Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Emerald damselfly

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Original – A male emerald damselfly (Lestes sponsa) at Warren Heath in Hampshire, UK

Support as nominator – Charles (talk) 07:10, 20 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
oppose Should be more in focus. f/6.3 is small even for m4/3. Unless you do stack, which isnt obvious here. --Mile (talk) 08:34, 20 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Your understanding of depth of field limitations in wildlife macro photography does you no credit. It is laughable to even mention focus-stacking. Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:19, 20 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

oppose per Mile.--Jobas (talk) 14:51, 21 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose agree, f/6.3 was too open. Working with angles and a bit higher f-number (f/8 or f/9 would still have relatively minimal diffraction) you could get a bit more of the animal in focus. There's a reason why most of our dragonfly pictures have the animals on a flat plane (either as dorsals or side views). — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:46, 22 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I don't understand your point about 'a flat plane' @Crisco 1492:. The body of this damselfly is at 90 deg to the camera and perfectly in focus from its eyes to end of abdomen. F8 would have made some difference here, but not much Charlesjsharp (talk) 15:44, 23 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Compare the orientation of the dragonfly to what's already been featured and you'll see what I mean by "a flat plane". Directly from the side, or directly from above. This is closer to a 45 degree angle. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 04:05, 24 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I see what you mean, but it didn't stop you voting for others like this! 1, 2, 3 or indeed your own nominations 1, 2 Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:09, 24 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The problem with this image is that the dragonfly's wings are severely out of focus, which is not so with the images you quoted. (Except for the wasp, but that's a different kind of image). --Janke | Talk 12:34, 24 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

This particular damselfly's wings will always be out of focus in a macro image. Charlesjsharp (talk) 22:06, 24 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

As Janke said, and I need to emphasize, the issue was with the DOF. The flat plane was a recommendation for reducing DOF issues, as was the higher F-number. You could also take a step back and then crop. The grasshopper image you cite (the only one of these I took myself) was not at 1:1. I think it may have been 0.5. Been a few years. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:20, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

On Commons. Not on the English Wikipedia. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:20, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Support. This is a nice shot of the damselfly because it is very detailed and clear. The focus could have been adjusted better to capture the wings, but overall a nice photo. Bmbaker88 (talk) 01:31, 28 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support. --Marvellous Spider-Man 06:10, 28 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I'm concerned about the depth of field, the wings are quite blurry, unlike other photographs of insects. Mattximus (talk) 20:33, 29 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 09:43, 30 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]