Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Mantis Grooming

Green Praying Mantis Grooming

Original - This is a photograph of a green mantis grooming its "tibia" located on its front grasping legs. Photo taken on 8/23/08 on a mint plant.

Reason

I think it is educational and useful. Good quality, high resolution, and natural colors.

Articles this image appears in

Mantis

Creator

ZooFari

• Support as nominator --ZooFari 23:20, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
• Opppose. There are blown highlights on the subject, and it is not very sharp.--ragesoss (talk) 04:23, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
• Oppose. Blown highlights. Clegs (talk) 14:32, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

You people exaggerate too much.--ZooFari 15:15, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

Don't take it personally, but for images to be featured, they need to be top class. Muhammad(talk) 16:30, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

• Oppose. Some blurring issues do it for me, also would be nice to get the full body. Cirt (talk) 19:58, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

Not promoted . --John254 00:02, 30 August 2008 (UTC)