Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Image:Calliphora head 2.jpg

 
Original - A macro close-up of the head of a Blow-fly, the common term for the Calliphoridae family. The compound eye, arista, and antennae of the fly can all be seen.
 
Edit 1 Auto-leveled as per Janke's comment. In my opinion, it looks slightly better.
Reason
I saw this on COM:FPC and thought it was a rather incredible image. The detail is amazing.
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Blow-fly
Creator
Richard Bartz
  • I think it's done using automontage microscopy. Focus stacking basically. The colors are a bit atypical for the calliphorids though, which are iconically iridescent green. BTW - Calliphora is a genus, Calliphoridae is the family. Fixed that for you. de Bivort 15:56, 22 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Calliphora head 2.jpg MER-C 03:32, 29 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]