Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Darter August 2007-22 edit.jpg

Female red-veined darter

Original

Edit 1 by Fir0002 - cropped and sharpened

Alternative

Reason: Large, detailed and high-quality depiction of a beautiful species of insect, adding value to the articles it appears in.
Proposed caption: Red-veined darter (Sympetrum fonscolombei) is a common dragonfly in southern Europe and, from the 1990s onwards, has increasingly been found in northwest Europe, including Britain and Ireland. It belongs to the family Libellulidae, whose members are strong fliers and often perch on exposed reeds from where they dart out to snatch prey. Adult red-veined darters are red (males) or yellow (females), showing beautiful saturated colours. Juveniles are greenish with black stripes on the thorax and abdomen.
Articles this image appears in: Red-veined darter, Dragonfly
Creator: Joaquim Alves Gaspar

Support as nominator Alvesgaspar 19:15, 12 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Info - Please consider this nomination with improved pictures instead of the one below - Alvesgaspar 19:18, 12 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support original High quality shots :) Jellocube27 21:12, 12 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Support Edit 1 - best composition and improved sharpness, Weak Oppose Original - good composition but poor sharpness, Oppose Alternative - poor angle/composition and sharpness --Fir0002 06:13, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Support edit 1 per above. --Here T oHelp 18:14, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support edit 1 - the image is excellent and that edit makes it slightly sharper.--Svetovid 19:32, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support edit 1 - per above. It's incredibly sharp. Chris.B 15:51, 15 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support edit 1 per above. --jjron 09:39, 16 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support edit 1 very good shot --Childzy ¤ Talk 20:19, 16 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Darter August 2007-22 edit.jpg MER-C 04:23, 18 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]