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File:Rough diamonds - necklace in UV and normal light B - composite.jpg, featured edit

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Info One of my contributions for the Wiki Science Competition. I wanted to create an image that was a little bit more interesting than just the usual with side by side images. The added "speed effect" also to helps guide the eyes between the individual stones to see the different colors.

The image is made from two photos edited and merged in Photoshop. (No ICM involved.) The two original photos were put into layers. Selected parts of the necklace in UV photo were then copied into new layers and treated with the motion blur option: Filter>Blur>Motion Blur. The layers were then edited, mainly using the eraser tool at different settings, before being merged into a single layer. All by me, -- Cart (talk) 20:04, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support -- Cart (talk) 20:04, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Beautiful work but I like the last picture of series A best where the artworks are fully visible. --Ermell (talk) 21:23, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, yeah that one may be more arty, but I selected this one since I think it has more "impact" and works better in articles, because you can see the individual stones better. --Cart (talk) 22:47, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support --SHB2000 (talk) 21:30, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support In my opinion, this is a bit "looser" than the series A proposed by Ermell.--Famberhorst (talk) 06:13, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Question The UW light image seems to be out of focus. Is this an effect of UW light? Yann (talk) 07:27, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In the case here with diamonds, yes. Material that have strong fluorescence, like the stones here, do not just reflect light, they also emit light back. In simple words, they glow under UV light. So all contours get softened, and you need to set the focus manually under normal light and then switch to UV. Autofocus doesn't work most of the time when you do photos in UV; it can't get a lock on softly glowing things. --Cart (talk) 08:57, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support I wish it were a bit sharper but I accept the above explanation as valid. Very beautiful, scientifically interesting, and a good striking composition. Cmao20 (talk) 13:45, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support per Cmao20. --Aristeas (talk) 15:09, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support per Cmao20. --Harlock81 (talk) 16:34, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Thanks for the explanation. Yann (talk) 22:22, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Giles Laurent (talk) 10:48, 6 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support ★ 02:55, 7 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Llez (talk) 08:45, 7 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 10:25, 7 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Beautiful artistic creation. -- Radomianin (talk) 16:27, 7 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support JukoFF (talk) 20:36, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Confirmed results:

Result: 13 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /-- Radomianin (talk) 21:04, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Photo techniques/Composites and Montages#Composites (Multiple images merged into one)