Wikipedia:Picture peer review/Lemur catta spur and antebrachial gland.jpg

Lemur catta spur and antebrachial gland


This images shows a close, detailed view of a Ring-tailed Lemur's spur and antebrachial gland, anatomical features rarely seen in this much detail by the general public.


 * Creator:Visionholder


 * Nominated by: Visionholder (talk) 06:46, 31 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Comments:
 * This is a very interesting picture, but on FPC standards I doubt that it would make it through. It reminds me a bit of a nom going back some months of a close-up of a wallaby joey getting into or out of its mother's pouch. That was higher quality, and didn't do that well. The quality on this isn't great, full-res is really quite blurry and noisy, a consequence of the camera and settings used under the conditions it was taken (unfortunately it appears you even used digital zoom - please disable it). Even downsizing it doesn't hide the problems I've identified. It is good, but imo, not FPC quality. --jjron (talk) 12:56, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately for my camera to zoom in that close, digital zoom was required. (Maybe someday I'll be able to afford a digital camera that doesn't require digital zoom.)  Oh well...  –Visionholder (talk) 18:07, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I can sympathise with your camera issues, however can only urge you to give up on the digital zoom. A further out shot without the digital zoom would have allowed you to crop into the picture and still easily exceed the minimum FPC size limits; if you stick to the digital zoom I'll go out on a limb and say you'll never get an FPC quality shot. With a lower zoom you would also get less effect from camera shake, and your camera would also have possibly set itself to a higher shutter speed, also assisting in better quality (I assume this was taken with basically auto settings, as I realise these cameras allow only limited manual control). FWIW I believe you can get an FPC quality shot with your camera, though I'm not suggesting it will be easy (on the other hand it's not necessarily easy getting an FPC regardless of what camera you've got, it's just the less 'able' your camera, the harder it is). I have recently purchased a later release in your camera line for work, the IXUS 80IS (SD1100 IS), and I think I would be able to get similar quality shots under the right conditions as my old Canon A95, which I have gained FPs using. With less manual control and the higher number of megapixels I feel these cameras are more limited than my A95, despite being 'newer and better' technology, but it would be possible. --jjron (talk) 13:26, 2 November 2008 (UTC)


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