Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Oedemera lurida on chamomile flower

Oedemera lurida on a yellow chamomile flower

Oedemera lurida are metallic-green flying beetles with elongated bodies about 1cm long, belonging to a family commonly known as false blister beetles. The larvae develop in plant stems and the adults are usually found on flowers, feeding on pollen. In the picture, an adult beetle is on a Yellow chamomile flower

Better crop of insect

Alternative version

Reason

This is a high quality image of the Oedemera lurida in its natural habitat, adding value to the articles on the beetle and plant

Articles this image appears in

Anthemis tinctoria, Oedemeridae

Creator

Joaquim Alves Gaspar

• Support as nominator — Alvesgaspar 08:49, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
• Oppose Poor composition. It really doesn't illustrate anything - is it the flower or the insect? If the latter than it is far too small a part of the image, and the flower is isolated from thee background and very sharp giving the impression that it is the subject. I uploaded a crop for an idea of what I'd be thinking would be a decent shot at the insect - but it's too low res and unsharp to be considered as a nom. Maybe you can do a reshoot? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fir0002 (talk • contribs) 10:14, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment - Respectfully disagree on the poor composition. This is a picture of the insect on a flower, i.e. both are part of the subject. That impression of yours only happens when viewing the image as a thumbnail, not at full resolution. - Alvesgaspar 11:24, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
    • As long as there is no Insect on flower article this limits the usefulness of this image. For enc purposes it would be better to concentrate on either aspect. --Dschwen 12:54, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

• There really ought to be an article on Insect-plant interactions - they are such a definitive example of coevolution. Save the picture for when I start that article! Debivort 17:32, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
• I have some other here, maybe you get some inspiration. Alvesgaspar 22:49, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

• Oppose original. I unfortunately agree that the viewer may or may not understand what the subject of the image is supposed to be. _└^Jared_┘^┌_t^┐  12:39, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
• Oppose Fir's crop is good, but it doesn't have the resolution of an FP, obviously. Reshooting seems a good idea. Samsara (talk • contribs) 13:19, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Not promoted MER-C 04:04, 4 June 2007 (UTC)