Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Monarch Butterfly

Original - Monarch Butterfly feeding on an Echinacea purpurea flower

Reason: This is one of the best pictures of this particular subject (and is the disputed taxobox image). It is highly detailed, has a pleasing, non-distracting background, and is high resolution. It clearly shows it feeding with its proboscis and no body parts are obstructed by other objects.
Articles this image appears in: Monarch butterfly
Creator: User:Ram-Man

Support as nominator -- Ram-Man 03:55, 7 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Support- It's beautiful, and illustrates the subject perfectly. Ilikefood (talk) 22:10, 7 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Sorry, but that's nowhere in focus. —αἰτίας •discussion• 16:43, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Nowhere? The focus is dead-on, but the DoF could've been slightly higher (at the cost of center sharpness), but I needed the fast shutter speed. Compare the DoF to other FPs: 1 2 3 4 5. For the sharp focus areas, this may be the sharpest, highest resolution butterfly FP we have. -- RM 17:23, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
~~Oppose~~ Neutral insufficient DOF but nice --Richard Bartz (talk) 15:22, 9 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support, beautiful, crisp, everything a FP should be. _{WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN} ^{round of applause} 23:53, 9 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Only rear edge of wing slipping out of focus. I'm always impressed when people get the antennae right. Samsara (talk • contribs) 20:44, 10 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Laitche 13:36, 11 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Monarch Butterfly Danaus plexippus on Echinacea purpurea 2800px.jpg --Dengero (talk) 23:01, 12 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]