another version with the legs slightly sharper, I cloned them over. --Muhammad(talk) 17:21, 15 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Edit 2 The cloning isn't really ethically distinct from a focus stack or panorama. Noodle snacks (talk) 06:51, 16 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Edit 2 per above. --jjron (talk) 13:14, 16 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Edit 2 colours much improved in the edit. Maedin\talk 17:53, 19 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Homoneura sp wb2.jpg MER-C 09:31, 21 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]