Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Colpophyllia natans (Boulder Brain Coral) entire colony.jpg

Colpophyllia natans

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 21 Nov 2010 at 22:31:56 (UTC)

Reason: Another one that needs little introduction: a Commons FP already, I finally clobbered together an article for it, so it's fair game now. Note that the framing has already been discussed at Commons.
Articles in which this image appears: Colpophyllia natans
FP category for this image: Animals/Cnidaria
Creator: Nick Hobgood

Support as co-nominator --Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 22:31, 12 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support as co-nominator --Citron (talk) 22:45, 12 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Support The image is very nice and detailed especially around the bulk of the coral, but the photo is blurry around the edges (probably because of the water, I know you can't change that) and the photo does not have a great EV. --AmericanXplorer13 (talk) 23:01, 12 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support, quality and EV are good, so far as I can see. As long as we are sure these colours are natural, I'm good. J Milburn (talk) 12:02, 13 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment The colors do look a little bit fantastic, but never having observed the coral in person i would not know. The colors look a little too good to be true, but that might be due to lighting. Shroomydan (talk) 03:58, 14 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Are the colors in the image fake? Nergaal (talk) 09:11, 14 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- I'd say they are not fake, since many undersea cnidarians are known to have vivid colors and even iridescence. Purpy Pupple (talk) 09:58, 14 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  - I've reverted to the original and will do a more conservative shadow lift later today. Citron knows about the situation, and Nhobgood seems offline atm. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 11:07, 14 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    - I made only a small edit, let me know if you want something more radical - the colours are in agreement with other photographs of the species, e.g. [1] and [2]. The green really can be quite striking - [3] keeps its "nuclear" quality even after white balance correction, just as Purpy pupple said. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 15:06, 14 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      - How about the large amount of purple around the coral? Is that natural? Nergaal (talk) 23:22, 14 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support: Approve of the more conservative editing. Excellent EV, perfect in the article. And who couldn't love boulder-sized brains? :) Maedin\^talk 07:33, 16 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: I would really support this, but all the google searches on this species does not suggest that the colors should be this bright. Is this image actually realistic? Nergaal (talk) 23:29, 19 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've done a google image search for Colpophyllia natans and while yes, there is a lot of variation in the colour of individual colonies, there are several images showing a similar neon green in the valleys (about five so far, after a quick count). Not sure how you've been performing your search? Maedin\^talk 00:09, 20 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Support assuming that the artificial-looking colors are actually natural. Nergaal (talk) 16:40, 21 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Support: Good EV and colours.--Redtigerxyz ^Talk 05:34, 21 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Colpophyllia natans (Boulder Brain Coral) entire colony.jpg --Jujutacular ^talk 17:11, 22 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]