Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Flounder, Bothus mancus

Flounder, Bothus mancus

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Original - Three first frames of the same fish taken a few minutes apart showing the ability of flounders to change the colors to match the surroundings. The last fourth frame show the same flounder bury himself into the sand leaving only the eyes protruding. It is a common behavior, when flounders are hunting, or hiding.

Reason

Great EV; very good quality; Not nearly enough FP of underwater images taken in the wild

Articles in which this image appears

Underwater camouflage and mimicry ;Peacock flounder

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Fish

Creator

Mbz1

• Support as nominator --Mbz1 (talk) 02:02, 18 July 2010 (UTC)
• Support Highly educational and very well photographed. I think it is a paradigm of how we have talented and hard-working volunteers responsible for making Wikipedia what it is. Greg L (talk) 05:20, 18 July 2010 (UTC)
• Support Amazing set of photos! -- George Chernilevsky ^talk 06:10, 18 July 2010 (UTC)
• Support per nom, it's good enough for me. Well done. --jjron (talk) 06:24, 18 July 2010 (UTC)
• Support Looks great, excellent example of where combining images works. Cowtowner (talk) 13:02, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
• Support Interesting and educational --Muhammad(talk) 11:07, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
• Support Great looking pictures. Jfitch (talk) 11:28, 22 July 2010 (UTC)
• Support High EV and nice colours. --Elekhh (talk) 22:11, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

Promoted File:Peacock Flounder Bothus mancus in Kona.jpg --I'ḏ♥One 06:15, 27 July 2010 (UTC)