Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Mantis religiosa, immature female, Sète 01.jpg

File:Mantis religiosa, immature female, Sète 01.jpg, featured

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• Category: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Arthropods
•  Info All by Christian Ferrer -- Christian Ferrer ^(talk) 17:09, 9 June 2016 (UTC)
•  Support -- Christian Ferrer ^(talk) 17:09, 9 June 2016 (UTC)
•  Support INeverCry 18:27, 9 June 2016 (UTC)
•  Support 😄 ArionEstar 😜 (talk) 18:59, 9 June 2016 (UTC)
•  Comment - I think I'll look at this picture again tomorrow before voting, but I'd just like to point out for your note that the English word for <<seconde>> is "second". -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 21:12, 9 June 2016 (UTC)
•  Support --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 05:59, 10 June 2016 (UTC)
•  Oppose Insufficient DoF, most of the main subject is unsharp (even its head!). Distracting background/surrounding. Nice shot but not outstanding to feature IMHO. --Kreuzschnabel 07:52, 10 June 2016 (UTC)
•  Oppose - My first impulse was to oppose this picture, but I thought I'd look again on another day before making my mind up. I don't have anything against "busy" backgrounds if the composition works, but in this case, the background distracts this viewer from the mantis and part of the prey is cut off by an unsharp vine in the foreground. Per Kreuzschnabel's point, perhaps if the background and foreground weren't both bokeh, the composition might add up to me. As it is, this is certainly a good enough capture of the mantis (look at its facial expression!) to be a Quality Image and a Valued Image, but while I respect that, I don't think the composition is good enough for a feature. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 01:58, 11 June 2016 (UTC)
•  Support good for me,the sobject is clear --LivioAndronico ^(talk) 10:43, 11 June 2016 (UTC)
•  Support The shapes in the background complement the mantis, for once, rather than distracting from it. Daniel Case (talk) 04:09, 12 June 2016 (UTC)
•  Support even, when the surrounding is a little anxiously. --Hubertl 20:14, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
•  Support Nice camouflage! --Laitche (talk) 13:40, 18 June 2016 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 8 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Laitche (talk) 23:07, 18 June 2016 (UTC)

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