Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Salticidae sp. AF 2.jpg

Clynotis severus

Original - Clynotis severus, Female, Austin's Ferry, Tasmania, Australia. This jumping spider's main ocelli (center pair) are very acute. The outer pair are "secondary eyes" and there are other pairs of secondary eyes on the sides and top of its head.

Reason

A very useful addition to a number of articles. In some cases it has replaced another image. This one is better because it shows all eight eyes and is considerably more detailed. I am quite surprised that the subject sat still long enough for a stack or two. I would have liked the softbox a bit lower to get some catch lights in the front eyes. Was not physically possible however (front of lens was about an inch from the spider).

Articles this image appears in

Spider, Jumping spider, Simple eyes in arthropods

Creator

Noodle snacks

• Support as nominator --Noodle snacks (talk) 01:22, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
• Support Very good EV and wow --Muhammad(talk) 01:36, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
• Support per Muhammad. upstateNYer 03:18, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
• Support. Best EV in the 'Simple eyes in arthropods' article, where DOF isn't as important to illustrate the subject. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 09:28, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
• Support Though of course we should all oppose because its legs are cut off. Stevage 14:43, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
  • Indeed I'm rethinking my vote... upstateNYer 23:42, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
• Weak support, weakness per Stevage. I'm really not a giant fan of these hyper-closeup bug shots that lose big parts of the critter to blur/frame. Staxringold _talk^contribs 04:14, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
  • In 3/3 article cases this is illustrating eyes specifically. File:Salticidae sp. AF.jpg is the whole thing and may be nominated at a later date (different articles). Noodle snacks (talk) 06:59, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
  • Plus "per Stevage" makes me kind of laugh, considering he was being sarcastic. upstateNYer 03:16, 20 September 2009 (UTC)
• Support as a good illustration of the creature's eyes. Also, thanks for the nightmares. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 13:29, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
• Weak Support. Stacking artifacts and over-sharpened, but otherwise a good illustration of spider eyes. Kaldari (talk) 20:06, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
• Oppose although the eye part is fantastic, the blurry legs are visually distracting IMO. — DroEsperanto (talk) 04:51, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

Promoted File:Salticidae sp. AF 2.jpg--Shoemaker's Holiday ^{Over 206 FCs served} 04:01, 22 September 2009 (UTC)