Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Mariquita asiática multicolor (Harmonia axyridis), Hartelholz, Múnich, Alemania, 2020-07-12, DD 76-112 FS.jpg

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File:Mariquita asiática multicolor (Harmonia axyridis), Hartelholz, Múnich, Alemania, 2020-07-12, DD 76-112 FS.jpg, not featured[edit]

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Asian ladybeetle (Harmonia axyridis), Hartelholz, Munich, Germany

* Support -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 05:34, 5 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

* Support Nice work, though this large ladybird is displacing UK species. Charlesjsharp (talk) 07:29, 5 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  •  Oppose Stupidly, I had not noticed this is dead. Where are the legs?!! I don't like it. Your image will mislead many others, not just someone like me who has done many macros of the species. We should not be offering pictures of dead animals like this at FP. Why do it? When used elsewhere, the statement on the file page that this is dead will be lost. Also, if decay is showing as suggested below, you should withdraw the nomination @Poco a poco: . In any event, the file name should mention that it is dead. Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:05, 8 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Charlesjsharp: We have dozens of dead speciments with the FP star, are there any rules about that?. The suggestion above that the decay process is
  • Ivar: would you mind showing me evidence of a decay process? I know how and where that would be noticeable and I don't see that here, so please, help me with that. FYI Ikan Kekek
  • Charlesjsharp: we have dozens of dead specimens with the FP star. Can you please, explain me how to get this DoF and level of detail of an alive animal. As you have so much experience with macros of this kind of subjects, you may enlight me.
  • I don't understand your comment, Charlesjsharp. If I put a needle on the animal so that it's clearly dead, it's then FP-worthy, that makes no sense to me. Anyhow I'll then rather photograph seeds or stones to spare this kind of discussions. Will also specify to my fossil shots that those animals are dead to clear any room of doubt. --Poco a poco (talk) 17:48, 8 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • You don't understand? Strange. Your image made me (and others) think it was a photo of a live animal. You've done this many times before at QI (can't remember if at FP too) and I have asked you not to. Specimen is the word we use to describe a collected dead animal. These are conventionally photographed on a plain background as with all the FPs I have looked at. Dorsal and ventral images are typically used. You asked 'Can you please, explain me how to get this DoF and level of detail of an alive animal'. Focus-bracketed shots of live insects are common at FP. A steady hand, monopod or tripod can be combined with a camera set-up that allows automatic focus-bracketing, like my Canon R6. I used to use the FB Tube. Helicon Focus software automatically aligns images to compensate for small amounts of movement between shots. Charlesjsharp (talk) 18:10, 8 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Charlesjsharp, I know the principles and indeed I've the hardware and software you talk about (even a motorized slider). I cannot get this detail with a 100 mm or 300 mm macro lens. To achieve that you need to get very close using a special lens like this one that can magnify x5, apart from the flash or lighting. Anyhow, cero motivation to do any macro stuff in the near future --Poco a poco (talk) 18:31, 8 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Confirmed results:
Result: 11 support, 4 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /Poco a poco (talk) 17:14, 8 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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