Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Miomantis paykullii Luc Viatour.jpg

Miomantis paykullii

 * Reason:information aesthetics
 * Articles this image appears in:Miomantis paykullii
 * + List of mantis genera and species & Mantis  Zoo Fari  01:16, 11 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Creator:Luc Viatour (talk)


 * Support as nominator --Luc Viatour (talk) 13:15, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Question Is the bug that bright in real life, or is this just really saturated? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.47.114.74 (talk • contribs) 09:45, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * It is a young subject. It is very colorful --Luc Viatour (talk) 13:51, 10 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Support per nom. Good DoF, great resolution, has wow.  Durova Charge! 18:40, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Support per above. Very nice picture. - Fastily (talk) 21:16, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 *  Regretful oppose Comment I hate to oppose such "WOW!" image I changed to a comment (I don't want to oppose an image for something that may not be true). The fact that the nominator claims it is naturally bright leaves me doubts. As an image editor myself, I can tell if the image is over saturated or not. I may be wrong, but the color in this image seems exaggerated when looking very close at the detail in full size. Speaking of size, this image is way too large. It took me approximately 1:55 min. to fully display the image at full size. The blown highlights at the end of the abdomen hurt too. I'm not a big fan of this composition either, but I don't want to get into that with mantis pics. Perhaps you can prove me wrong and find sources that show the same color factor. I may support if so for its wow factor. By the way, I added it into two more articles.  Zoo Fari  01:16, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Link to more images and other lighting and  --Luc Viatour (talk) 21:50, 12 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Support looks good to me, size is not an issue, only minor blown out highlights at the edges of the animal. -- Chris 73 | Talk 05:56, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Support —  Jake   Wartenberg  21:30, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment This doesn't affect, but why does the file name have "Luc Viatour" in it?  Zoo Fari  02:46, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
 * It is not visible on Wikipedia. But many of my images are used elsewhere without the respect of licenses, it is a discreet way to keep track of my images outside of Wikipedia. --Luc Viatour (talk) 06:46, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
 * You may find this useful for keeping track of your images --Muhammad (talk) 20:44, 13 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Support Epiphyllumlover (talk) 20:51, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

The image does seem to be a bit over-saturated, but that said, the consensus is definitely in favor of the image. And while the size is a bit large, we are only limited here by the WP and Commons limitations of 100MB. ~  ωαdεstεr 16  «talkstalk» 17:24, 17 April 2009 (UTC)