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Original – Female Phidippus otiosus jumping spider from Highlands County, Florida
Reason
High resolution macro image, good composition, cleanly isolated from background
Articles in which this image appears
Phidippus otiosus
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Arachnids
Creator
David E. Hill
  • Support as nominatorKaldari (talk) 01:55, 7 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Not enough general sharpness/definition and poor DoF. Quality possibly limited by camera. Line top left (scale?) doesn't work for me. Charlesjsharp (talk) 12:40, 7 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    • @Charlesjsharp: Although this looks a bit like a tarantula, it's actually a tiny jumping spider (about the size of a house fly). With a macro photo of something so small it isn't possible to have both better sharpness and DoF (due to diffraction softening). f/11 (the aperture setting that was used) is right in the sweet spot for an SLR sensor. If you pushed it to f/16 (for more DoF) it would be diffraction limited and start looking soft. Personally, I think the photographer made a good trade-off between DoF and sharpness as most of the spider is in focus, especially the part closest to the viewer. Kaldari (talk) 17:31, 7 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    • Looking at your user page, it looks like you probably already know everything I wrote above. Do you know of any way you could improve both the sharpness and DoF (as I don't). Kaldari (talk) 17:49, 7 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • It's not possible to get an FP of a tiny insect with a normal macro lens. I've photographed dozens but no FPs. The settings are fine otherwise. The secret is focus stacking or specialist camera equipment. Charlesjsharp (talk) 17:53, 7 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 03:54, 17 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]