Commons:Featured picture candidates/Image:Smutugle (Noctua pronuba).jpg

Image:Smutugle (Noctua pronuba).jpg, not featured

•  Info created, uploaded and nominated by --Malene Thyssen 18:16, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
•  Support --Malene Thyssen 18:16, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
•  Neutral Very detailed, but the light is a bit too hard for my taste --MichaD | Michael Apel 21:22, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
•  Oppose Let's raise the bar? No wow for me --Bergwolf 22:14, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
•  Oppose For me, too --Makro Freak 08:12, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Do you have any technical critique? Its hard to argue about or inproove in the wow-factor. Its wow to me - hence the nomination :-) --Malene Thyssen 17:12, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Uargh .. why I must write an essay. Because as you are: In my imagination I see a dead, bit blurry "Eulenfalter" from behind with a snapped off and a twisted antenna, placed very classical on a bark somewhen at noon. And then i stare at this picture and try to see something which is arcane for my eyes, but I cannot find anything which touches me. The texture of the wings ? The type of the sere moss ? The butterfly itself ? Are iam so fuc-beep-up that i cannot find any ? I think iam, sorry. The technical achievement is ok, like i anticipate when viewing your userpage-gallery, as far my businesslike appraisal. Ok now i try to see it from the more abstract side. Is it a persiflage ? Is it a mirror ? Is it a --Makro Freak ^talk 18:46, 3 July 2007 (UTC)?

Oh sorry Makro Freak, I didn't mean for you to write an essay and explain why you didn't find the "wow" in the picture. I definitely respect your judgement in that aspect, since thats absolutely individually - and should be. I was just wondering if something technically was wrong since Bergwolf wrote "Let's raise the bar?". Regards --Malene Thyssen 19:14, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

"Lets raise the bar on Insect pictures" was a quote by Alvesgaspar and Bergwolf must have taken that literally --Makro Freak ^talk 20:43, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Ok - thanks for clearing that up for me. --Malene Thyssen 21:14, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

•  Let's raise the bar....

result: Nomination withdrawn => not featured. Simonizer 08:10, 4 July 2007 (UTC)