Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Sunfish2.jpg

Drifting adult Mola mola

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 15 Aug 2010 at 00:16:20 (UTC)

Reason

High-quality lead image to a featured article, not gigantic but it meets size criteria.

Articles in which this image appears

Ocean sunfish

FP category for this image

Animals/Fish

Creator

Per-Ola Norman

• Support as nominator --I'ḏ♥One 00:16, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
• Support (original) Saaaay… That’s what I call “eye-catching”. This is certainly capable of inducing its share of “stop, stare & click.” I think this is very quality. Undersea photography is a specialty that not everyone can do. I find this to be an interesting and unusual subject that many are not familiar with. Greg L (talk) 03:30, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
• What about this one? --I'ḏ♥One 03:59, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • My typical window width is around 1250 pixels. I seldom need to zoom around in FPs (panoramas being a notable exception) so the Original is big enough for me. The lack of full-spectrum color makes the Alternate quite inferior in my judgement. Greg L (talk) 04:04, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Small, but underwater so fine with me. Tight crop works well enough.
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• Support original. That's eye catching. Good example of what I think a FP should be. It's underwater so the fact it's a bit smaller is fine, high EV, interesting subject. --
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• Comment Please note that this photo wasn't taken underwater but at the Nordsøen Oceanarium in Denmark. The animal also appears to be very diseased. mgiganteus1 (talk) 11:00, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Molidae says they're susceptible to skin parasites and have a bunch of innate rituals for treating them. --I'ḏ♥One 17:34, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose. I did intend to support this, but Mgiganteus1 makes a very valid point. This is an atypical example of the species. It's a good, clear picture, but if you compare it to other images, it isn't actually very "normal" for the species. J Milburn (talk) 11:08, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • I don't think it's too atypical, having looked through some of the Google links I think it's likely a fair amount of them are blotchy but just poorly lit because they're underwater, like these[1][2][3][4][5] above water, but you don't even like the alternate or the one I linked above? --I'ḏ♥One 16:32, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • Most of those aren't heavily diseased, they're just patterned. J Milburn (talk) 17:40, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • And no, the alt is too heavily cropped, and the colouring is too blue. J Milburn (talk) 17:41, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose both versions. Edit is too cropped and has a horrible tint. Original: That fish is definitely not healthy and this is the reason why it can't represent its species. Sorry Hive001 contact 18:07, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
• ALT 2 views? This one looks healthy and well lit, personally I don't mind the tint because that's what it would look like underwater.--I'ḏ♥One 19:06, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Not FP worthy, in my eyes. Composition, colour, lighting and focus all way off. J Milburn (talk) 23:19, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose Per J Milburn. Alts don't have it.
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• Support original. So what we're saying is that we only have one image that shows the parasites, it's FP quality technically, and... so what's the reason that we can't promote it? Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 08:21, 7 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • The default answer would be that a "damaged specimen" is a no-no, but we all know that we have promoted them in the past- lizards without tails, for instance. If the parasite was identified, and is common for this species (preferably with some mention of it in the article) I would be more than happy to support, but what we basically have at the moment is an atypical example because it has some kind of mysterious illness. J Milburn (talk) 11:41, 7 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
• Support original. Eye-catching species and good lighting.
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Neutral. Per J Milburn.

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• If it really is sick then I withdraw. --I'ḏ♥One 16:37, 14 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 18:13, 14 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]