Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Aphids on Christmas Rose

Aphids on Christmas Rose

Original - Rose aphids (Aphis rosae) on Christmas Rose (Helleborus niger). Note eggs, just-hatched juveniles, colour variation in adults, and moulting individual.

Reason: Encyclopedic picture, showing aphids in various stages of life, including adults, juveniles, eggs and a moulting individual.
Articles this image appears in: Aphids, Aphis
Creator: Michel Vuijlsteke

Support as nominator --Michel Vuijlsteke (talk) 21:48, 14 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
support shows many stages, great colors. de Bivort 00:59, 15 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. Looks a bit overexposed to me; I tried some adjustments in Photoshop that helped make that look a bit better, but then I'm not sure that it looked entirely natural. Can you comment? --jjron (talk) 07:50, 15 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- It's not overexposed, I'm pretty sure. It's lit by a ring flash; that may account for the not very natural shadows. The background is a purple-green christmas rose, no colour corrections there. -- 92.48.160.220 (talk) 11:51, 15 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - May just be the colour of the the background - it looked like the leaf of the plant which made it an odd colour, but is it rather a petal? --jjron (talk) 07:33, 17 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Great color, clear, has wow factor, informative, why not? -FASTILY ^(TALK) 07:04, 16 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose No quality. There are several better files about these creatures. MULAZIMOGLU (talk) 09:34, 16 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Whoa. Harsh. No quality whatsoever? :) -- Michel Vuijlsteke (talk) 16:52, 16 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I have to kind of agree on the quality issues mentioned above. That said, this image absolutely reeks of EV. Definite shoe-in at VPC once it meets the time requirement (if it hasn't already). wadester16 | Talk→ 20:38, 16 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per above. Not a good choice of background. I believe it is a petal or something? Zoo Fari 04:09, 17 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - Valuable but not extraordinary. A good candidate for VP though. -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 10:35, 17 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral: I love the fact it has so many different stages. Technical quality isn't enormous, and the composition is a little boring, but I do think it's a very valuable picture. I would strongly support this if nominated at VPC. J Milburn (talk) 16:28, 17 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per Alvesgaspar. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 22:44, 17 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 04:09, 21 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]