Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Lipotriches sp..jpg

Reason: Good quality, Ev and aesthetics. Bee caught carrying pollen which is what most people associate bees with, after honey. No other pictures of the genus on wiki.
Articles this image appears in: Halictidae, Sweat bee, Lipotriches, Pollinator
Creator: Muhammad

Support as nominator --Muhammad(talk) 10:03, 21 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Remarkably detailed for so small a subject. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 11:43, 21 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Head is out of focus - this should be in focus at the expense of other features (unless those features are the subject of the illustration. In this case the shot is front focused (legs are in focus instead of head). --Fir0002 00:15, 22 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Most of the head is in focus. For something this small, getting a perfect focus from the tiny viewfinder is very difficult as it is, without the pesky mosquitoes desperately searching for dinner. In this picture however, the yellow bands across the abdomen are distinctive to this genus and very informative in differentiating males from females. I think this addresses your concerns as the bands are more important to be shown than the head. --Muhammad(talk) 03:39, 22 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support: I think this is excellently-caught, Muhammad. The beads of pollen are fascinating, as well as the bee itself. Maedin\^talk 11:17, 24 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted ~ ωαdεstεr16_«talk^stalk» 04:59, 29 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Just to avoid prejudice against this image, I think it should actually say "no consensus" above. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 14:27, 29 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]