Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Longnose batfish.jpg

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 21 Jun 2017 at 14:07:16 (UTC)

Reason

Close profile shot of a longnose batfish underwater in a natural reef environment.

Articles in which this image appears

Ogcocephalus_corniger, sv.wikipedia

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Fish

Creator

User:Atsme

• Support as nominator – ^{Atsme📞📧} 14:07, 11 June 2017 (UTC)
• Support. High EV; good underwater shot. —Bruce1ee^talk 15:39, 11 June 2017 (UTC)
• Support. High EV; good underwater shot! Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:22, 11 June 2017 (UTC)
• Support  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:59, 12 June 2017 (UTC)
• Comment – Target is basically a stub. Sca (talk) 16:53, 12 June 2017 (UTC)
  • Nowhere in the featured picture criteria does it say what the size of the target article should be, so long as the picture helps the reader understand the article, which in this case I believe it does. —Bruce1ee^talk 17:09, 12 June 2017 (UTC)
    • Concur that this image will help the reader understand the topic.• • • Peter (Southwood) ^(talk): 06:19, 14 June 2017 (UTC)
• Support - Not as sharp or high resolution as I would like, but I think the fact that it is underwater prevents it from excelling in those respects. Mattximus (talk) 00:22, 13 June 2017 (UTC)
• Comment- This is an underwater picture. I want to know from experienced picture editors Adam Cuerden Crisco 1492 about the image quality. --Marvellous Spider-Man 15:14, 13 June 2017 (UTC)

• Marvellous Spider-Man, good suggestion. Pbsouthwood is an experienced diver, but I'm not sure about his knowledge of u/w photog. May I also respectfully suggest that you review this link to save some time as it may help address some of your questions. There are also comments from experienced u/w divers commenting there. May I also add that I've taught u/w photography for many years (as an advanced open water & NITROX instructor for both NAUI and SSI), if that even matters? Another option is to research Google Images for "longnose batfish" and compare. ^{Atsme📞📧} 18:41, 13 June 2017 (UTC)

I'm not an expert in modern photos, but my impressions are: A. it looks very good, but, B. it's a little on the small size for such photographs. This apparently isn't a particularly small animal, so I'd have liked it a bit bigger, but underwater photography is very challenging, so I'm inclined to Weak support. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 02:56, 14 June 2017 (UTC)

Adam, this particular baitfish was about 2 or 3 inches from nose to tail, and that's a rough estimate considering things appear 33% larger/closer underwater. ^{Atsme📞📧} 03:18, 14 June 2017 (UTC)

(Caveat: I am a notorious perpetrator of "swim-by shooting" photography - I record presence of organisms at a reef, without much concern about artistic value.) That said, I would be delighted to get a photo like this. Educational value is definitely high. Photo quality looks good to me - detail is clear and useful for identification purposes. I will ping Seascapeza, who is a better photographer and fairly expert on marine animals for a further opinion. • • • Peter (Southwood) ^(talk): 06:11, 14 June 2017 (UTC)

@Atsme: Ah, the max size is a lot bigger for this species, which is what I was judging by. In that case, change to Support Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 21:03, 18 June 2017 (UTC)

• Support – Bammesk (talk) 02:58, 14 June 2017 (UTC)
• Weak support - Marvellous Spider-Man 07:29, 14 June 2017 (UTC)

Promoted File:Longnose batfish.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:29, 21 June 2017 (UTC)