Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Lynx spider - Oxyopes sp.jpg

Lynx Spider

 * Reason:High quality macro shot of a lynx spider
 * Articles this image appears in:Lynx spider, Lycosoidea
 * Creator:Fir0002


 * Support as nominator --Fir0002 11:40, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose Lighting, and shallow DOF with awkward focus --Muhammad (talk) 12:08, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Wow almost a full house - just missing composition! :P What don't you like about the lighting? There are no harsh shadows, no blowns..? Similarly DOF comes from f/11 and can't really be improved upon. And to be honest I'm actually quite satisfied with the DOF in this shot because one way or another all important areas are in focus - although no one leg is 100% in focus the combination of all legs gives a complete picture of what the spider's legs look like --Fir0002 13:23, 19 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Darn, I knew I was missing something ;). Seriously though, the body itself is not in focus as I would have liked. Lighting, I find too yellowish. --Muhammad (talk) 16:02, 19 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I think you'll find the focus is centred on the body so shouldn't be any issues there. Possibly you're referring to sharpness but again I think it's up to scratch for such small subjects. OK, so you're more concerned with WB than lighting? In which case I could easily upload an edit (probably will tonight or tmrw) but it's pretty accurate - you see the leaf it is on is just beginning to wilt (note the decaying areas) so it's not as deep green as you might expect but rather it's beginning to turn yellow. --Fir0002 12:21, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Neutral. I don't suppose you have something with a wider DOF? I don't mind the lighting or choice of focal point, but I do find myself wishing that more of the legs were in focus as well. --Dante Alighieri | Talk 21:04, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately that's as good as I have and its pretty much the best DOF possible. Note as I mentioned earlier you wouldn't really gain much information by having more legs in full focus because they're all the same. --Fir0002 12:49, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Support: I like it, and I think the dof is acceptable.  But it is rather . . . greeny/yellow, in a sickly, off-putting way.  I don't really support altering images so they are less like reality, but I wouldn't mind in this case!   Mae din \talk 10:17, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

--Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 10:30, 27 July 2009 (UTC)