Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Chalkhill blue butterflies (Polyommatus coridon) mating 1.jpg

File:Chalkhill blue butterflies (Polyommatus coridon) mating 1.jpg, featured

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•  Info Chalkhill blue butterflies mating at Aston Rowant NNR, Oxfordshire, created by Charlesjsharp - uploaded by Charlesjsharp - nominated by Charlesjsharp -- Charles (talk) 16:18, 10 April 2015 (UTC)
•  Support -- Charles (talk) 16:18, 10 April 2015 (UTC)
•  Support amazing shot!:) D kuba (talk) 19:57, 10 April 2015 (UTC)
•  Support Excellent! -- Lothar Spurzem (talk) 21:50, 10 April 2015 (UTC)
•  Support -- Colin (talk) 22:00, 10 April 2015 (UTC)
•  Support -- Christian Ferrer 07:19, 11 April 2015 (UTC)
•  Support Nice shot. I have to mention that I got a deja vue from this. Maybe there has been a similar photograph featured before. --Ximonic (talk) 15:24, 11 April 2015 (UTC)

• Every year, at about this time, dozens of similar candidates will pop out over here. If my memory is still trustworthy. - Benh (talk) 23:08, 11 April 2015 (UTC)
  • No, this was taken last year - the chalkhill blue only flies July/August in Southern England --Charles (talk) 23:32, 11 April 2015 (UTC)

•  Support Balles2601 (talk) 22:19, 11 April 2015 (UTC)
•  Support --Baresi F (talk) 22:31, 11 April 2015 (UTC)
•  Support  Neutral A bit blurry and blighted flowers are disturbing, but nice. I uploaded the downscaled version for reference, mostly downscaling is not good way, but in this kind of case, It rarely works well. IMO. --Laitche (talk) 00:10, 12 April 2015 (UTC) Besides oversharpened, a little noisy. --Laitche (talk) 10:40, 12 April 2015 (UTC)
•  Support Kruusamägi (talk) 02:33, 12 April 2015 (UTC)
•  Comment Very good composition, nice light. I miss some geodata in the file page, or, as a minimum an indication of area in which the photo was been taken (more specific than southern England). It looks a tad oversharpened around the center, and quite blurred at the edges of the photograph. On the other hand DOF is difficult for these shots and the photo has large resolution. -- Slaunger (talk) 08:12, 12 April 2015 (UTC)

• The location clue is in the info description above! Aston Rowant NRR, Oxfordshire - North Side to be specific. DOF very testing as you say - hand held a few inches off the ground on a steep chalk hillside. --Charles (talk) 11:05, 12 April 2015 (UTC)

• (ec) Yes, and that piece of information belongs to the file page, which shall accumulate all relevant information about the shot. I have added that information now, as well as a proper location category. It's part of the home work prior to nomination. -- Slaunger (talk) 11:14, 12 April 2015 (UTC)

• Thanks. --Charles (talk) 11:41, 12 April 2015 (UTC)

•  Support--Lmbuga (talk) 15:43, 13 April 2015 (UTC)
•  Support Just terrific colors. -- Pofka (talk) 21:12, 13 April 2015 (UTC)
•  Support --Tremonist (talk) 12:14, 15 April 2015 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 12 support, 0 oppose, 1 neutral → featured. /KTC (talk) 12:31, 16 April 2015 (UTC)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Animals/Arthropods/Lepidoptera