Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Aphthona flava flea beetle.jpg

Aphthona flava flea beetle.jpg
I'm no photography expert, but this struck me as a wonderfully fascinating picture. It is used on Beetle, Nature, Aphthona, Aphthona flava, and a cropped version is even the main pic on animal. Uploaded by Ellmist. --Dmcdevit 19:07, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC) +5 / -5 -- Solipsist 06:51, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC) 
 * Nominate and support. --Dmcdevit 19:07, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Support first version. The 2nd one is cropped oddly.  -- brian0918  &#153;  19:36, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Support the first version as featured. Yhe second version was cropped specifically to fit the taxobox on animal (the taxobox at the time had some pretty wide entries and was also rather big already so i made the image short and wide to fit there) btw brion0918 what exactly was the change you just made to the first image? Plugwash 20:01, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Cleaned up some specks. -- brian0918  &#153;  23:44, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose - Good pic but just too out-of-focus for me. A Featured Pic should surely have first class focus? - Adrian Pingstone 09:25, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Support. Sure part of the plant is out of focus, but you can't have everything in focus when you take a macro-shot of a beetle. The beetle is in focus. Mgm|(talk) 12:22, Apr 10, 2005 (UTC)
 * The beetle is not in satisfactory focus, in my opinion. Sure, it's in reasonable focus but I look for more than that in a Featured Pic. Obviously I would want and expect the background to be off-focus. - Adrian Pingstone 12:39, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose Nothing special about it. And we already have numerous insect pics.Circeus 17:00, Apr 10, 2005 (UTC)
 * Support Good photo. Must say that User:Arpingstone you seem to have a funny policy with focus - FPC 'first photo' OK, but this one isn't. --Fir0002 06:19, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Why is my policy "funny"? My policy is simply that Featured Picture Candidates should be in very good focus, the beetle isn't! - Adrian Pingstone 09:06, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * I was merely alluding to the fact that although you were prepared to tolerate the lack of sharpness in older photos such as the 'first photo', 'cowboy' and 'the only fredrick chopin photo' but not in this compartively new photo of a flea beetle, even though macro shots are extremely hard to get in complete and perfect focus. It strange that you consider that criteria for a FP, specifically the focus of the photo is subject to the age of the photo.
 * It would indeed be strange if I thought that but I don't. I made a mistake in omitting the word modern in the sentence "My policy is simply that modern FPC candidates should be in very good focus". Sorry I've caused a stir through my own careless writing - Adrian Pingstone 20:33, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose - agree with Adrian Pingstone. I would also note that to hold photos from the beginning of photography to the same standards as contemporary photography is, IMO, quite silly. Might as well criticise the first photo for being black and white (what's the matter - couldn't afford a roll of color film for that roof?) Denni &#9775; 02:18, 2005 Apr 12 (UTC)
 * Oppose - not enough emphasis on the subject, needs to be cropped; also it is rare that I would say that a photo is supplied in too much resolution, but this one seems way too large, bytewise, for it's content - Bevo 17:59, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Jonas Olson 20:23, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)