Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Phaon iridipennis

Glistening Demoiselle

Original - A five inch large Glistening Demoiselle, Phaon iridipennis pictured in the Uluguru Mountains in Tanzania. It is one of the largest damselflies.

Reason

Good quality and EV, contributing to an article without any image. Slight motion blur on one of the legs is IMO not distracting. Good details can be seen, including the projections from the legs.

Articles this image appears in

Calopterygidae, Phaon iridipennis

Creator

Muhammad

• Support as nominator --Muhammad(talk) 09:25, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
• Support I could count every hair on his legs!--Mbz1 (talk) 18:16, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
• Support Criteria met. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 18:34, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
• Support It could do with better lighting, but I can still support. ~ ωαdεstεr16_«talk^stalk» 19:05, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
• Weak Support Fairly good but the composition isn't brilliant - particularly from the perspective of the thumbnail the damselfly doesn't stand out much and you mainly just get the surrounding leaves. I'd suggest a side on view for damselfly photos --Fir0002 12:35, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
• Weak Support per Fir. Makeemlighter (talk) 03:37, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
• Weak support Also agree the composition might be better, but technically very good. Sasata (talk) 07:01, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

Promoted File:Phaon iridipennis.jpg MER-C 07:44, 26 February 2009 (UTC)