Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/File:Large brown mantid close up nohair.jpg

Large brown mantid close up

 * Reason:Very shallow DOF, size is also small once the blur is cropped and no longer used in any articles.
 * Previous nomination/s:Image:Large brown mantid close up.jpg
 * Nominator: Muhammad (talk)

MER-C 13:00, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delist &mdash; Muhammad (talk) 10:27, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep This is a compelling and high quality image which should have a home in Praying Mantis (have resotred it in the article. I've also added it to Insect mouthparts. Focus is spot on and composition is very good. DOF is as high as is possible with a live specimen, and I'd have thought you of all people, Muhammad, would be aware of the DOF limitations at 1:1 with the 150mm! You've used that (entirely valid) defence in several of your nominations --Fir0002 00:29, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
 * IMHO, it is possible to get a larger DOF for something of this size. Consider this 5cm long butterfly which has a larger DOF but was not promoted with the very same objection. Just yesterday, I pictured a smaller, 4cm long damsel fly in the wild with about the same DOF as this one. --Muhammad (talk) 04:01, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep Insect mouthparts is an appropriate, since it focuses on the head. The blur of the body and antennae is unfortunate, but it would be impossible to get the head with such detail otherwise.--HereToHelp (talk to me) 00:59, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep as one of WP's classic FPs that still meets all the requirements (now that it has been placed back in its article) and has enormous wow factor. ~  ωαdεstεr 16  «talkstalk» 06:43, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep, but I would vote to delist this if it disappears from the articles over time again. Noodle snacks (talk) 13:12, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep for EV of mouth parts of insect, plus funky picture. --KP Botany (talk) 01:44, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment note that the image was removed because species ID was not shown in the caption. I have now added it in the mantis article.  Zoo Fari  19:46, 26 April 2009 (UTC)