Commons:Featured picture candidates/Image:Episyrphus balteatus (De Haan).jpg

Image:Episyrphus balteatus (De Haan).jpg, featured

•  Info created, uploaded and nominated by Lycaon -- Lycaon 23:00, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
• Are insects on flowers the new sunsets? In particular this is the second Hoverfly on a flower on this page. Good image quality and better resolution though. --Dschwen 23:12, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

• Is it not the aim of this FP exercise to try to improve and excel? Even new sunsets can be innovative (though I still have to see them). The competitive element makes Commons an ever growing prime source of quality images. You don't want us to stop posting hoverflies, do you? It's the season B.T.W. ;-). Lycaon 23:30, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
• Insects generally get wide support, flowers get very few votes or fail outright (except for a few exceptions). It seems that a flower has to have an insect anymore to be a featured picture. -- Ram-Man 04:02, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

•  Support - Wonderful insect and amazing quality. I'm throwing my camera out the window (and start fishing instead...). Alvesgaspar 23:48, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
•  Support Yeah yeah, another boring insect. -- Ram-Man 04:08, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
•  Support It kinda looks like a cartoon insect :) Jina Lee 04:42, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
•  Support --MichaelMaggs 06:17, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
•  Support Very nice. --Atoma 07:45, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
•  Support It's a shame the DOF is so small --Benjamint444 08:23, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
•  Support -- Benh 11:36, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
•  Support --Digon3 13:53, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
•  Support Excellent! -- MJJR 18:48, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
•  Support Yes, lots of flowers and insects around here but this one...WOWs --LucaG 19:38, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
•  Support --Tony Wills 21:49, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
•  Support --Makro Freak 21:46, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
•  Support Vassil 2 June 2007
•  Support --Winiar^✉ 16:27, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
•  Oppose Too many "featured images" of this same insect specy. Why is that one special (even if it looks good)? Please choose another specy, there are billions on earth! Verdy p 20:58, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
•  Comment Its not the fly at all. This picture is very special because of its whole composition and the harmonic colors. It charms me, everytime i watch it. --Makro Freak 23:15, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
•  Support Shame on me, I nearly forgot to support this --Simonizer 10:03, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
•  Support --Bergwolf 15:06, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
•  Comment - I hate insects. I rarely support a picture of them. This one is a good photo, but I just prefer not to vote. And a bee is my nightmare. --Arad 03:46, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

result: 16 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral => featured. Simonizer 17:04, 10 June 2007 (UTC)