Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Kirby's Dropwing

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[edit] Kirby's Dropwing (Trithemis kirbyi)

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Reason
This is a high resolution photograph of Kirby's Dropwing, a not uncommon tropical dragonfly.
Proposed caption
Kirby's Dropwing (Trithemis kirbyi) is a dragonfly which can be found over much of Africa. It also occurs into the Middle East and parts of Asia. This male, photographed in Namibia, is displaying the pose that gave its genus the name Dropwings.
Articles this image appears in
At the moment this species has no lemma of its own, but it figures in Dragonfly and Libellulidae.
Creator
Lycaon
  • Support as nominator Lycaon 22:15, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Support some insane detail in that shot! Matt Deres 22:52, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Support High enc and quality. The only flaw I find is the blown highlights on the eyes--really "glaring," actually. Sorry.--HereToHelp 23:22, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Conditional Support - it's great, but I think it needs to be cropped somewhat - I would take some of the bottom left corner out. But others may think the top-right corner should go instead. Zakolantern 23:39, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Support You beat me to the nomination. I saw this one on Commons FPC and actually added it to the dragonfly article so that it could be nominated here. Excellent shot. Cacophony 00:01, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Strong support I don't want it cropped. The detail, in the wing especially would be sufficient to key this to family at least. Libellulicious! Debivort 03:15, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Support. Very nice. The far wing goes beyond the DOF, but the close wing more than makes up for it. (I wonder if I'm the only one who thought it was two dragonflies sharing a special moment mid-flight at first glance...) --Peter 03:55, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Support Very detailed, like the red hoe the red colors make it stand out. --Hdt83 Chat 03:57, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Support Focus is spot on (the whole front wing is sharp!), great detail. The "wow" factor (in full size) gets my vote. --Janke | Talk 06:50, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Support Just lovely. Adam Cuerden talk 09:27, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Promoted Image:Trithemis kirbyi.jpg MER-C 09:33, 13 August 2007 (UTC)