Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Bee on Lavender Blossom.JPG

File:Bee on Lavender Blossom.JPG, featured

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Featured picture candidates/File:Bee on Lavender Blossom.JPG Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Bee on Lavender Blossom.JPG

• Category: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Arthropods/Hymenoptera
•  Info Not intended to serve as a perfect example of a classic macro shot per se - although taken with a macro lense (Canon EF 100 2,8). I like this picture primarily for a couple of compositional reasons: The stems and leaves, each showing a different level of blur, provide depth as well as vertical structure; the smooth green background contrasts well with the bee's yellow-orange profile. All by --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 06:48, 20 July 2015 (UTC)
•  Support --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 06:48, 20 July 2015 (UTC)
•  Comment. I find the out-of-focus blossom on the left distracting, it clashes with the blurred green background. I know cropping it out will disturb your composition, but that's what I would do. —Bruce1ee^talk 07:13, 20 July 2015 (UTC)

Alternative

•  Info Cropped as suggested by Bruce1ee --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 08:51, 20 July 2015 (UTC)
•  Support --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 08:51, 20 July 2015 (UTC)
•  Support --Cayambe (talk) 09:06, 20 July 2015 (UTC)
•  Support. Thanks, I think that's better. —Bruce1ee^talk 09:25, 20 July 2015 (UTC)
•  Support--LivioAndronico ^(talk) 12:06, 20 July 2015 (UTC)
•  Support I prefer this one. --Laitche (talk) 12:56, 20 July 2015 (UTC)
•  Support --Halavar (talk) 13:07, 20 July 2015 (UTC)
•  Support Bzzzzzz! 15:00, 20 July 2015 (UTC) 😄 ArionEstar 😜 (talk) 16:39, 20 July 2015 (UTC)
  • Thanks for your support, Anonymus! ;-) ArionEstar maybe? --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 16:37, 20 July 2015 (UTC)
    •  Done. 😄 ArionEstar 😜 (talk) 16:39, 20 July 2015 (UTC)
•  Support --Σπάρτακος (talk) 19:08, 20 July 2015 (UTC)
•  Support --Code (talk) 21:50, 20 July 2015 (UTC)
•  Support Light from back, making eye in shadows. But overall OK, as a very small subject. Jee 02:22, 21 July 2015 (UTC)
•  Support --Tremonist (talk) 15:23, 21 July 2015 (UTC)
•  Support --Michael Gäbler (talk) 18:40, 21 July 2015 (UTC)
•  Support --Jacek Halicki (talk) 21:50, 21 July 2015 (UTC)
•  Support - Much nicer. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 06:16, 22 July 2015 (UTC)
•  Support --Llez (talk) 16:14, 22 July 2015 (UTC)
•  Support --Johann Jaritz (talk) Johann Jaritz 16:22, 22 July 2015 (UTC)
•  Support -- Lothar Spurzem (talk) 21:42, 22 July 2015 (UTC)
•  Support Daniel Case (talk) 03:12, 23 July 2015 (UTC)
•  Support --Famberhorst (talk) 16:49, 23 July 2015 (UTC)
•  Support --Halavar (talk) 15:25, 28 July 2015 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 20 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Yann (talk) 21:40, 29 July 2015 (UTC)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Animals/Arthropods/Hymenoptera

The chosen alternative is: File:Bee on Lavender Blossom 2.jpg