Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Calocoris affinis

Calocoris affinis edit

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 17 Jul 2010 at 09:47:11 (UTC)

Original - Calocoris affinis, a true bug in the Miridae family, upon Knautia arvensis.

Reason: High quality image of an insect identified to species level, used well in the genus article.
Articles in which this image appears: Calocoris
FP category for this image: Insects
Creator: Darius Bauzys

Support as nominator --J Milburn (talk) 09:47, 8 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support Perfect photo -- George Chernilevsky ^talk 14:01, 8 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I think the green background was a poor idea here. It detracts sufficiently from the image to not merit FP status, IMO. Greg L (talk) 16:46, 8 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support I think the background is just green because this photo was taken in a field =\ Other than that the insect and the bud are in very good resolution. --I′d※<3※Ɵɲɛ (talk) 20:18, 8 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- One the best macro shots in the last times. Excellent quality and detail, nice composition. -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 16:35, 14 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose There's too much reflection on the back of the front wing (covering the abdomen). It's not completely blown, but I wasn't able to salvage it to any meaningful extent. It's a fairly common bug, so I'd suggest a retake. The article about the plant already has a high quality image showing the flower as its taxobox image, and it's a short article, but once expanded, this might find a place in it, as I don't (yet) see another image that shows the bud. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 13:21, 15 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Interesting you should say that- I'd call this little creature a shield bug if I were to find it myself, and the thing I always noticed about shield bugs was how shiny they are. I actually considered the shine before my nomination, but decided that, for that reason, it wasn't necessarily a negative. (Also, can I ask what makes you think it's a common species? We don't have an article on the species, and didn't have one on the genus until I wrote it.) J Milburn (talk) 23:55, 15 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 21:08, 17 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]