Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Volumetric Render of a Mouse Skull

Volumetric Render of a Mouse Skull

 * Reason:This image is an outstanding example of shear warp volume rendering. I was certain that it would be featured when I clicked on the image, but no such tag came up.  The image is very informative and it displays the mouse skull in a clear and intuitive fashion.
 * Articles this image appears in: Volume rendering, Skull (just added by Wadester16)
 * Creator:User:Lackas


 * Support as nominator --Stotan (talk) 23:02, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Strong Support I often think looking at skulls and imagining the creature underneath is a rather unintuitive task, this gif makes it really easy. I agree that its amazing this hasn't been featured already. --Tobyw87 (talk) 23:07, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose for now. -- Amazing, I agree. But the caption is not good enough for us to understand what's going on. For example, what are the ghost-like artifacts around the skull? Also, the animation is too fast -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 23:36, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
 * This is done from a CT scan. Soft tissues show up on X-rays as that sort of ghostly afterimage - you're pretty much seeing the rat's body as an afterimage, which, if anything, makes it more useful. Shoemaker&#39;s Holiday (talk) 02:52, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Support obvious error in caption: thank you very much for neutralizing the alien invaders. The world is grateful.  Durova Charge! 00:49, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Support Shoemaker&#39;s Holiday (talk) 02:52, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment why isn't the image in a mouse article?  Zoo Fari  03:28, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Support, and agree that this image would fit in in plenty of other articles. Brilliant image. J Milburn (talk) 11:32, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment Can this be slowed down a bit? It goes too fast for me to really appreciate. Calliopejen1 (talk) 20:39, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment. Can we get an identification of the species? That would significantly increase the value of the image. Mostlyharmless (talk) 01:38, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Why would that increase it's value significantly? I don't imagine mouse skulls vary to a huge degree per species. And how often does someone need to look up what a particular species' skull looks like? Kaldari (talk) 02:44, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Almost certainly Rattus norvegicus. That's your standard medical lab rat, and the proportions are right. Shoemaker&#39;s Holiday (talk) 05:03, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
 * You mean Mus musculus, right? Narayanese (talk) 20:16, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
 * This image could go in Skull.  Zoo Fari  18:28, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I just added it to skull as the lead image. The article is too human-biased anyway, and this is a great image to introduce someone to the concept. ~  ωαdεstεr 16  «talkstalk» 13:41, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Support Informative, clear, and fairly high rez for an animated gif. The only downside is a distracting orbiting speck around the height where the upper and lower teeth/incisors meet.--HereToHelp (talk to me) 00:27, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Support Excellent.  Syn  ergy 21:31, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Support GerardM (talk) 21:31, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

~  ωαdεstεr 16  «talkstalk» 14:11, 10 April 2009 (UTC)