Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Image:European wasp white bg.jpg

European Wasp

European wasp on a white background. Specimen approx 12mm

Alternative

High quality macro image of a European Wasp on a white background. Taken in Swifts Creek, Victoria in January 2007

Appears in Vespidae, Yellowjacket and German wasp

Support Either with preference for original. Self Nom. --Fir0002 08:53, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment The alternative is more interesting, but should be cropped a bit on the right, IMO. --jacobolus (t) 14:39, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support either, with slight preference for no. 1. --KFP (talk | contribs) 19:13, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support original (although, if the consensus goes against me, I'd still support the alternative). This is a beautiful shot. For once, I actually like the white background; it really sets this particular specimen off. Enuja 19:44, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support original. - ElbridgeGerry t c block 20:37, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support (pref original) —Pengo 22:13, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support either, I think - although (and I've been wondering about this for a couple of days now) how come the file size is so small? 160kB? Obviously not a reason to oppose in the absence of quality concerns, but a bit puzzling. --YFB ¿ 06:32, 22 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Lots of white = nothing to compress. Even with min compression, JPEGs will only compress the actual colour pixels. Yo often find heavily textured/multicoloured pics don't compesss very small at all. Filesize is therefore irrelevant in FP considerations. Oh, support either image, seeing as I'm here :) fab shot - mikaul^talk 12:18, 22 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That's what I'd thought it must be. Even so, I usually find Photoshop makes rather big JPEGs. Anyway, agreed that it's a good photo. On second thought, though, I prefer the original for the same reasons as HereToHelp. --YFB ¿ 19:31, 22 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Try the "Save for web..." dialog, it strips out extraneous file data. You dont get any embedded EXIF, but you do get smaller jpegs for the same quality.mikaul ^talk 22:53, 24 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Support both. And as often with Fir0002 : woa ! Blieusong 09:20, 22 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support the one on the bottom. More striking, brighter colors. WaterMan90 18:45, 22 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support original Shows top of abdomen more clearly, eye unobscured by antenna.--Here T oHelp 19:06, 22 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support Original per everyone. Witty lama 21:46, 22 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support original despite DOF problem, this is a great image. ^High_InBC^{(Need help? Ask me)} 18:56, 24 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support original. —dima /talk/ 16:00, 28 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:European wasp white bg.jpg --KFP (talk | contribs) 09:15, 30 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]