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• Category: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Arthropods/Odonata
•  Info Libellago lineata male, defending a territory. "To have any chance at success in convincing a female to mate with him, a male odonata has to show how amazing he is by finding a good place for egg laying, setting up a perimeter around that area, and defending the space within that perimeter from other males." A Libellago lineata female needs partially submerged decaying plants to lay her eggs. Here the male found a suitable place and patiently waiting for a mate. This typical mating system of territorial damselflies is known as "resource defense" (Johnson 1964). Created and nominated by me; edited by Christian Ferrer -- Jee 07:19, 5 September 2015 (UTC)
•  Support -- Jee 07:19, 5 September 2015 (UTC)
•  Support Crop per note perhaps. I see on-lens macro flash --Mile (talk) 07:50, 5 September 2015 (UTC)

• Thanks Mile. A tighter crop already available for Wikipedia infobox. Do you prefer that? Or an intermediate as you suggested? (I've no macro flash; but a diffuser around the lens.) Jee 07:54, 5 September 2015 (UTC)

• Good stuff. Yes, I think that crop is better. --Mile (talk) 08:26, 5 September 2015 (UTC)

• Thanks. Let us wait for a few more opinions. Jee 08:42, 5 September 2015 (UTC)

•  Support --Uoaei1 (talk) 07:59, 5 September 2015 (UTC)
•  Comment I see moiré pattern in the eye (note added). --Ivar (talk) 08:53, 5 September 2015 (UTC)
  •  Done Ivar I upload a corrected version (enough?). Odonata eyes are made of 30,000 individual facets and the eye should not be completely smooth. --Christian Ferrer (talk) 09:44, 5 September 2015 (UTC)
    •  Comment it's still there. It should look close to this . --Ivar (talk) 12:41, 5 September 2015 (UTC)
      • Ivar In your exemple, I think the reflection prevent to see the details of the facets, and sadly I'm not able to do more here. Also not entirely convinced this is really a defect. Is it a gray shapeless spot would be better? because more correction of moiré will give that, thus it is certainly not moiré. --Christian Ferrer (talk) 13:39, 5 September 2015 (UTC)
        •  Neutral ok, but I can't give my support, if it stays there. --Ivar (talk) 13:46, 5 September 2015 (UTC)
          •  Done Ivar, another attemps, I think it's ok now. --Christian Ferrer (talk) 05:46, 6 September 2015 (UTC)
  • Jee, do you see a colourful iridescent pattern on the eyes in real life or are the colours artificial due to the Bayer sensor? If the latter, then Lightroom's moire-removal brush will easily fix. -- Colin (talk) 09:18, 5 September 2015 (UTC)
    • Are you talking about Iridescent structural coloration in dragonfly eyes? It, and many other details visible here are not visible to naked eyes. You need to collect a specimen and peep through a microscope. :) Jee 10:27, 5 September 2015 (UTC)
•  Support I don't want to think about how close the camera was to the water. You make me nervous, Jee ;-). I prefer the larger frame than than crop, especially keeping the left part with the milky water round the stem of a plant. This is Commons, not Wikipedia, so there is value in having a looser frame as long as the subject doesn't get too small. -- Colin (talk) 09:18, 5 September 2015 (UTC)
•  Support --Christian Ferrer (talk) 09:44, 5 September 2015 (UTC)
•  Comment Our annual invasion of damsels...--Jebulon (talk) 10:22, 5 September 2015 (UTC)

• This time, you're right. But your early comment on Poco's was a dragonfly. :) Jee 10:28, 5 September 2015 (UTC)

•  Support 😄 ArionEstar 😜 (talk) 12:38, 5 September 2015 (UTC)
•  Support Very good, high EV. --Yann (talk) 19:39, 5 September 2015 (UTC)
•  Support. Excellent! -- Lothar Spurzem (talk) 20:33, 5 September 2015 (UTC)
•  Support Good job again Christian Jee and Christian! --Laitche (talk) 08:55, 6 September 2015 (UTC)

• Haha; don't underestimate my job too. I was in water up to my neck. :) Jee 16:38, 6 September 2015 (UTC)

• Quick Live View system was useful? --Laitche (talk) 18:10, 6 September 2015 (UTC)

• The tilt LCD of Sony is useful in many occasions. But I've a difficulty to see when light fall on it. I may overcome it by practice. Jee 01:24, 7 September 2015 (UTC)

• This may helps. Jee 04:59, 7 September 2015 (UTC)

•  Don't-hate-me oppose Great work technically, but the background is cluttered and the image just doesn't stand out for me. Daniel Case (talk) 02:09, 7 September 2015 (UTC)

• No worries. But this cluttered background is most important here as it explains "resource defense" (Johnson 1964) for Libellago lineata which needs partially submerged decaying plants to lay eggs. Jee 03:02, 7 September 2015 (UTC)

•  Support. Excellent shot. Probably even your best, I think. Diliff (talk) 10:00, 7 September 2015 (UTC)
•  Support You need a waterproof housing ;) - Benh (talk) 20:26, 7 September 2015 (UTC)
•  Support --Böhringer (talk) 10:42, 8 September 2015 (UTC)
•  Support --Tremonist (talk) 13:46, 8 September 2015 (UTC)
•  Support --Llez (talk) 11:10, 9 September 2015 (UTC)
•  Support --Hubertl 19:55, 10 September 2015 (UTC)
•  Support --Dh1970 (talk) 13:09, 11 September 2015 (UTC)
•  Support --Michael Gäbler (talk) 13:03, 12 September 2015 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 17 support, 1 oppose, 1 neutral → featured. /Yann (talk) 13:35, 14 September 2015 (UTC)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Animals/Arthropods/Odonata