Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Paralucia aurifer.jpg

Bright Copper

Original - Bright Copper (Paralucia aurifer), Austin's Ferry, Tasmania, Australia

Reason: Nice image for a smallish butterfly
Articles in which this image appears: Paralucia, Bright Copper
Creator: Noodle snacks

Support as nominator --Noodle snacks (talk) 10:28, 29 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support. Not the most exciting butterfly, but that is of course no reason to oppose. Instead, the "weak" comes from the fact it clearly wasn't flat when photographed, which means the wings are not shown precisely, and the tips are out of focus. J Milburn (talk) 13:05, 29 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- All of the photos I have of this fellow (three different branches) exhibit the same pose, so I'm not sure I can do much. The wingspan is 25mm, which isn't so big for a butterfly. Noodle snacks (talk) 05:25, 31 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - Why is the top-left wing such a different colour? Is it a trick of the light or is it really more of a brown colour than green-blue? Ðiliff «» (Talk) 13:34, 31 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    - Forgot to mention it, but the brown to green-blue areas are iridescent, changing colour with the angle of view. Noodle snacks (talk) 13:41, 31 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support: V good illustration of the iridescence. Unlike J Milburn, I think the butterfly is very pretty/interesting/exciting, :). I don't see a problem with the wings or that they're out of focus at the tips. Good environment, too. Maedin\^talk 09:00, 1 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Re-reading this, it sounds like I don't see that the tips of the wings are out of focus. I do, I just don't think it's a problem. Maedin\^talk 13:39, 1 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support Good enough for me as well. --Muhammad(talk) 14:52, 1 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support Per Maedin upstate NYer 03:47, 4 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support Unusual composition; we could use more of these. --Zoo Fari 02:01, 6 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. Durova³⁹⁴ 06:04, 8 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. --IP69.226.103.13 | Talk about me. 05:53, 9 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Paralucia aurifer.jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 10:45, 12 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]