Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Hornet with Bee torso

Original

Cropped & slightly shaded

Reason: This is rather unique picture, is rather good quality, especially considering the fact that it's a macro shot.
Proposed caption: A Vespa crabro germana, or European hornet, is actually a type of wasp. This one is holding the remnants of its prey, the upper torso of a honeybee. Adult worker hornets feed the masticated prey flesh to the larvae.
Articles this image appears in: Hornet
Creator: Richard Bartz

Support as nominator NauticaShad e s 22:09, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
Support The caption could use expansion, but the image itself is perfectly alright.--Here T oHelp 01:45, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

I expanded the caption slightly; I hope it's enough. NauticaShad e s 22:05, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

~~Weak~~ support edit1 - I'm not sure that I that I like the composition much; it's bang on centre and the perspective is somewhat awkward. But I'll support nonetheless, its other qualities probably outweigh this. -- Chris B • talk • contribs 08:52, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
Support. Brilliant. (and I don't care much for composition "rules"). —Pengo 14:04, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
Support good picture, all in focus, composition doesn't matter --Childzy ¤ Talk 13:22, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
I'm really not sure I could live with the centered composition, but maybe I'm just being fussy. I'd support edit1 although might be persuaded, should the consensus go with the original. mikaul^talk 14:42, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
Support for Edit 1 It's a good image, excellent focus and stands out well from the background. Cyclonenim 13:18, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
Support for Edit 1 Nifty content. DrVerlucci 14:42, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
Support for Edit 1 Greatly done --Kryobot 18:21, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
Support for Edit 1 It's a good Makro work. --LucaG 22:35, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Promoted Image:Vespa crabro germana with prey Richard Bartz Crop.jpg MER-C 02:57, 9 September 2007 (UTC)