Commons:Featured picture candidates/Image:Dragonfly-Brown-070624.jpg
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Image:Dragonfly-Brown-070624.jpg - not featured[edit]
Info created by Loadmaster - uploaded by Loadmaster - nominated by Loadmaster -- Loadmaster 18:10, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
Support -- Loadmaster 18:10, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
Oppose I'm sorry, but you will have to identify your dragonfly before it stands a chance at becoming an FP. Lycaon 20:10, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
Comment Thanks for the advice. As this is my very first nominated pic, I didn't expect it to pass muster. How does one go about identifying the species without wading through hundreds of images? - Loadmaster 22:32, 3 May 2008 (UTC)- Comment Well, the guidelines help you to get an idea, how a FP could look like. And becoming a FP SHOULD NOT depend on scientific identification of the subject. It helps categorizing a picture and maybe someone knows the species on this picture and gives you a hint. But an excellent picture stands for itself. --Taraxacum 08:55, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
- Comment - I was before a "victim" of that requirement but agree with Lycaon. FP is not (only) about aesthetics and technical perfection though the artsy side plays an important role IMO. Because of the yellow pterostigma I'm tempted to bet on a Sympetrum fonscolombei (a female, which are sandy coloured). But I'm not sure, the bulge in the abdomen is puzzling. Please check these too-- Alvesgaspar 09:46, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
- Oppose- This is a wonderful composition (one of the best I saw, for this subject), a pity that the body and head of the darter are not sharp enough -- Alvesgaspar 09:46, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
- Comment Thanks for the positive critique. As I recall, it was a bit windy that day, so I was forced to use a faster shutter at the expense of a wider focal field in order to reduce motion blur. -- Loadmaster 14:45, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
1 support, 2 oppose >> not featured -- Alvesgaspar 22:56, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
