Commons:Featured picture candidates/Image:Argynnis paphia on Carduoideae Richard Bartz.jpg

Image:Argynnis paphia on Carduoideae Richard Bartz.jpg, featured

•  Info created & nominated by --Richard Bartz 12:51, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
•  Support --Richard Bartz 12:51, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
•  Oppose I like this picture very much, but the DOF makes not enough sharp at important parts and a noisy. Sorry. --Beyond silence 13:52, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Shurely it was possible to take this butterfly with 100ISO, a ring flash, from a sideview or topview for low noise and "perfekt?" DoF, but this causes in a very dark background, boring composition and unnatural colors. What i tried and still try is to display the 100% brightness of the background, i mean the state i have seen at the place. Its not possible with my cheaper 400D, so i used 800ISO which causes a slight noise. DoF: the most FP butterflies are from a sideview, so taking one from diagonal view by this distance and no crop at a apperature of 14 which is 3x higher than your eye (another unnatural thing) result in this image. As a example, this one is in apple-pie order with a greater distance, but very boring for me. --Richard Bartz 16:53, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

The human eye works differently than a lens because the brain sees perceived sharpness differently than just whatever the aperture is.

•  SupportNice colors and composition.--Mbz1 18:18, 9 August 2007 (UTC)Mbz1
•  Support -- MJJR 20:24, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
•  Support --Bergwolf 21:22, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
•  Support --Digitaldreamer 21:39, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
•  Support-LadyofHats 00:53, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
•  Support --Böhringer 10:51, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
•  Oppose As a butterfly photographer, the quality isn't high enough. It feels unsharp, noisy, or maybe it's just the DoF. I expect a high standard for insect photos, and a different angle could have produced a better picture without killing the soul of the picture, but that's just my opinion. -- Ram-Man 02:58, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

result: 7 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral => featured. Simonizer 07:39, 20 August 2007 (UTC)