Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Osmium

Osmium

Original - Produced by chemical transport reaction, these osmium crystals, weighing 2.2 grams in total, are 99.99% pure. A member of the platinum group, osmium is the densest naturally occurring element, normally found as an alloy, and also one of the least abundant. Very hard and with a high melting temperature, it is used in fountain pen tips, electrical contacts, and other applications where durability is required.

Reason

excellent resolution, clear illustration

Articles in which this image appears

Osmium

Creator

Alchemist-hp

• Support as nominator —Maedin\^talk 07:57, 18 February 2010 (UTC)
• Support I feel like it needs a sharpen, but doing so causes a large degree of blown highlights, so I'm not sure if it should be done or not. Noodle snacks (talk) 21:21, 19 February 2010 (UTC)
  • Okay . . . I assume you (and others) are noticing the resolution? This looks much better downsampled. Maedin\^talk 22:01, 19 February 2010 (UTC)
    • Yeah, hence my support - it just looks better sharpened a bit imo. Noodle snacks (talk) 22:03, 19 February 2010 (UTC)
      • Thanks, just checking, :) Maedin\^talk 22:22, 19 February 2010 (UTC)
• Support as creator too. --Alchemist-hp (talk) 12:05, 22 February 2010 (UTC)
• Support rare, high EV and nice quality --George Chernilevsky ^talk 12:14, 22 February 2010 (UTC)
• Support per nom. Strangely beautiful. -- Avenue (talk) 12:37, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Promoted File:Osmium crystals.jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 01:35, 26 February 2010 (UTC)