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

Homoneura sp. Mating

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_«talk^stalk» 22:18, 13 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- His camera is probably like "Oh my, not again!". If not, maybe like "YES!". :-) Zoo Fari 02:00, 14 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Zoo Fari 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]