Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Dynastes hercules ecuatorianus MHNT.jpg

Hercules beetle
Voting period ends on 11 Oct 2012 at 04:56:26 (UTC)
 * Reason:High Quality, Good Framing, well-shade background and full of EV.
 * Articles in which this image appears:Hercules beetle
 * FP category for this image:
 * Creator:Archaeodontosaurus


 * Support as nominator --Alborzagros (talk) 04:56, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Support but the sex should be specified. And I think the female also worth to feature. Jkadavoor (talk) 07:19, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I added the sex (male ♂) to text.Alborzagros (talk)


 * Support per nom. Size reference makes spikebrennan happy.  Spikebrennan (talk) 14:07, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
 * The size of insect is written through caption. Alborzagros (talk) 15:53, 2 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Weak Oppose. This parrot beetle appears to be dead. Kaldari (talk) 05:07, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
 * To be dead or not to be. this not question.Alborzagros (talk) 06:57, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
 * This is a museum specimen. I don't think they can survive for centuries without being dead. :) Jkadavoor (talk) 09:43, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I prefer that the photos used to illustrate our animal articles be photos of live animals if possible. Kaldari (talk) 08:49, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
 * That seems a good point. But focus stacked photos have more details and so more identification information than in a in vivo photo. Focus stacking for a restless subject is very difficult. Jkadavoor (talk) 17:42, 5 October 2012 (UTC)


 * This photo is already featured in Commons. Alborzagros (talk) 14:37, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Support I confirm that despite his good looks he is dead. There is no concurecne between images of live insects and mounted specimen. The two are complementary. --Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 15:02, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Support Great quality and EV. It doesn't matter if the beetle is dead. Armbrust, B.Ed. WrestleMania XXVIII The Undertaker 20–0  07:14, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Support per Armbrust: this is a well executed photo with strong EV. Nick-D (talk) 10:56, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

--Makeemlighter (talk) 23:25, 13 October 2012 (UTC)