Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Female Tetraloniella sp.jpg

Female Tetraloniella sp

 * Reason:Good lighting, details and EV. Compared to the previous lead image, IMO the quality of this is outstanding. I maintained a loose crop to show the environment and to show that the bee is a solitary one.
 * Articles this image appears in:Apinae, Eucerini
 * Creator:Muhammad


 * Support as nominator --Muhammad (talk) 18:13, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Question Is it possible to clone out that distracting streak at the top of its body?  Zoo Fari  20:07, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes it's possible but I didn't find it distracting. If there is preference for an edited version, I don't mind uploading one --Muhammad (talk) 21:15, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Naa, I could live with it :-)  Zoo Fari  07:03, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Support - looks great. Would get rid of the scale though for the FP. Not sure what "streak" zoofari is talking about - the little speck of dirt? Doesn't bother me. Stevage 03:27, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
 * To be fair, Muhammad has started adding the scale at the request of various people here. I guess you can't please everyone, but a scale does certainly help the EV, even if it detracts from the aesthetics. Diliff  | (Talk)   (Contribs) 06:55, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I support the use of scale (see current talk on discussion page), however for this particular image, the scale should be on the bottom-left (or bottom-right). The bee is looking toward the upper-right corner. Therefore our eyes are drawn there, and right now they see a distracting scale. Ksempac (talk) 10:00, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Support, but the colour balance seems very warm. Do you shoot in RAW Muhammad? Diliff  | (Talk)   (Contribs) 07:00, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Also, I think the composition could be improved by cropping it just to the right of the foreground leaf and moving the scale to the above-left of the bee. Diliff  | (Talk)   (Contribs) 07:02, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I had manually adjusted the colour balance during processing to what I remembered to be the right one. Uploaded edit which I hope fixes the points you raised. I shoot raw sometimes but this time I didn't. Is the scale and balance ok now?
 * I don't see a big difference in the colour balance (I would have made it slightly cooler but then again it seems to look much better than last time I saw it for some reason!) and the crop is much better now IMO. :-) Diliff  | (Talk)   (Contribs) 22:09, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Support and Ksempac made a good point. Maybe the scale would be better on the bottom.  Zoo Fari  17:07, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I'd suggest the scales pretty much always look better at the bottom. --jjron (talk) 06:50, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Uploaded edit 1 Adjustments made: crop, colour balance, and scale moved. After the crop, little space was left at the bottom so I have just moved it to the left where it can be easily cloned out for those who don't want it.--Muhammad (talk) 19:36, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Support any--Mbz1 (talk) 21:42, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Support either. Papa Lima Whiskey  (talk) 23:51, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment Isn't the WB a bit yellow on this one too? Noodle snacks (talk) 07:57, 14 June 2009 (UTC)
 * See Diliff's comment above. I'm uploading a suggestion. Papa Lima Whiskey  (talk) 08:28, 14 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Quite likely (re comment on edit caption); colour balance problems are not always resolvable. --jjron (talk) 07:30, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

When available, a cropped/zoomed copy is preferable. -- wadester 16  05:08, 19 June 2009 (UTC)