Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Image:Mantid August 2007-2.jpg

Praying mantis

 * Reason:High quality picture of a Mantis religiosa and an encyclopaedic example of a predator's natural camouflage
 * Articles this image appears in:Praying mantis
 * Creator:Joaquim Alves Gaspar


 * Support as nominator Alvesgaspar (talk) 01:35, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Oppose Poor sharpness/lack of definition --Fir0002 10:09, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Oppose Washed out colors/detail by unfortune directed lighting --> result: lacking plasticity --Richard Bartz (talk) 13:45, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
 * neutral I don't mind the colors or lighting - this is how praying mantises typically appear - very camouflaged. That said, for such a large insect there could be more detail. The bar for insect shots is so high. de Bivort 17:37, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Weak oppose per Fir0002. —αἰτίας •'discussion'• 11:35, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Weak oppose per above. Juliancolton (Talk) 15:21, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

MER-C 12:03, 22 February 2008 (UTC)