Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Almeja gigante (Tridacna maxima), mar Rojo, Egipto, 2023-04-17, DD 126.jpg

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• Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals#Class : Bivalvia
•  Info Maxima clam (Tridacna maxima), Red Sea, Egypt. Also known as the small giant clam, they are much sought after in the aquarium trade, as their often striking coloration mimics that of the true giant clam; however, the maximas maintain a manageable size, with the shells of large specimens typically not exceeding 20 centimetres (7.9 in) in length. Bivalves have two valves on the mantle. These siphon water through the body to extract oxygen from the water using the gills and to feed on algae. The small giant clam has the widest range of all giant clam species. It is found in the oceans surrounding east Africa, India, China, Australia, Southeast Asia, the Red Sea and the islands of the Pacific. c/u/n by Poco a poco (talk) 21:07, 24 June 2023 (UTC)
•  Support -- Poco a poco (talk) 21:07, 24 June 2023 (UTC)
•  Oppose The lead image in the en:wiki article is a much better image and is already FP. --Tagooty (talk) 13:23, 25 June 2023 (UTC)

• Can you elaborate what you mean with "better", Tagooty? I appreciate lots of detail here for example Poco a poco (talk) 17:13, 25 June 2023 (UTC)

  To me, the existing FP has better lighting and striking colours. It pops out at me even at review size. At full size, it is clearer. The nominated image has a distracting shadow at the top and is less clear. Hence, IMO it is not good enough to be promoted as a second FP of this clam. Tagooty (talk) 03:35, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

• Ok, thanks for the detail feedback, Tagooty. To me the POV and detail is better here but I seem to be the only one thinking so. Poco a poco (talk) 17:06, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

•  Oppose This is my first time voting against corals, clams, or other items in that area, and I'm sorry for doing so but I find the image unimpressive and wouldn't even consider it a quality image. 20 upper 14:44, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

• No problem with your oppose vote 20 upper, but I still would like to point out that QI and impressive images have nothing to do with each other. A totally boring image can be QI. Poco a poco (talk) 17:06, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

•  I withdraw my nomination Thanks your the feedback, I take it back Poco a poco (talk) 17:06, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

• Diego, perhaps you withdrew too soon? I do agree with you at least on detail, there are details on this 42MP image that are absent from the 12MP one (of course, the larger image is softer at 100%, but that's not how one should compare acutance and resolution). One question though: the colours are significantly different between the two images, is that due to different lighting conditions or different approaches to white balance correction? --Julesvernex2 (talk) 10:32, 27 June 2023 (UTC)

• Julesvernex2 well, I don't know whether I should have waited longer. Nobody stepped in until you did, 3 days later. And still, getting the first 2 votes as opposes makes it almost impossible to achive a successful nom. Comparing the images I think that the WB can be adjusted a bit to make it warmer, but I wouldn't necessarily expect that the tone is similar, as the spectrum of colors of this clam species is very wide. Poco a poco (talk) 11:30, 27 June 2023 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 1 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /-- Poco a poco (talk) 17:06, 26 June 2023 (UTC)