User talk:Spongepuppy

Anna Frodesiak (talk) 03:37, 4 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

File:Myrmecia nigrocincta (Australian Bull Ant).jpg

Hello, and welcome. That's a wonderful image. Did you take it yourself? Is it from their website? Best wishes, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 03:37, 4 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Anna, thank you for your kind words! I did indeed take it myself - it's a composite image made up of 120 "slices", stacked together to create a single, in-focus whole. This allows me to obtain very sharp images at high magnification that would otherwise be impossible to capture with a single exposure (diffraction would reduce resolution). I have a number of similar images of various arthropods, and I am actively working to add them to relevant Wikipedia articles. The learning curve is a bit steep, but I'll get there eventually! Spongepuppy (talk) 08:09, 5 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Astonishing quality. The project thanks you. I will bring them to the attention of the folks who select our finest images to be featured. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 08:17, 5 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure that my quality is up there with the best, but thanks for the encouragement! I think that adding high-resolution images where possible adds a great deal of value to the project as a whole, so I plan to post any relevant imagery to wikipedia and/or the commons. Spongepuppy (talk) 01:20, 6 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Such images are of huge value, especially if it's of something that will become extinct. See if you can make a stacked image of trade unionist. :) hahahah. Kidding. Cheers, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 01:24, 6 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, and consider creating a category at commons like Files by User:Anna Spongepuppy so you can keep track. This is useful because if somebody crops one of your images and you don't have the category, then the image will no longer appear in your gallery, if I remember correctly. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 01:28, 6 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Rhinotia hemistictus (Long Nosed Weevil).jpg

An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status

Your image, File:Rhinotia hemistictus (Long Nosed Weevil).jpg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 10:27, 5 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

POTD notification

Hi Spongepuppy,

Just to let you know, the Featured Picture File:Rhinotia hemistictus (Long Nosed Weevil).jpg is scheduled to be Picture of the Day on May 2, 2017. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2017-05-02. Thank you for all of your contributions! — Chris Woodrich (talk) 02:01, 18 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]