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Image:Metrioptera roeseli male Richard Bartz.jpg, featured[edit]

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  •  Info created & nominated by --Richard Bartz 20:22, 25 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Info Roesel's bush-cricket (Metrioptera roeseli) which is 15mm or half an inch in size is a European bush-cricket, named after August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof, a German entomologist. 1749 he wrote in a description: „§ 10. Da diese Thiere sehr bösartig sind; so hat man sich in Acht zu nehmen, wenn man sie fangen will: dann sie pflegen wo sie die blose Haut finden, so scharf zu beissen, daß so gleich das Blut darnach gehet. Zur gleichen Zeit flüsset auch aus ihrem Mund ein brauner Safft, welcher nichts anders ist, als die in dem vordern Schlund in eine flüßige Materie verwandelte Speise. Daß aber ihr Bis mit ziemlicher Gewalt geschehe, erhellet daraus, daß man sie in den Hut beissen lässet und selbigen zur gleichen Zeit wegziehet, der Kopf mit dem Schlund an dem Hut allezeit hangen bleibet, und von dem übrigen Körper los gerissen wird.
    I try a short translation :) Because of the badness of this animals you have to take care if you want to catch them, because if they find plain skin, they bite as hard as possible, until the blood will rinse. At the same time there will be a brown liquid comes out of their mouth, which is nothing else than fluidified transformed food. You have to take care about your hat if they stifle onto it, because of the strong impact of the bite the head will seperate from the body if you try to pull it away. In german it is more funnier to read, but i tried my best. --Richard Bartz 20:22, 25 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --Richard Bartz 20:22, 25 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Neutral It is not perfect at a higher resolution as some parts are out of focus. This photo is not half as good as those that were given FP status. It would also be a good idea to have the EXIF data present when uploading to Commons. Freedom to share 21:45, 25 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I dont know why the exif data is lost, it has got the same procedure when uploading as my picture with the thistle, is it allowed to reupload a picture during a nomination? I accept your argument about the comparation with the other 4 pictures, but disagree. --Richard Bartz 03:14, 26 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not sure if the picture can be uploaded again, but you could just put in the data about the shutter speed, focal length and aperture into the image description page. Maybe the focus issues were unavoidable, but I still feel that your other FP's are a lot better. They seem to have better colors, composition. You are much better at taking pictures of smaller insects than that :) Freedom to share 09:37, 26 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Excuse me, this insect is very small, its half size smaller than my last Hornet, maybe you should compare it with this picture. The blurry area on the lower body of the grasshopper is caused by breathing, because he whistles --Richard Bartz 11:51, 26 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
OK, I see and would like to apologise for the unjustified attacks on your image. By the way, how did you know about the blur caused by the breathing, you really know your stuff. :) Freedom to share 19:48, 26 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Seems perfectly sharp and in focus to me. DOF issues are close to unavoidable and do not bother me at all. Interesting bug, but I'm afraid most of the meaning of your comment must have been lost in translation! :) --Fir0002www 23:04, 25 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I agree, thats what i thought when i was finished with my poor translation. Its hard to translate because he used a very old/forgotten german language, german users would have their fun with this --Richard Bartz 03:08, 26 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
result: 17 support, 0 oppose, 1 neutral => featured. Simonizer 18:33, 4 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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