Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Durvillaea antarctica

Durvillaea antarctica

Original - This cross-section of a dried bull kelp blade shows the walls of the honeycomb structure within. Durvillaea antarctica is the only seaweed with this feature, which provides it with buoyancy and resilience against the pounding waves.

Reason

Good EV: shows a unique feature of this species, its internal honeycomb-like structure.

Articles in which this image appears

Durvillaea antarctica

Creator

Avenue

• Support as nominator --Avenue (talk) 01:23, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
• Support Interesting. I have seen kelp so many times, but it never got to my mind to make a cross-section :)--Mbz1 (talk) 04:30, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

• I didn't make it, I just noticed it. -- Avenue (talk) 07:13, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

• Oppose Messy composition. For example, the part in the foreground it is true shows the structure viewed from outside but it was not necessary to put it covering some of the one with the cross-section. Abisharan (talk) 05:50, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

A broader view of the kelp blade (not for voting).

• This was all one solid object (it curved back on itself), so there wasn't necessarily as much freedom as you suggest. I've uploaded a broader view of it (below right). But I take your point. -- Avenue (talk) 07:13, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

• Weak support. Weak because of the composition, as mentioned above, but this is a high quality shot of an interesting subject, and it certainly adds to the article. J Milburn (talk) 18:11, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
• Weak support - Quality not the best, but adds plenty of value to its respective article and helps to demonstrate a feature difficult to imagine otherwise. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 14:22, 12 March 2010 (UTC)
• Oppose This is a nice image, but the composition is not good. I know that this particular specimen was curved, but this is an extremely common species in certain areas, according to the article (the article even shows a bundle of dried seaweed being sold in a market). It should be easy to get an uncluttered piece of seaweed to take a better photo. Calliopejen1 (talk) 22:34, 12 March 2010 (UTC)
• Withdraw. I agree with the criticisms, and will work on producing something better. My thanks to everyone who reviewed it. -- Avenue (talk) 03:52, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

Not promoted —Maedin\^talk 22:35, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

• Withdrawn by nominator. Maedin\^talk 22:35, 13 March 2010 (UTC)