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