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Lophyra sp Tiger beetle

Original - Lophyra sp Tiger beetle pictured in Kibaha, Tanzania

Edit 1 Scale made thinner and retouched minor blown out ares

Reason: Good quality, EV, lighting and aesthetics. Probably one of the most frightening beetles I have seen. It killed small 1-2mm long ants and did not even feed on them. Like a battlefield as seen through my lens.
Articles this image appears in: Beetle, Tiger beetle, Ground beetle, Lophyra
Creator: Muhammad

Support as nominator (edited version) --Muhammad(talk) 09:11, 24 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Wow, excellent macro - one of your best, I think. Good DOF and it really stands out in its environment. LOL at your description of it. Sounds like it kills just for the fun of it - Reminds me of a robotic tripod from computer game like Half Life 2 or something. I don't think I've ever seen a beetle with long legs like that before. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 09:28, 24 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral for now. Very good Muhammad, but please add some more space in front and on top of the warrior. Also, the scale is a bit intrusive. A thin non-divided line is enough. Alvesgaspar (talk) 09:44, 24 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I can not add more space as this is not a crop. I can make the scale thinner but will it be seen as clearly in thumbnails as viewed in the articles? --Muhammad(talk) 13:03, 24 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support I can't entirely disagree with Alvesgaspar, but I think Muhammad should be given plenty of credit for including a scale ~~at all~~. Well done! Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 11:14, 24 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Suppport edit 1 although probably the optimum prominence of the scale would be somewhere in between the two edits. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 08:57, 25 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - Agreed. Perhaps a little closer to the original than the edit - I'd rather overdo it than underdo it, and remember some people have older eyes than we do.--HereToHelp ^{(talk to me)} 20:39, 26 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Is he walking on a slanted surface or did you rotate it?HereToHelp ^{(talk to me)} 13:32, 24 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- It was on a small hill of sand --Muhammad(talk) 16:07, 24 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - Thank you.--HereToHelp ^{(talk to me)} 20:39, 26 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Superb. One of your best. And thank goodness it's atop something more pleasant than some of the surfaces your insects have perched upon. Durova^Charge! 16:27, 24 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Edit Picture is excellent. Scale is a bit ugly imo. I'd prefer something similar to the scale on that tick of Richard's. Noodle snacks (talk) 04:02, 25 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Uploaded edit 1 scale made thinner per request and some minor blown out ares retouched. --Muhammad(talk) 05:32, 25 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support edit1 - Excellent picture but, again, poor framing should be punished... Alvesgaspar (talk) 08:01, 25 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. And mad props for adding the size reference. Spikebrennan (talk) 16:08, 26 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support edit only Fits right and tight. Great picture. Richard Bartz (talk) 22:05, 26 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support really like it. — Jake Wartenberg 22:59, 27 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support ~~edit 1~~ ~~original~~ consensus version per opinions expressed above and below. Although I think you should have just thinned down the scale, not changed it completely. The 'ruler' type scale was better and it shouldn't be in a fancy font; original font choice was better. Would support an Edit 2 addressing those things more :-). Again regrets on no species ID. --jjron (talk) 08:55, 28 May 2009 (UTC) Change of version supported. On second thoughts the scale in the edit is really botched - the original is much better, but would prefer it not being so heavy. --jjron (talk) 14:42, 28 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Feedback I can upload an edited version over edit 1 tomorrow but a few things to be figured out. It seems consensus is in favour of a slightly thicker scale. Can I please have feedback on the font and 'ruler' type scale? jjron in favour of ruler like and Noodle and Alves against it. Anybody else? --Muhammad(talk) 16:52, 28 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Don't mind ruler or not, but a thickness somewhere in between I think would be ideal. Re font these things should be in a plain, usually sans serif font, and really should be zeroed, that's probably the main thing. --jjron (talk) 05:58, 29 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - Uploaded edit over edit1. 2px thicker scale and changed font --Muhammad(talk) 07:13, 30 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    - No zero? Otherwise better, and maybe you don't want to edit and upload again on the slow link, so probably not a big issue. Though I believe these scales should always be zeroed. --jjron (talk) 13:20, 30 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Good EV and quality. Scale doesn't matter to me. Makeemlighter (talk) 23:11, 28 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Good work - prefer edit 1 --Fir0002 14:22, 31 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Lophyra sp Tiger beetle edit1.jpg --wadester 16 19:05, 31 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]