Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Comarum palustre

European honey bee on Swamp Cinquefoil.[edit]

Reason: Good quality, EV, lots of "wow".
Articles this image appears in: Comarum palustre
Creator: —kallerna

Support as nominator —kallerna 10:02, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - lens flare and background posterization (JPG artifacts?). MER-C 12:12, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - Don't think you caught the bee in a good stance. Deeper DOF would've helped. Photos of bees on flowers are not unique at all which lessens the "wow", it's encyclopedic but needs more source of "wow". -Ben pcc (talk) 18:15, 23 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Although profile is interesting, I agree with Ben pcc. I feel there are different stances the bee could have been caught in to make a better picture with more "wow". Also, to me it seems that the petals/center of the flower are the focal point instead of the bee, which makes the right wing and what little of the right side of the bee you can see out of focus. --Zulualpha (talk) 15:11, 28 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Addition to above, I understand the flower is the focal point (and the topic of the article); however, since the bee is on the flower, I feel it should be in focus as well. A difference of one or two inches further away from the subject (or a little less zoom) would have made a great deal of difference, IMO. Finally, the bee is actually obscuring some of the flower. --Zulualpha (talk) 15:16, 28 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 15:45, 30 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]