Commons:Featured picture candidates/Image:Erythemis simplicicollis (Eastern Pondhawk).jpg

Image:Erythemis simplicicollis (Eastern Pondhawk).jpg, not featured

•  Info Eastern Pondhawk Dragonfly Made, uploaded and nominated by User Bastique. Of the pictures I took I also found this one particularly appealing. Cary "Bastique" Bass ^parler _voir 02:41, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

 Support — Cary "Bastique" Bass ^parler _voir 13:17, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

•  Oppose, because there's too much FPC of bugs. I'll support only exceptionnal ones, and this one isn't (centring & background). El ComandanteHasta ∞ 13:40, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Since this image was captured in the dragonfly's natural habitat, this is the natural background. I thought image usefulness was important for featured images? Cary "Bastique" Bass ^parler _voir 14:01, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
  • And while it's not centered, I did crop it to balance the photo. I could crop to something less than 4:3, but would rather not do that on an image that might be considered useful. Cary "Bastique" Bass ^parler _voir 14:11, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
    • Natural background or not, it must not distract from the main subject, it has to be completely out of focus or almost self-couloured. And if it's important that the image must be useful, for being a FP it's not enough. It must have a real emotional and/or esthetical strenght. In my opinion, it isn't the case here (bad light on the main subject, for example). El ComandanteHasta ∞ 14:18, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
      • (Edited version) It's really better but I still don't like the bug posture, and the problem of centring remains. Sorry. El ComandanteHasta ∞ 21:26, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
•  Oppose I don't like the background --Ggonnell 10:50, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
•  Oppose --- gildemax 21:12, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
•  Oppose --Lmbuga ^{gl, pt, es: contacta comigo} 12:24, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

Result: 1  Support, 4  Oppose and 0  Neutral => not featured. -- Lycaon 21:32, 7 July 2006 (UTC)