Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Xylocopa male 9931

Xylocopa male

 * Reason:This is a great shot of a bee. The vivid colour of the flower the bee is resting on is dramatic, and reflected nicely in its eyes. The tight focal length on the bee's face gives it a personality that would be lacking in a blander photograph.
 * Articles this image appears in:Eastern carpenter bee
 * Creator:Pollinator
 * Nominator: Hex


 * Support — Hex    (❝  ?!  ❞)   15:18, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose DOF is tiny. there's some glare on the eye and the subject is cut off. -Fcb981 15:36, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose Far too much of the pic is out of focus - Adrian Pingstone 15:43, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Too low DOF, subject cut off. -- Tewy  21:50, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose pretty much exactly per Tewy --⁪froth T 18:35, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Support Shows in great detail the animalPenubag 02:54, 12 March 2007 (UTC)penubag
 * Oppose as per Tewy --Benjamint444 23:07, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose -Nelro 20:28, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

--KFP (talk | contribs) 00:17, 16 March 2007 (UTC)