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Taeniura lymma

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Nominated edit - A Bluespotted ribbontail ray (Taeniura lymma)

Reason: Good resolution (8 megapixels), nice detail.
Articles in which this image appears: Bluespotted ribbontail ray, Taeniura
FP category for this image: Animals/Fish
Creator: Jens Petersen (photograph), Amada44 (edit)

Support as nominator --Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 10:58, 27 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support Yes it's the best photo in the article, but it's resolution is only moderately better than the others. Detail is about the same. Aaadddaaammm (talk) 19:43, 27 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- And it's the only one that shows the whole animal. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 20:30, 27 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. I appreciate that underwater photography is difficult, but this is not quite there, quality-wise. The composition/tight cropping is also a little uninspiring. J Milburn (talk) 23:41, 27 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Please remember to examine at close to minimum res, e.g. [1]. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 07:14, 28 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  - I appreciate that the picture is fairly large in terms of pixels, but I still don't feel the quality is at the level we have come to expect from featured pictures. J Milburn (talk) 11:43, 28 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    - I really think you should start being specific when you're talking about "quality". Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 12:39, 28 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. As stated above detail is not high enough quality. Also f/3.2 is too shallow for this picture, the entire creature should be in focus. JFitch (talk) 11:38, 28 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Counter-examples: 1, 2. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 08:16, 29 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  - Fair point, when done that well. In this case it's not done as well and highlighting those two examples just shows the massive difference in quality so I stand by my oppose. JFitch (talk) 14:00, 29 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    - Lol. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 14:06, 29 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Weak oppose I don't have a problem with the lack of focus in the back (although in the examples given above, the lack of focus actually helps the image), but I do have a problem with the angle of the shot: because of the movement of the ray, about 10% of the frontal part of the animal is not visible, and somewhat equivalent to having the tail cropped. If the image was a bit lower or higher it would have fine, but this exact frame is in the "blind spot". The animal is interesting, and for sure deserves an FP. But although it is a good image, it is not quite good enough to be featured. Nergaal (talk) 21:06, 29 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted —Maedin\^talk 09:06, 6 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]