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Mantis shrimp from front[edit]

Original - Frontal view of a mantis shrimp showing eye stalks, claws, and fluorescence.
Reason
Captures the finer features of a mantis shrimp with remarkable detail, including fluorescence (maybe it could benefit from cropping but I do not know how).
Articles this image appears in
Mantis shrimp
Creator
  • Support as nominator --TAway (talk) 20:38, 10 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Very clear, detailed pictures which benefits the article it is in. Andy (talk) 22:01, 10 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • questions who created it? What are the circumstances of the shot? It looks interesting but overprocessed. de Bivort 01:37, 11 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak Support - it seems a bit blurry, but its also clear enough to see the unique details of the image.--Truco 01:58, 11 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support It's definitely informative. It shows the colors quite well, more so than most pictures of the subject. Might it be possible, though, to clean the background up a bit? Sophus Bie (talk) 03:02, 12 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - Whoa, whoa, whoa. We just can't go promote any picture with EV to FP. This is extremely dark, I can barely make out the subject, let alone the features in detail. Also, see debivort's comments above, this is not FP material, although it is interesting. Sorry ;( Ceran →(slipsled →snow) 02:24, 13 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • Ceranthor, how do you propose a photograph demonstrate fluorescence without being darkness? TAway (talk) 03:01, 13 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
      • Not all subjects can realistically be illustrated to FP standard, though. Nobody is contending that it isn't a good example of fluorescence. It just isn't up to the technical standards of FP, thats all. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 21:08, 14 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. Just a bit soft and 'processed' looking. Admittedly a difficult subject to photograph, but probably more of a VP candidate than FP. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 21:08, 14 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Poor lighting, Contrast/Saturation possibly fiddled with. Noodle snacks (talk) 11:34, 15 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --Muhammad(talk) 17:26, 18 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]