Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Leopard shark

Leopard shark

Original - A leopard shark (Triakis semifasciata) swimming in a kelp forest.

Reason

A nicely lit, sharp and illustrative image of the species in a not obviously captive environment.

Articles this image appears in

Leopard shark, Hound sharks

Creator

Mfield

• Support as nominator --Mfield (talk) 01:34, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
• Weak Support It's a decent aquarium shot but there are two issues I'd like to see fixed before I full support. 1) Speck/spot removal. 2) Some chromatic noise reduction on the shark. --Fir0002 09:37, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

The only specks that I didn't remove are things floating in the water hence why I left them in, unless you are seeing something else? I thought it would look a bit too clinical if I removed all of them. Mfield (talk) 21:34, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Good job on the edit --Fir0002 02:04, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

• Comment Though the captive environment is indeed not too obvious, it would still be nice to know in which aquarium the picture was taken. Lycaon (talk) 14:27, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Scripps in La Jolla, California - Added to image description. Mfield (talk) 05:56, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

One more thing, could you also mention the name of the two other guests in the background? Lycaon (talk) 11:50, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

I can't ID them, I'll try and see if I can email Scripps and ask them, but they aren't the subject of the image so I don't think it should count against this nom. Mfield (talk) 05:01, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

• Comment There seems to be a horizontal streak at upper left. Durova^Charge! 21:11, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Yes there is, i'll fix him for sure. Mfield (talk) 21:34, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Support thanks for the edit. Durova^Charge! 07:52, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

• Comment new version uploaded over old to address issues above. Mfield (talk) 05:56, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
• Support good technicals given the location, high enough quality, etc. ~ ωαdεstεr16_«talk^stalk» 06:51, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
• Support. Looks a bit too 'clean' to be totally natural, but still natural enough for me. Probably the best of both worlds as the visibility wouldn't be as good in 'the wild'. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 10:56, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

Promoted File:Leopard shark in kelp.jpg MER-C 02:25, 11 February 2009 (UTC)