Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Image:Bumblebee October 2007-3a.jpg

Bumblebee robbing nectar

Original - A buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) robbing nectar, a very common species in southern Europe. The animal uses its long and slender tongue to reach the space between the flower's calyx and corolla. These bees form annual colonies of which only mated queens survive the winter.

Edit 1 by Fir0002, lightened shadows and cloned out leaf

Reason

A high reslution and good quality photograph of a bumblebee in its natural environment, comparing favourably with the existing pictures. These are hard subjects to shoot due to being normally fast and restless when feeding. The picture is an improved version of this Commons FP.

Articles this image appears in

Bumblebee, Bombus terrestris, Nectar robbing

Creator

Joaquim Alves Gaspar

• Support original, as nominator Alvesgaspar (talk) 23:41, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
  • Oppose edit 1 - not relevant -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 12:49, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
• Support Original Very Nice Dengero (talk) 06:38, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
• Support Edit1 Excellent image. Juliancolton Talk 00:03, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
• Weak Support Edit 1 Sharpness is not great but it's an interesting scene which almost makes up for it. Weak Oppose Original shadows are too dark losing interesting detail and the leaf is annoying. --Fir0002 00:53, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
• Support whichever :) -- Laitche (talk) 13:29, 11 February 2008 (UTC) both. （＾＾； -- Laitche (talk) 20:02, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
• Support edit 1. Good illustration of the behaviour. Samsara (talk • contribs) 20:19, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Promoted Image:Bumblebee October 2007-3a.jpg MER-C 08:10, 18 February 2008 (UTC)