Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Portrait of Snowflake moray eel

Portrait of Snowflake moray eel

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 4 Aug 2010 at 19:56:29 (UTC)

Original - Snowflake eels are nocturnal predators, who usually hiding under the corals during day time. When they do venture out, they try to swim beneath the rocks, whenever possible to avoid being attacked themselves as it is shown at this image

Reason: Good EV, and quality of underwater shot taken in the wild
Articles in which this image appears: Snowflake moray
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Fish
Creator: Mbz1

Support as nominator --Mbz1 (talk) 19:56, 26 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Sorry, I don't think this is the most advantageous angle for a portrait (as opposed to a full-body shot) and, when combined with the natural problems with under-water photography, creates a rather uninspiring picture. Additionally, I'm not seeing why a portrait is really needed in the article/what this image adds to the article. J Milburn (talk) 22:10, 26 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If for nothing else at least it shows the teeth, not to say it shows a natural behavior, which is hiding under corals or rocks--Mbz1 (talk) 22:51, 26 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed that seeing the teeth would be useful, but, again, I feel that they would probably be shown better by a different angle- a Google search shows a large number of portraits from what I see as superior angles. J Milburn (talk) 23:25, 26 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, it's OK. You do not own me any explanations at all. Almost any image has a room for improvement. I have done the best I could under the circumstances, and trust me I tried very, very hard. The eel was in a very, very narrow space between the corals (I mean there were corals allaround. If there's any better free image taken in a wild, I would be the first one to replace it with mine in the article.--Mbz1 (talk) 23:35, 26 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Opppose I'm sorry, because I'm very unfamiliar with under water photography, but the image looks blurry. Gut Monk (talk) 01:35, 27 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The eel is very sharp, so I am not sure what you're talking about, but that's OK.--Mbz1 (talk) 04:33, 27 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 21:34, 4 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]