Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Sydney Spiny Crayfish 4239.jpg

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  •  Oppose Detail is not that good. Much processing and the head-on view gives little DoF. Reflections on the right hand side are distracting. Surely it is a staged image? More than happy to apologise to John if it isn't. Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:12, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Charlesjsharp & Poco a poco: this specimen is standing in the water! Nevertheless, Euastacus species have the tendency to leave the water and walk about on land. Not knowing any background and adding a comment like Surely it is a staged image is imo very narrow-minded. -- Ivar (talk) 10:40, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
That is true for several species of crayfish. My neighbor on Gotland had a big pond with crayfish, and I would often see them on the road as they went in search of new wet areas. That way they populated a nearby small stream. --Cart (talk) 19:38, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Neutral Nice, but the unfocused reflections on the right side of the picture bother me a lot. ★ 12:29, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
     Support. Giving my support as a vote of confidence. JJ is a good photographer overall. ★ 17:04, 22 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Weak oppose I'm not sure it has enough depth of field to be FPC and I suspect JJ would not have chosen to nominate this one. It's QI but not one of his best. Cmao20 (talk) 14:55, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Certainly not a good illustration for an identification book. The fancy bokeh seems to indicate that this time JJ Harrison was after something else: the photo makes the crayfish look like a creature from another planet. This is indeed important and useful. When you want to fire laymen and laywomen for nature conservation etc., you must astonish them and help them to realize how many and diverse are the plants and animals of this world. For that purpose we need photos like this one. (It may seem unbelievable, but I am sure this photo is much more appealing for many “normal” people than our finest crayfish mugshots ;–). – Aristeas (talk) 15:57, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Unfortunately little DoF, I feel sad to have to downvote because I feel it's a good photo --Wilfredor (talk) 22:31, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support per Aristeas. Also I noticed another animal just below him under the water, is it a prey or a baby crayfish ? -- Giles Laurent (talk) 08:30, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Neutral - This will sound superficial, but my eyes cannot move past that bright blue area in the bottom-right. It's the brightest thing in the frame, and so different that it's where my eyes naturally rest. The detail on the face of the crawfish is excellent, and I'd probably support if I could just look past the blue speckles. — Rhododendrites talk |  20:36, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --MZaplotnik(talk) 20:18, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Per above Poco a poco (talk) 18:03, 22 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Confirmed results:
Result: 7 support, 4 oppose, 1 neutral → not featured. /-- Radomianin (talk) 21:42, 22 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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