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Apis mellifera[edit]

Original - 12mm long Apis mellifera, foraging on flowers of African oil palm, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Reason
Good quality and EV. Much better then the current FP
Articles this image appears in
Honey bee, Forage (honey bee), Pollen basket, European honey bee
Creator
Muhammad
  • Support as nominator --Muhammad(talk) 07:35, 8 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. Agree that the quality is better of yours than the existing FP, but the existing FP has better colour (yours is quite monochromatic) and a more interesting composition. I think there's room for both, though. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 12:47, 8 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - I don't like the dull flash lighting and colours. Composition is not the best either. Alvesgaspar (talk) 08:42, 11 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • What do yo mean by dull flash lighting? --Muhammad(talk) 21:36, 11 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
      • The picture shows little volume, everything looks like projected in a flat surface. Look at this old FP: small and not technically perfect but a far better composition and lighting. A little advice, if I may: since you have already dominated most of the essential macro technique, I think you should now invest on composition and aesthetics, that is were some of your photos fail. Alvesgaspar (talk) 22:33, 11 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Lighting could be better, but I really think 1250x1250 is a bit small for a very common subject. I wonder about the white balance too, the specular highlights are yellow, not white as you'd expect. Noodle snacks (talk) 12:54, 12 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • 1250x1250 is abt 1.6mp, what Fir usually uploads. If it were to make your vote change, I can upload a higher res. --Muhammad(talk) 21:29, 12 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 03:17, 15 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]