i've never seen nymphs like this before

[Mr.Mantid]

I created my avatar in adobe flash. I took some pics of my orchid mantis and made a little gif image, but it seems to be all blurry. Did flash somehow compress it?

 

[dgerndt]

It's more likely that turning it into a GIF made the image quality degrade. GIF images are better for pictures with only a few colors that are wide-spread such as buttons or logos.