Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Small lappet moth on ivy 1.jpg
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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes.Voting period ends on 12 Feb 2020 at 14:06:55 (UTC)
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- Category: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Arthropods/Lepidoptera#Family : Lasiocampidae (Eggars)
Info I've had help identifying this moth, so I hope they got it right, otherwise I'd be happy for a correction. My own moth knowledge is limited to "it's cute and looks strange". All by me, -- Cart (talk) 14:06, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
Support -- Cart (talk) 14:06, 3 February 2020 (UTC)- Support For the pleasant and unusual composition. --Podzemnik (talk) 08:54, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
Neutral It's certainly an interesting creature, but we've had sharper pics of moths and butterflies at FPC, so I'm torn as to whether this one passes the bar. Cmao20 (talk) 11:29, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
Comment I would like this more if you cropped out the leaves on the left (see note). Daniel Case (talk) 20:39, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
- In that case it might be better to nominate the other version of this scene since the moth is sharper in that one, and perhaps crop it to square. I just liked this landscape compo with the branch and the moth at about 1/3. --Cart (talk) 22:23, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
- Support. Meiræ 00:25, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
Oppose Ugly background in my view, blurry leaves and dull light -- Basile Morin (talk) 00:38, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
Question - Is the moth asleep? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:35, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
- Yes, it's sleeping. That sheltered corner of the house seems to be irresistible to moths and many of them come to rest there during the day. When I see one I find beautiful or strange, I take photos of it. My camera isn't good enough to do "real" bug photography out in the wild, so I take what I can get. At least we get shots of them for the Wiki, even if they don't make FP. --Cart (talk) 10:55, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
- Indeed. It's an unusual FPC submission, because you can't see the moth's eyes. I agree that it's an interesting composition. I haven't decided whether the moth is sharp enough to support this nomination, though people should keep in mind that it's a small moth: per w:Small lappet moth, its size is only 35-40 mm. How true are the colors? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 17:01, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
- The colors are as true as I could get them. I made the first edits on the photos when the moth was still there so I could compare. Perhaps the other photo would be better wrt the moth, as in my reply to Daniel above, since it's sharper. I did this stacked series first, but then realized I might not have taken enough photos and the second series has twice as many photos. After that I lost the light and some time after that, the moth woke up and flew away. I just liked this compo best. --Cart (talk) 17:12, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
- Oppose The two lines in the background are distracting. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 02:54, 6 February 2020 (UTC)
I withdraw my nomination Thanks for the reviews, it was a bit of a long-shot with the lines. --Cart (talk) 11:17, 6 February 2020 (UTC)
