Commons:Featured picture candidates/Image:Darter August 2007-9.jpg

Image:Darter August 2007-9.jpg, not featured

Original (left), not featured

•  Info Red-veined darter. Created and nominated by Alvesgaspar --Alvesgaspar 16:23, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
•  Support --Alvesgaspar 16:23, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
•  Support -- Lycaon 19:39, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
•  Support -- MJJR 20:18, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
•  Oppose A prime example of what I was talking about here, sorry Alvesgasper but the quality at full res is not FP standard. It's full of artefacts especially on the wings --Fir0002 www 22:39, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
  • In the text you are referring to, you say: People just click on a image on the thumbnail, have a look at it on the image description page, see it's nice there, note that it is larger than 2000 pix and support without ever looking at it full res -that is a quite comtemptuous comment and a wild extrapolation about Commons reviewers' behaviour. You may of course, like any other user, explain the reasons behind your opposing votes on Commons FPC. But to disdain the whole FPC project just because you think the people reviewing here is careless and incompetent, is not only rude, it is false. Alvesgaspar 23:10, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
•  Oppose Noisy, sorry. --Beyond silence 23:23, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
•  Oppose Sorry, raising the bar here. This is not sharp enough. Also, for future reference, please pick one or two of your best pictures and nominate those, instead of trying to nominate each one to try to increase the odds of success. I've been lectured about that before. -- Ram-Man 03:11, 14 August 2007 (UTC)#

result: 3 support, 3 oppose, 0 neutral => not featured. Simonizer 16:55, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

Alternative (right), not featured

•  Info Alternative improved picture added (a juvenile male, I suppose) - Alvesgaspar 20:33, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
•  Support - Alvesgaspar 20:33, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
•  Support They are actually no such things as juvenile dragonflies (juvenile dragonflies are the larvae that live in the ponds). It takes some time for them to get their full colours, that's all ;-). -- Lycaon 20:40, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
•  Neutral This is the best one of the bunch sharpness-wise, but not compositionally. It's a good shot of record, but the head is obscured (which is unfortunate) and the tail is blurred (which is ok). Another angle, such as a front view, could have still shown the colors and been stronger compositionally. -- Ram-Man 03:13, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
•  Oppose sharp on the wings, yes, but most of the rest is not in the focal plane (such as the reproductive parts at the bottom), which makes the image encyclopedically useless. --Dschwen 22:11, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

result: 2 support, 1 oppose, 1 neutral => not featured. Simonizer 16:55, 20 August 2007 (UTC)