Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Squilla mantis for sale

Squilla mantis for sale[edit]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 13 Aug 2010 at 14:24:50 (UTC)

Reason: Something a little different. Potentially very eye-catching (perhaps depending on whether this is something you see often- it really drew my eye), high quality and a good size. Really hits home the fact that the "commercial interest derives from the species' abundance rather than its market value". Caption copied from the image page/article.
Articles in which this image appears: Squilla mantis, list of types of seafood
FP category for this image: Crustaceans (possibly Lifestyle)
Creator: Hans Hillewaert

Support as nominator --J Milburn (talk) 14:24, 4 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I'm looking forward to new whitebalance theories, intuitions and speculations... --Dschwen 14:41, 4 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support Didn't think I'd like this, but I was impressed. Not giving it full support because it's a bit dark and, honestly, kind of miscellaneous, a bit like this. --I'ḏ♥One 16:28, 4 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- I nominated it because it's "kind of miscellaneous"- people get bored of the same kind of thing. So far as I see it, this is eye-catching and different to our usual nominations while retaining a high EV. Very difficult balancing act at the moment, it seems. J Milburn (talk) 00:47, 5 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Sea bugs aren’t pretty. Sure, they aren’t supposed to be, but this picture is too dark; way too dark. The overall result is I don’t think this will elicit a “stop, stare & click”-reaction from our visiting I.P. readership. Where’s the awe? Where’s the “Hmmm… interesting?” I think they’ll react with “Hmmm… an under-exposed picture of hard-shell maggots,” and then go type “Lady gaga” in the Google search field. Greg L (talk) 16:42, 4 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Respectfully, I disagree. Have you never seen someone staring with morbid curiosity at the fish counter in ~~Tesco~~ Walmart? Have you never seen how fish markets are always included in tourist information books? I think sea food is especially "interesting" to many; and seeing the "real" side of food often surprises people- to quote a 14 year old my father knew- "eurgh, you can eat SHEEP!?" J Milburn (talk) 19:39, 4 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  - I see what you mean. Like booger-flavored Jelly Belly jelly beans. I suppose I could get behind that. I’d vote “support” if the brightness if fixed here so the image quality is first class. I had earlier downloaded this image and played with it. There is tons of histogram room to do better (and remember, those specular reflections can pack as a small spike on the right-hand edge). Alas, I threw that one away. So I did it all over again and uploaded a brighter suggestion. I’ll let you endorse this one or suggest a brighter one of your own before re-voting. If you don’t like mine, just write over it so we don’t have three of them being voted on here; that just lessens the chances of arriving at a winning consensus on something. Greg L (talk) 22:52, 4 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    - I'd be inclined to say that your edit has gone far too far. I don't really see how it is an improvement, if I'm honest. J Milburn (talk) 00:32, 5 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      - Greg L has a preference for totally overblown highlights. Perhaps a vision problem. --jjron (talk) 07:53, 5 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
        Or just maybe monitor needs to be calibrated? Noodle snacks (talk) 10:36, 5 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support Edit Looks right, could we add it to Seafood or something perhaps? Noodle snacks (talk) 04:35, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- I've added it to list of types of seafood, which was very under-illustrated. J Milburn (talk) 15:18, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support Edit upstate NYer 03:11, 7 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support edit 2 Like edit 1, but keeps the highlights. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 09:57, 7 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- I also prefer edit 2. J Milburn (talk) 12:37, 7 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support edit 2. Greg L (talk) 16:29, 7 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support edit 2 Very interesting collection of sea bugs. Not sure I'd be brave enough to eat one of these things, although they're supposed to taste good like lobster. — raeky T 15:09, 12 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- I don't eat meat, but it's prawns and shrimps I miss the most. God knows why. J Milburn (talk) 15:25, 12 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support Edit 2. Cool photo, quite interesting. Not too high on the EV scale, but acceptable. Kaldari (talk) 20:42, 12 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Squilla mantis (l'Ametlla) brighter and quality.jpg —Maedin\^talk 14:39, 13 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]