Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Black Soldier fly Mating

Black Soldier flies Mating

Original - Black soldier flies, Hermetia illucens mating. The soldier fly has no functioning mouth parts and instead spends its adult lives in search of mates and reproducing

Reason

Good quality, high resolution with encyclopedic value, contributing to an article which previously had no images showing this stage of the insect's life.

Articles this image appears in

Hermetia illucens

Creator

Muhammad

• Support as nominator --Muhammad(talk) 11:04, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
• Support Good EV and reasonable quality but I think you can achieve greater sharpness in this and your other insect contributions given your equipment and settings. Are you using the "bicubic sharper" algorithm when downsampling? You might also try a small amount of 1px radius smart sharpening. If you are at all the practical type then a homemade softbox for your flash would soften the lighting and improve the quality of these shots too. Noodle snacks (talk) 11:39, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
  • I use the bicubic (best for reduction) {best for smooth gradient) option. Would you reccomend the bicubic sharpening? Muhammad(talk) 17:05, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
    • Bicubic Sharper (Best for reduction) is how it is written in photoshop, maybe try a little sharpening post downsample then. Noodle snacks (talk) 23:23, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
    • Yeah, the bicubic {best for smooth gradient) would give pretty soft results in comparison to the other algorithm. Noodle snacks (talk) 06:43, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
• Support. Good, detailed image. Shadow doesn't really affect the central subject. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 11:57, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
• weak support good enc, lighting would be greatly improved with some flash more diffusion. de Bivort 18:47, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
• Support - Given the difficulty of the shot, I think we can overlook the slight flaws related to the flash. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 18:01, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
• Weak Support Another one where the lighting is a bit strong -- but EV is even stronger. Fletcher (talk) 00:17, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
• Support great capture! 20:44, 10 January 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by TAway (talk • contribs)

Promoted File:Black soldier flies mating.jpg --Wronkiew (talk) 06:25, 12 January 2009 (UTC)