Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Calliphora vomitoria Portrait.jpg

Calliphora vomitoria

 * Reason:Really detailed, adds enc to a number of articles. 3.5:1 magnification. Handheld, all natural light ;). Compliments the other Calliphora vomitoria FP with the nasty crop.
 * Articles this image appears in:Blow-fly, Calliphora, Blue bottle fly, Calliphorinae
 * Creator:Noodle snacks

--jjron (talk) 07:45, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Support as nominator --Noodle snacks (talk) 09:41, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Support How did you manage it handheld? How many images stacked? I am turning green ;-) --Muhammad (talk) 10:48, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Handheld is a joke. I'd say that 3:1 or less is generally OK hand-held with some support (arms against something, monopod, pole) and flash. Tripod is basically mandatory for anything higher though. It is very difficult to focus at high magnifications and the viewfinder is very dim. This is also a 30 image stack (seems to be the magic number). Noodle snacks (talk) 10:53, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Support Nice work. Still a few stacking flaws but better than the other shot --Fir0002 13:43, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Support wow. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 15:33, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Support. Lovely...erm, I mean disgusting.  Durova 306 16:22, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Conditional support. The right antenna is abruptly cut off at the eye due to the focus stacking. This is also true of most of the hairs, but not as noticeable. The antenna should be easy to fix by manually masking it. If you can take care of that, I can overlook the other minor focus-stacking problems and support it. Kaldari (talk) 21:50, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
 * More difficult than it sounds unfortunately. It'd be a manual mask over about 8 frames... Noodle snacks (talk) 05:29, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
 * 8 frames just for the antenna? Wow. It's hard to support otherwise, as the antenna is an important part of the anatomy of the head, and since this is a portrait shot, the parts of the head should be clear at least. Considering the difficulty of fixing it, however, and the excellence of the picture otherwise, I'll give a weak support. Kaldari (talk) 16:50, 29 August 2009 (UTC)