Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Scaldfish

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 10 Dec 2010 at 16:56:36 (UTC)

Reason: During this recent nom, I was struck by how good it was to have high-quality lab shots of both a larva and an adult of the species. This shot has clear EV separate from the last, and the quality is excellent.
Articles in which this image appears: Scaldfish
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Fish
Creator: Hans Hillewaert

Support as nominator --J Milburn (talk) 16:56, 1 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Strong oppose The quality is not so good (tight crop that probably could be fixed, not very sharp head, that is harder to fix), but it is not the main reason for opposing the image. This is yet another image of a dead fish tells no story abut it. It does not show the most important characteristic - an ability of those fishes to camouflage themselves at any surface. Compare for example to this image.--Mbz1 (talk) 07:08, 2 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose It appears to be missing all of it's scales? Noodle snacks (talk) 10:17, 2 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose, as per above comments — quality isn't great and this image isn't visually striking. The black makes it a yawn. --Booksworm ^Talk? 21:45, 2 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I'm clearly alone in thinking this is feature-worthy- consider the nomination withdrawn. J Milburn (talk) 22:09, 2 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support I noticed the quality of the specimen when I nominated the previous one, but I got unsure after realizing that the specimen is dead. Nergaal (talk) 06:52, 3 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

How long it took for you to realize that "the specimen is dead", if I may ask please?--Mbz1 (talk) 19:32, 3 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

About as long it took me to stop laughing about your sister's chapter in the Aristocrats story you told me last time. Nergaal (talk) 20:07, 3 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Maedin\^talk 07:37, 6 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]