Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Anthomyia sp

Original - A fly of the genus Anthomyia. The fly is around 3mm long and is commonly known as root maggot fly.

Reason: The fly was very small, around 3mm only. The quality therefore is not perfect but quite good. The image is the actual size without any downsampling, simply cropping out the empty space. This is the max magnification possible with my macro lens.
Articles this image appears in: Anthomyiidae, Muscoidea
Creator: Muhammad

Support as nominator --Muhammad(talk) 07:45, 10 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Weak oppose - Sorry, I think this is great, but honestly the blur is kind of distracting and I can't really see the fly's body in detail. ₪Ceran →(cheer→chime →carol) 14:09, 10 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- At this level of magnification, the blur in the background and freground is unavoidable, Fir0002 can probably explain why. As mentioned, the fly is only 3mm long compared to housefly's 10mm, hence getting good details requires more magnification which is not within the range of normal macro lenses. Muhammad(talk) 14:19, 10 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Weak oppose It may well be a magnificent contribution photographically, but I'm still leaning towards the Valued Image camp on this one. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 02:10, 11 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support per nom. It has good enc., but I don't think the blur detracts too much (but enough to make it a weak support). Spencer^T♦^C 20:56, 12 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Fair enough on the depth of field issues, but its too small in the frame, and when you crop there isn't that much left, probably need to combine your macro lens with half a dozen extension tubes :P Noodle snacks (talk) 11:36, 15 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted . --The Nordic Goddess Kristen ^{Worship her} 03:27, 17 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]