Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Noble chafer

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Original – Gnorimus nobilis from Southern France, southeast of Millau, at 2011-06-26.

Reason: A very rare, striking British beetle known as the Noble chafer (Gnorimus nobilis), with a bright green back and a metallic sheen. A very mysterious insect.
Articles in which this image appears: Noble chafer
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator: Siga

Support as nominator --TrebleSeven (talk) 10:54, 2 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Nice, but not up to our usual standard: noise, high exposure, elements of motion blur. You should be able to purchase a new camera now with hugely improved image quality from around $99 (and try to go for a well-known photography brand, they're almost all represented in that price range now and should have slightly superior combinations of lens and sensor, while being moderate enough in megapixels to still allow a good image). Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 11:48, 2 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, but you're supposed to be commenting on the picture, not how it's been took and how to improve it. Asking me to by a very expensive camera which is not even in my currency is a bit ridiculous. And it wasn't even me who took the image. TrebleSeven (talk) 12:17, 2 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

But, I have to say, that even though the image may have it's tiny little faults, it is for quite a good cause. This is a very rare British beetle, and it's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that you will find the insect anywhere. They're dying out. This image really describes what they do and what they are. The plant it is sitting on is known as common hogweed which it feeds on until the early Autumn, when it departs it's life. TrebleSeven (talk) 12:26, 2 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. Technical reasons and also does not seem that special an illo.TCO (Reviews needed) 12:37, 2 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Regretful oppose. While we are certainly able to overlook technical flaws for a photograph of a rare species, this photograph really isn't up to standards; I would perhaps be able to support if the beetle was extinct, or if this was literally one of the only pictures of the species. This is the sort of thing that the valued picture project would have been perfect for. J Milburn (talk) 14:11, 2 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Oppose Technical flaws are countless. JFitch (talk) 16:17, 3 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Question. If this is a 'British Beetle', why are all of the Commons photos of it from other European countries, namely Croatia and France? Ðiliff «» (Talk) 14:42, 4 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Good question, I only thought it was a British beetle because of this source here. TrebleSeven (talk) 17:42, 4 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  - Could be that it's rare in Britain but quite a bit more common elsewhere in Europe? In which case it isn't really a British beetle and isn't really rare... Ðiliff «» (Talk) 18:42, 4 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I withdraw my nomination TrebleSeven (talk) 11:35, 5 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]