Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Swimming Green Turtle

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 12 Aug 2011 at 19:57:32 (UTC)

Original - Chelonia mydas swimming above a Hawaiian coral reef

Reason: lead image in the article
Articles in which this image appears: Green sea turtle, Cheloniidae, Wildlife of Cape Verde
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Reptiles
Creator: Mbz1

Support as nominator --Broccolo (talk) 19:57, 3 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment A similar image of the same species is already featured on many projects. ■ MMXX ^talk 15:11, 4 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- The current FP is much smaller resolution. It has not been used in the article Green sea turtle for quite some time now. It could be kept as FP or delisted but the nominated image is of a better quality and a higher resolution. Broccolo (talk) 19:58, 4 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support. Well focused and lit. Mbz1's body of work certainly is impressive. In my mind, it's a pity that the background reef in this image is similar in color to the turtle-- a shot of a turtle in open water provides more contrast. On the other hand, the reef features provide a nice size reference and this shot may, for all I know, show the turtle in the specific kind of environment that it prefers. Spikebrennan (talk) 16:28, 4 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support I especially like the detailed texture of the turtle's skin and head. Focus is good, and nice color aesthetics for a bonus IMO. Pine _{(was GreenPine)} ^talk 07:08, 5 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral I'm torn. I know that underwater photographs are very very tricky, but I'm really disturbed by the unnatural lighting (flash?). Aaadddaaammm (talk) 11:27, 6 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Exif metadata says no flash was used. --Avenue (talk) 01:35, 12 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Srong support Very nice photo IMO and well illustrative for article. Amazing -- George Chernilevsky ^talk 16:16, 7 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support But the other should be delisted. JJ Harrison (talk) 10:26, 11 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Nice photo; the pose and lighting aren't as good as the existing FP (or other photos of the species by Mbz1) but the head detail is good. --Avenue (talk) 01:35, 12 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Green turtle swimming over coral reefs in Kona.jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 22:26, 12 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

A delist nomination may be in order... Makeemlighter (talk) 22:26, 12 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]