Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Moulting cicada

Moulting cicada

A moulting cicada, by User:Jodelet. Used in ~~Ecdysis~~ Cicada.

Here's another one by the same photographer... I think it has fewer technical problems, but I like the framing of the first better.

Nominate and support. howch e ng {chat} 17:12, 28 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Support Good one, --vineeth 17:22, 28 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose A, Support B—B is easier to interpret and better in technical quality. ~~the amount of shadow and the graininess are problems.~~ –Outʀiggʀ 23:19, 31 August 2006 (UTC) & Outriggr 17:39, 28 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support Shadow is a minor problem, and the grain a little less minor of a problem. But the photo is very depictive of it's subject and you can see detail throughout. HighInBC 19:52, 28 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Weak oppose. Grainy, blurry, bad lighting. On the other hand, it is very encyclopedic. --Pharaoh Hound (talk) 22:31, 28 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Weak oppose. Just a few technical issues (grain, lighting, etc.). Otherwise good. --Tewy
Support Awesome picture. RyGuy17 03:59, 29 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Oppose per above oppose--Vircabutar 06:47, 29 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Support, a few technical glitches, mostly blurring, but otherwise illustrative and encyclopedic to a degree I find the glitches too minor to object for. - Mgm|^(talk) 09:21, 29 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Weak oppose. I don't see how pic a is better than pic b. And both pictures do not clearly show that the cicada is moulting (i.e. crawling out of its old skin) they could be two animals behind each other. If that point were clearer I'd support either. --Dschwen 15:06, 30 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- At least in the first picture, if you look near the head you can see that the animal is indeed "crawling out of its old skin", because part of the actual animal is in front of the skin and part is behind. --Tewy 21:55, 30 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- ...And in the second picture, you can see a bit of the actual animal through the semi-transparent skin. I guess it does take some examination, though. --Tewy 21:57, 30 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Support first picture, an interesting subject Reywas92 20:23, 30 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Lack of sharpness, lighting --Fir0002 23:30, 31 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted. howch e ng {chat} 23:18, 6 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]