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File:Sleeping Melecta 02 (MK).jpg, featured

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•  Info A sleeping cocoo bee Melecta luctuosa. Very good to see is how these bees mostly sleep while "biting" in a part of a plant with their mandibles. And as an extra also the proboscis is visible. Picture was taken 06:30 in the morning and is a focusstack of 2 images taken at ISO 400 f/10 and 1/15 sec exp. c/u/n by mathias K 11:57, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
•  Support -- mathias K 11:57, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
•  Support -- I'm happy to be the first to support. This is a superb macro, clearly among the best Commons has to offer. The only criticism I have is to get up so early in the morning, which is a mortal sin! Alvesgaspar (talk) 12:07, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

Thank you Alves! And yes you are right, to get up so early is the only "ugly" part. ;-) greetings mathias K 12:11, 22 May 2011 (UTC) ...and the mosquitos ;-) --mathias K 12:17, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

•  Oppose Neutral Guilty of Blue-Channel distortion. Clearly visible in histogram. Blue peak at low values, maximum moved to left.[1]. That would be most likely the actual colors: [2] -- ／人◕ ‿‿ ◕人＼ 苦情処理係 14:00, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

  Hi Niabot, thank's for your review. I will have a look at the tif file. But I think in your version the bee looks to cold/blue. Please remember that it is illuminated by the very warm morning light. But I will look what I can do. Regards mathias K 15:55, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

• The colors are better now. Not perfectly what i would have expected, but ok. What prevents me from a support is lack of sharpness at an important part of the image. It's the "mouth" with which that bee holds itself. -- ／人◕ ‿‿ ◕人＼ 苦情処理係 12:22, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

•  Info I've uploaded a new version where I've corrected the blue channel a little bit. But I won't go any further cause everything more looks to cold for my taste and my memory of the scene in natura. Regards mathias K 16:21, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
•  Support I don't know if you cropped it, but the composition is so carefully done, it's fantastic. And apparently bees sleep with their eyes open. Good job! – Kerαunoςcopia^◁galaxies 17:30, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
•  Oppose green colour cast, very tight crop, noisy, a bit short DOF for a focus stacking imo. --kaʁstn Disk/Cat 19:09, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
  •  Comment -- Green color cast? Noisy? Short dof? Come on guys, are we talking about the same picture? The fact that there is more bright green than bright blue in the picture doesn't mean that the natural colors are not well reproduced. As a matter of fact, when we try to increase the brightness in the blue channel we quickly obtain a bluish white in the insect's hair. There is no green color cast in the picture that I see; there is no apparent noise in the subject, even in the darker parts; and the dof is more than generous for a macro shot. Fair is fair and this picture is among the very best in our macro FP gallery ! -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 20:01, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
•  Support for me FP. Nice and interesting image. --Alchemist-hp (talk) 22:35, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
•  Support -- Raghith 07:17, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
•  Support --Llez (talk) 10:51, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
•  Support --Avenue (talk) 12:21, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
•  Support --Snaevar (talk) 23:54, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
•  Support -- George Chernilevsky ^talk 06:09, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
•  Support Useful... --Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 14:04, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 10 support, 1 oppose, 1 neutral → featured. /George Chernilevsky ^talk 14:02, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Animals/Arthropods