Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Gyromitra infula

Gyromitra infula

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Original - The fungus Gyromitra infula, commonly known as the "elfin saddle", has the ends of both saddle lobes drawn out to sharp tips that project above the level of the fruiting body.

Edit 1 Noise and chromatic aberration reduced; white balance change.

Reason

High resolution; high EV (shows classic "saddle" shape); both stem and cap are clear.

Articles in which this image appears

Gyromitra infula, Gyromitra

FP category for this image

Fungi

Creator

Sasata

• Support as nominator --Sasata (talk) 18:11, 17 September 2010 (UTC)
• Comment At the risk of sounding repetitive, I suggest a denoising. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 18:25, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

• Ok, I applied a luminance noise reduction. FWIW, shutter speed was 1/13 sec, and ISO was 800. Sasata (talk) 18:43, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

I'd also query the whtie balance while we are at it. Do you think it is a bit yellow? Noodle snacks (talk) 04:42, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

I think there was a bit too much red - see edit 1. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 08:24, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

I've uploaded a noise-reduced and white-balance corrected version. I had the white balance camera setting on "cloudy" (b/c/ it was cloudy that day), but in retrospect it seemed to overcompensate by adding yellow. Sasata (talk) 13:46, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

• Support edit 1 Mushrooms often look squishy, but the stalk shows a lot of detail here, which suggests that focus is okay. I don't think we've had a saddle-shaped mushroom FP, so potentially extra EV there. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 08:24, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
• Support. Not really seeing how us not having any similar images at FP level gives it more EV, but I can understand that variety is nice. J Milburn (talk) 11:32, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
  • Didn't expect to have to explain this to a member of WikiProject Fungi, but you have some morphology related articles, e.g. Lamella_(mycology)#Classification where having examples of various configurations is useful. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 11:38, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
    • Well, yeah, but the image isn't currently used there. We can't really support based on potential EV. This is, of course, an academic argument. J Milburn (talk) 21:28, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

Oppose Sharpness is pretty low. It is either out of focus or there was motion blur taking the shot. Noodle snacks (talk) 23:03, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

• f25 on a tripod, and 2-second delay timer, FWIW. Sasata (talk) 00:35, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

• There is your problem. f25 is much too narrow - you will get huge amounts of diffraction softening. I'm not sure what sort of camera you have. Choose f8-11 for a APS-C digital camera, 11-16 for full frame and maybe 5.6 or something for a compact camera. Focus stack if you need additional depth of field. Noodle snacks (talk) 11:08, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

Not promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 01:25, 27 September 2010 (UTC)