Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/DNA animation

DNA fragment animation

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 31 Mar 2011 at 04:18:10 (UTC)

**Alternative.** This version has a transparent background and is already a featured picture on the Spanish language Wikipedia

Reason: very informative for those who don't know it already, good quality for an animation
Articles in which this image appears: DNA, Biopolymer
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Sciences/Biology
Creator: Magadan

Support as nominator --Nergaal (talk) 04:18, 22 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment There is also this alternative image which is already a featured picture on the Spanish language Wikipedia, has a transparent background and is a higher resolution. - Zephyris _Talk 12:17, 22 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I prefer the alt since it is higher res. Nergaal (talk) 17:18, 22 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Strong oppose Both are really low quality, compare them to this beautiful image [1], for example. I'm a big fan of DNA and I'd be disappointed to see such a low quality (also cliched) image featured just because it looks scientific. Also, how does it spinning help, one sees how it's 3D pretty clearly in a 2D picture already. And the spinning doesn't even spin in a way that shows the magic of DNA - how the base pairs fit together like lego. The bases are always shown from the side - like looking at a piece of paper from its side. </rant> Aaadddaaammm (talk) 21:51, 22 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Well in that case what would your perfect animation look like? I have Qutemol, pymol and a pdb file of bDNA... I just need suggestions on what would make the best possible animation! - Zephyris _Talk 00:25, 23 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I would imagine higher resolution and no transparent background (due to GIF anti-aliasing issues). Kaldari (talk) 17:54, 23 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yea, definitely higher resolution, and maybe try rotating in other ways, not just around the y axis, so we can see some of the details which are on the x-z plane. Aaadddaaammm (talk) 19:42, 23 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've had a bit of a go making this elusive "best possible animation". I feel what we need to do is simplify the backbone, and maybe show the bases as 2D planes. I don't have any time to figure out how to do this at the moment - maybe in the next few days, but no promises, there must be an expert lurking here somewhere... Aaadddaaammm (talk) 20:18, 23 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm kind of with Adam here: not really seeing what animation adds. My favorite of your images in the DNA article, Zephyris, is this one. I think an image of undamaged DNA with that level of detail would add to the article. Chick Bowen 03:33, 24 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Like this one? File:A-DNA, B-DNA and Z-DNA.png - Zephyris _Talk 09:00, 24 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I would support that if it had a caption that might explain to me what I'm looking at. I read the relevant section of DNA as well as A-DNA and I don't really get it. Chick Bowen 16:16, 24 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

So I made this image... I think it's quite good, but we should split any discussion of it off to the picture peer review. - Zephyris _Talk 22:59, 28 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I find that very clear and helpful. Let's see if it sticks as the main image at DNA. If so, I'd suggest you start a new nomination in a week or so. Chick Bowen 03:02, 30 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You're my new hero, Zephyris. Awesome image. Strong support, or should we start a new nom? Aaadddaaammm (talk) 20:34, 30 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 07:18, 31 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]