Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Aplysina archeri

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 2 Dec 2013 at 10:28:59 (UTC)

Original – Stove-pipe sponge, a species of tube sponge that has long tube-like structures of cylindrical shape.

Reason: Has EV, good resolution and quality. It is also a featured picture in Commons.
Articles in which this image appears: Aplysina archeri, List of Poriferans of Venezuela, and Sponge
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Others
Creator: Nick Hobgood

Support as nominator --Mediran (t • c) 10:28, 22 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Gupdoo3 (talk) 19:47, 22 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support Mattximus (talk) 22:59, 26 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Question Does anyone else think the lighting is quite harsh? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:56, 27 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- Yes, but I'm not familiar enough with deep water photography to know how acceptable or not acceptable that is. Sven Manguard Wha? 06:30, 29 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support Rreagan007 (talk) 21:38, 1 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Oh what the heck... this is likely going to remain the best we have for a while. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 09:47, 2 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Aplysina archeri (Stove-pipe Sponge-pink variation).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 14:09, 2 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]