Within arachnids, and probably crustaceans, the glowing of the carapace is a unique property of scorpions. Mangostar ( talk) 04:34, 5 June 2008 (UTC) Reply I'm surprised this photo has not been removed from Scorpion. Oppose I don't understand how this is encyclopedic.Weak Support-A great image, but the back half of the body is out of focus as spencer said.
Capital photographer ( talk) 11:10, 3 June 2008 (UTC) Reply You don't see the BBC Natural History unit filming every animal in their docos side on and entirely in focus,but rather using what ever composition is effective in showing what they want to show. Would having the body (what little is visible from this angle) illustrate the effect any better? No. The fact remains, the photograph is illustrating the effect of black light on a creature. In other words, a difference in desired composition. Artistic as in composition, not as in art work.I'm am not that interested in going and looking at the EXIF to work it out, but it looks like the photographer either chose a wide aperture to get a high enough shutter speed not to need a tripod, or simply didn't think at all and had it wide open in aperture priority or program mode. The correct aperture would be the one that provides sufficient DOF to cover the entire subject. It's not about art - this is WP and this is supposed to be an image that is demonstrating a scientific phenomenon.Capital photographer ( talk) 10:11, 3 June 2008 (UTC) Reply But what is the "correct" aperture and would having the body in focus add anything? Artistic difference I guess.Having it all in focus would only improve it and make it more detailed and interesting. I stand by the fact that the shot would look better if the photographer had chosen the correct aperture. I don't think that the shallow DOF was a deliberate effect.Capital photographer ( talk) 06:43, 3 June 2008 (UTC) Reply The inclusion of the body would not add anything significant and the shallow DOF enhances the viewers focus. It's overly simplistic to say everything must be in focus.Why? Because choosing the right aperture (and a tripod if necessary) would have made the picture much better, and this is FP and it is an easy to repeat image that should be captured properly.Capital photographer ( talk) 13:13, 2 June 2008 (UTC) Reply
Scorpion glow in blacklight full#
If it were full colour and intended to illustrate the creature rather than this effect, then it would be an issue. Given the focus of the image, I don't see the DOF as a problem.
Reason It's something different on creepy-crawlies - educational, but different. In normal lighting this scorpion appears black, but it glows under some ultraviolet wavelengths. Original - A scorpion under a blacklight.
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