Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Aeshna cyanea

Male Southern Hawker

Original - The Southern Hawker, Aeshna cyanea, also known as the Blue Darner in the Western Hemisphere, is a 70 mm long species of hawker dragonfly. It is large, with a long body which has green markings. The male also has blue spots on the abdomen.

Reason

Good quality image which is a FP on commons.

Articles this image appears in

Southern Hawker

Creator

André Karwath

• Support as nominator Muhammad(talk) 13:45, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
• Support good picture. Λua∫Wise ^(talk) 14:54, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
• Support per nom. What is the bug that this dragonfly is eating? Spikebrennan (talk) 15:28, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Comment I don't believe it's eating; I think that is the skin shell from its larval form. It appears to be drying and expanding its wings after its molt. Matt Deres (talk) 01:27, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
• weak oppose The background is in too much focus for my taste and looks kind of artificial - like an origami arrangement or something. Also the level of detail is a bit below our insect standard. de Bivort 16:38, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
  • I too prefer backgrounds with less focus, however, in this case, I feel the background focus adds to the image. Muhammad(talk) 17:45, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
• Oppose Very strong and obvious flash shadow. Clegs (talk) 18:17, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
• Oppose Quality photo, just "not quite there" in almost every department – fine detail, setting, composition, lighting, etc. --mikaul^talk 22:50, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
• Oppose. Mikaul said it. Samsara (talk • contribs) 16:44, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
• Support per nom. Mario1987 (talk) 12:26, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
• Support: If that really is the empty shell, it makes it even more encyclopedic. It's sharp and the detail is not lost on the background one bit. No oppose vote so far really explains the problem with the photo in terms of FP guidelines.—DMCer™ 08:42, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Not promoted MER-C 10:35, 30 January 2008 (UTC)