Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Libellula depressa

Libellula depressa[edit]

Reason: Good macro image of a notable insect, high res on subject
Articles this image appears in: Broad-bodied Chaser
Creator: Waugsberg

Support as nominator --Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 09:44, 10 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support. I was leaning towards oppose, because of the very distracting background, but the detail on the bug is very defined. Intothewoods29 (talk) 23:03, 11 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose As mentioned before, the background has high distractions. Also, the left wing was left out of focus. —Preceding unsigned comment added by ZooFari (talk • contribs) 02:50, 13 September 2008
Weak Support the background is an issue but of course if it was photoshopped or engineered that the background wasn't natural people would oppose for that so there's no pleasing everyone, good EV and overall a good shot in my opinion. Cat-five - talk 20:15, 13 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support. I don't find the background very distracting, and the focus is quite good for this kind of shot; it's not possible to get all of a dragonfly in focus without heroic measures, and the sharpness of the in-focus parts is excellent. It's not the usual angle for an insect FP, since it doesn't show the head in focus, but I think the most interesting parts of this insect are the ones that are highlighted.--ragesoss (talk) 02:13, 18 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Oppose Essentially I disagree with Ragesoss - I think the composition would have been vastly improved with a side on view in which you can see the head. That said technically it's quite a good photo. --Abdominator (talk) 04:16, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No consensus MER-C 11:10, 25 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]