Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Image:Mantid August 2007-2.jpg

Original - A praying mantis (Mantis religiosa) wainting for prey. Notice the perfect colour camouflage

Reason: High quality picture of a Mantis religiosa and an encyclopaedic example of a predator's natural camouflage
Articles this image appears in: Praying mantis
Creator: Joaquim Alves Gaspar

Support as nominator Alvesgaspar (talk) 01:35, 16 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Poor sharpness/lack of definition --Fir0002 10:09, 16 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Washed out colors/detail by unfortune directed lighting --> result: lacking plasticity --Richard Bartz (talk) 13:45, 16 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
neutral I don't mind the colors or lighting - this is how praying mantises typically appear - very camouflaged. That said, for such a large insect there could be more detail. The bar for insect shots is so high. de Bivort 17:37, 16 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak oppose per Fir0002. —αἰτίας •discussion• 11:35, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak oppose per above. Juliancolton (Talk) 15:21, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 12:03, 22 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]