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Info A nice sharp photo of the pygmy marmoset, the smallest monkey species in the world. It is an endangered species and is found in the western Amazon Basin. created by Llez - uploaded by Llez - nominated by Cmao20 -- Cmao20 (talk) 19:54, 4 July 2020 (UTC)
Support -- Cmao20 (talk) 19:54, 4 July 2020 (UTC)
Oppose I'm sorry but the lighting on this is a bit backwards from what I'd like in a good photo. The brightest and most lit part with white glare from the flash is the least interesting part of the photo, the branch. Then the color of the "fringe fur" (for lack of a better expression) is similar to the background, so the top of the animal kind of fades into the background. --Cart (talk) 20:24, 4 July 2020 (UTC)- Oppose same here. Harsh front flat lighting. Too many of them have passed IMO and I really hope this one doesn't. - Benh (talk) 20:28, 4 July 2020 (UTC)
- I get your point, the flash lighting is a little harsh, probably without using flash the ISO needed would have been too high. To me though that would only be a serious problem if it badly misrepresented the colour of the fur, and looking at other images on Google it seems roughly what you'd expect. You are both right, it's just that to me this is mitigated by the high resolution (20mpx with the creature filling most of the frame), the nice angle, and the sharpness and lack of noise at full size. Cmao20 (talk) 22:50, 4 July 2020 (UTC)
- No. The settings are just wrong here. At ISO 200 anf f/11 explains that dark backgroud and very unappealing flat and cold lighting. It is very common to shot animals at higher ISO and Charles shows that ISO 2500 give good results when processed skillfully. One can surely do better in a relatively controlled environnement. - Benh (talk) 08:50, 5 July 2020 (UTC)
- Support Thanks Cmao20 for the nomination. I agree with you. Zoo photography is a special theme. It is easy to photograph animals in well lit large enclosures. But you have other conditions in those who live in terraria, aquaria or smaller cages, which are completely in shadow. Here you have to use a flash. As many (e.g. fish, mammals) are moving very quickly, you have often not the time to arrange the light in an optimal way. And I think, it is better to make photos of living animals than of taxidermied museum specimens, although there you have the time you need to arrange an optimal lightning. --Llez (talk) 07:10, 5 July 2020 (UTC)
I withdraw my nomination Sorry Llez but it doesn't look like this is likely to win significant support to become an FP. It is still a very good photograph though and I think it's unlucky not to have done better. Cmao20 (talk) 19:48, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
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