Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Oncometopia orbona

Oncometopia orbona

Original - Oncometopia orbona (Broad-headed Sharpshooter) (focus stacked)

File:Oncometopia orbona Kaldari edit1.jpg

Edit 1 by Fir0002 - sharpened + bg NR

Reason: High res, sharp, good EV, good DOF.
Articles this image appears in: Oncometopia, Sharpshooter (insect)
Creator: Kaldari

Support as nominator --Kaldari (talk) 21:45, 3 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Support good colours and EV. Focus seems a bit off and background seems artifactual. --Muhammad(talk) 22:06, 3 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- ~~I've uploaded an alternative. I think it has better focus and a more natural background (to address your concerns).~~ Kaldari (talk) 23:22, 3 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - I prefer the composition of the original. --Muhammad(talk) 16:11, 4 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support either focus v. background? A tossup. Durova²⁷³ 15:02, 4 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Original only, it is sharper, though still a tad soft for no apparent reason. This and the one below are very colourful. Took a while for the new thumb to be visible to me, hence the delay. Noodle snacks (talk) 08:57, 5 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Support Edit 1 Per NS --Fir0002 09:45, 5 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I started over from scratch and did a focus stack. The wings should be much sharper now. Kaldari (talk) 23:26, 5 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Which one did you stack? Don't forget to align the frames (two pass is probably best) with combineZP, you get soft results/haloing if you don't prior to stacking. Noodle snacks (talk) 13:58, 7 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - I focus stacked the original. You can see the biggest difference at the end of the wings. You can see a difference just by looking at the two thumbnails at right. Kaldari (talk) 18:36, 7 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support focus stacked Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 21:55, 10 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted original: File:Oncometopia orbona Kaldari.jpg --wadester 16 03:36, 13 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]