Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Volumetric Render of a Mouse Skull

Volumetric Render of a Mouse Skull[edit]

**Original** - Shear warp volumetric render of a mouse skull; 360-degree view.

Reason: This image is an outstanding example of shear warp volume rendering. I was certain that it would be featured when I clicked on the image, but no such tag came up. The image is very informative and it displays the mouse skull in a clear and intuitive fashion.
Articles this image appears in: Volume rendering, Skull (just added by Wadester16)
Creator: User:Lackas

Support as nominator --Stotan (talk) 23:02, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Support I often think looking at skulls and imagining the creature underneath is a rather unintuitive task, this gif makes it really easy. I agree that its amazing this hasn't been featured already. --Tobyw87 (talk) 23:07, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose for now. -- Amazing, I agree. But the caption is not good enough for us to understand what's going on. For example, what are the ghost-like artifacts around the skull? Also, the animation is too fast -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 23:36, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- This is done from a CT scan. Soft tissues show up on X-rays as that sort of ghostly afterimage - you're pretty much seeing the rat's body as an afterimage, which, if anything, makes it more useful. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 02:52, 4 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support obvious error in caption: thank you very much for neutralizing the alien invaders. The world is grateful. Durova^Charge! 00:49, 4 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 02:52, 4 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment why isn't the image in a mouse article? Zoo Fari 03:28, 4 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support, and agree that this image would fit in in plenty of other articles. Brilliant image. J Milburn (talk) 11:32, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Can this be slowed down a bit? It goes too fast for me to really appreciate. Calliopejen1 (talk) 20:39, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. Can we get an identification of the species? That would significantly increase the value of the image. Mostlyharmless (talk) 01:38, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Why would that increase it's value significantly? I don't imagine mouse skulls vary to a huge degree per species. And how often does someone need to look up what a particular species' skull looks like? Kaldari (talk) 02:44, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - Almost certainly Rattus norvegicus. That's your standard medical lab rat, and the proportions are right. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 05:03, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    - You mean Mus musculus, right? Narayanese (talk) 20:16, 9 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - This image could go in Skull#Other skulls. Zoo Fari 18:28, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    - I just added it to skull as the lead image. The article is too human-biased anyway, and this is a great image to introduce someone to the concept. ~ ωαdεstεr16_«talk^stalk» 13:41, 9 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Informative, clear, and fairly high rez for an animated gif. The only downside is a distracting orbiting speck around the height where the upper and lower teeth/incisors meet.--HereToHelp ^{(talk to me)} 00:27, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Excellent. Synergy 21:31, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support GerardM (talk) 21:31, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:VolRenderShearWarp.gif ~ ωαdεstεr16_«talk^stalk» 14:11, 10 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]