Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Leaf Scorpionfish in Kona.jpg

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Leaf scorpionfish
  • Pictogram voting info.svg Info everything by Mbz1 -- Mbz1 (talk) 00:47, 2 June 2010 (UTC)
  • Pictogram voting info.svg Info Here's the story about the image. I was swimming over the coral reefs, when I suddenly noticed a strange leaf. The only thing that made me to stop and take another look was that the "leaf" was kind of out of place there. It took me about 10 minutes to realize I was looking at a fish. I've never seen such fish before, and never heard of him either. What was amazing that the fish really behaved as a dead leaf that got stacked in the corals, and is rocking back and forth by the will of the currents. The nominated image is a composite of four frames that IMO show not only the fish, but his behavior as well.
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support -- Mbz1 (talk) 00:47, 2 June 2010 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --The High Fin Sperm Whale 04:04, 2 June 2010 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Always same dilemma with you Mila... I feel it's valuable, rather unique over here, and that one has to catch it. But I oppose mainly for quality reason. And the fact this is underwater is now no longer mitigating to me (it's possible to take good quality underwater pictures at little cost). - Benh (talk) 05:23, 2 June 2010 (UTC)
The quality is good. It is how the fish really looks. The blotches on the skin are natural, and the shape is not really sharp. Besides you really cannot judge all underwater photography the same. It is much easier to take underwater images, when diving because you could stand still. I was snorkeling in the strong currents. To take those images I should have been diving and working my legs and arms to stay under long enough to take the image. I could have uploaded a single image or the two last frames only, where the quality is better a bit, but I believed it was important to show how the shape of this amazing fish is changing. --Mbz1 (talk) 06:04, 2 June 2010 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose - As Benh. Image quality and lighting are really not good enough -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 15:15, 2 June 2010 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support after thinking about it... mitigating reasons... --Tomascastelazo (talk) 17:30, 4 June 2010 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose - the individual frames are good, but the four together don't look good; in particular the bottom right frame is disproportionately green-toned compared to the other three more blue/red-toned frames. I'd think it would be improved by some sort of border (e.g. a white line) separating the frames. - MPF (talk) 12:22, 5 June 2010 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Quality problems --Dein Freund der Baum (talk) 11:45, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose - Just can't see the main object good enough. Mlpearc pull my chain 'Tribs 21:58, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
It is the idea of the "main object" not to be seen good enough :) On the other hand I did get enough :), and that is why Pictogram voting delete.svg --Mbz1 (talk) 22:15, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
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