Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Image:Pterois volitans Manado-e edit.jpg

Lionfish - Head on

Pterois volitans, also known as red or common lionfish. Picture taken at Tasik Ria, Manado, Indonesia.

A really nice shot of a lionfish - the technical quality is quite impressive (considering it was taken underwater - an environment which I believe is quite challenging for sharpness, colour and lighting). It's actually one of only a half dozen images which I've taken from wiki to serve as a desktop :)

Taken by commons:User:Jnpet

Appears in Lionfish and Fish

Nominate and Support --Fir0002 04:31, 7 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Unusual perspective - try including in fish anatomy with a suitable caption. Samsara (talk • contribs) 04:58, 7 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Sure there may be some issues with DOF, transparency on the fins (a little hard to tell the cause with the focus), the tilt that I guess we assume is actual (though I wouldn't mind seeing a straightened edit), etc, but overall I'm happy with it as per the nom. I don't think we've had a fishy FP for a while. --jjron (talk) 08:14, 7 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- I prefer the look of the straightened edit, but haven't checked it for quality, etc. --jjron (talk) 06:24, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support - a stunning picture. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 10:52, 8 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support Yes, the quality could be better; but it's very difficult to make such a picture, I think. So, support. —αἰτίας •discussion• 21:49, 8 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Edited

It's hard to straighten. The fish isn't perfectly symmetrical - bigger fins on the left. Sagredo^Discussione? 04:09, 9 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Support As per above, could be better but a very nice shot nonetheless and a very hard one to get I'm sure. Cat-five - talk 07:17, 9 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support original. Has that elusive "FP WOW". I like the tilt - makes you feel the fish is indeed floating in the water... --Janke | Talk 10:40, 9 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support edit Sometimes having things off-kilter can have an eye-catching effect, but other times, as in the original, it just seems like a mistake. A head-on shot doesn't always work as well as this one does, and it's a great way to see the fish's impressive fins. This pic could also find a home in one or more of the articles related to aquatic envenomation or animal defense mechanisms. Jeff Dahl (Talk • contribs) 21:24, 9 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support original Disagree about the rotated edit; it looks inanimate, water-based life needs no horizon-reference, and the crop was uncomfortably tight to start with. Despite obvious noise and sharpening artefacts it's a striking, difficult-to-improve image with a large "enc value" cherry on top. --mikaul^talk 12:28, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support original per MIckD-rew (talk) 00:31, 11 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support quite difficult shot to get, striking.--Sandahl 06:56, 11 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support original One of those Wow! images. – sgeureka ^t•c 11:33, 11 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support either, though I very slightly prefer the original. Absolutely gorgeous. -- Mike (Kicking222) 21:44, 12 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support original, per MIckStephension Clegs (talk) 16:41, 13 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support Original: it seems more natural; almost like you're in the water with the fish. General Grham ^{Talk to Me NCIS wiki} 23:06, 13 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Pterois volitans Manado-e edit.jpg MER-C 07:38, 14 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]