Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Wolf spider (Aglaoctenus castaneus) on web Rio Napo.jpg

File:Wolf spider (Aglaoctenus castaneus) on web Rio Napo.jpg

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Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Arthropods/Arachnida#Family : Lycosidae (Wolf Spiders)
Info No FPs of this genus. All by Charlesjsharp -- Charlesjsharp (talk) 18:39, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- Charlesjsharp (talk) 18:39, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Gallery fixed. There may be no FP of this genus, but that gallery is so far for Families and that one exists. Also no idea what you were up to here blanking the new category you created. I've noticed that you are starting to make a lot of mistakes with things like this, so perhaps you should leave such things to coders here. Just post your noms and we'll take care of the "boring" sorting stuff for you. --Cart (talk) 19:07, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Not sure the stacking is working so well here. There are an awful lot of "shadows/halos" from un-sharp parts of the stacked photos and the stacking goes in and out all over the image. Might be less confusing working with less photos in the stack. --Cart (talk) 19:13, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comment A 3D spider's web is the most challenging subject for focus-stacking I know. Try it. Working with less photos doesn't work I'm afraid. And more photos doesn't help either. There is a huge amount of manual cloning needed to create sharp threads that aren't in any of the stack, but you have to stop somewhere. In time the AI models will improve. I happen to think the composition with its random threads works OK. Incidentally, the focus-stacking here is many times more challenging than the recent on the recent 2D web with male and female spiders. And have a closer look at the lovely FP nom of two damselflies. The spiders webs just stop in mid air! Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:40, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I know that spiderwebs are a nightmare to stack and that you are doing as well as you can. Believe me, I actually have tried focus stacking spiderwebs and I just gave up since it was so darn difficult to get things to line up and not give off halos. That's why I think it might not be the best way to photograph these kind of things. Couldn't you concentrate the stacking on just the spider and let the net fade in and out of Dof like in a normal photo? Just brainstorming ideas here. Btw, the spiderwebs "ending" in midair is a usual phenomena depending on how the light and shadow hits them and whatever moisture is on them. I think every nature photographer have seen them appear and disappear in their photos. --Cart (talk) 22:08, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support Nice composition, it's almost abstract. I know what Cart means but still a great effort. Cmao20 (talk) 13:56, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support --The Cosmonaut (talk) 21:49, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Ermell (talk) 22:35, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support Striking view and interesting light -- Basile Morin (talk) 08:21, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Yann (talk) 16:19, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support --UnpetitproleX (Talk) 23:09, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support The scene is well chosen. You can appreciate the weight of the spider on the net. Some wires on the borders present technical flaws, but I don't know who could do a better job. --Harlock81 (talk) 11:11, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support --MZaplotnik^(talk) 19:08, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]