Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Portrait of Snowflake moray eel

Portrait of Snowflake moray eel

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Reason: Good EV, and quality of underwater shot taken in the wild
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Support as nominator --Mbz1 (talk) 19:56, 26 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Sorry, I don't think this is the most advantageous angle for a portrait (as opposed to a full-body shot) and, when combined with the natural problems with under-water photography, creates a rather uninspiring picture. Additionally, I'm not seeing why a portrait is really needed in the article/what this image adds to the article. J Milburn (talk) 22:10, 26 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If for nothing else at least it shows the teeth, not to say it shows a natural behavior, which is hiding under corals or rocks--Mbz1 (talk) 22:51, 26 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed that seeing the teeth would be useful, but, again, I feel that they would probably be shown better by a different angle- a Google search shows a large number of portraits from what I see as superior angles. J Milburn (talk) 23:25, 26 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, it's OK. You do not own me any explanations at all. Almost any image has a room for improvement. I have done the best I could under the circumstances, and trust me I tried very, very hard. The eel was in a very, very narrow space between the corals (I mean there were corals allaround. If there's any better free image taken in a wild, I would be the first one to replace it with mine in the article.--Mbz1 (talk) 23:35, 26 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Opppose I'm sorry, because I'm very unfamiliar with under water photography, but the image looks blurry. Gut Monk (talk) 01:35, 27 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The eel is very sharp, so I am not sure what you're talking about, but that's OK.--Mbz1 (talk) 04:33, 27 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 21:34, 4 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]