Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Blue crabs

 
Blue crab on fish market in Piraeus

Perhaps these crabs aren't in their natural setting, but it is still an excellently composed picture which shows the crab clearly. Illustrating Blue crab, photo by User:wpopp. - Solipsist 18:45, 16 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

  • Nominate and support. -- Solipsist 18:45, 16 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - does the job of showing a crab nicely - Adrian Pingstone 16:43, 17 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Lupin 02:13, 18 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Rather cluttered. I'd prefer one alone. Superm401 | Talk 21:30, May 23, 2005 (UTC)
  • Oppose per Superm401. I can't tell at a glance where one crab ends and the next begins. —Korath (Talk) 23:52, May 24, 2005 (UTC)
  • Support. Even from the thumbnail, it is quite clear which crab is which, except maybe for the inferior legs, but on the actual picture they are perfectly visible. Besides, this picture has the advantage of looking good both in thumbnail size and in its actual resolution. Phils 10:11, 25 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    • If I may chip in as the author of the photo, I'm of course flattered that the crabs have become featured picture candidates, and keep my fingers crossed. However, it seems that even a featured picture can not fulfill every purpose one might want to put it to use to. My own votes on candidates are guided by my first impression, not by the context the picture may or may not fit. There might be a time when this particular picture becomes useful to show the state of fish markets at the end of the 20th century, when you still could buy live crabs. --wpopp 10:04, 2005 May 26 (UTC)
  • Support. I think the colours are really beautiful, and I like that it isn't just one crab. Being vegetarian I hate it though! --Silversmith Hewwo 12:37, 27 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak oppose. I have trouble finding which leg beyonds to which crab. --Bernard Helmstetter 12:22, 28 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. Too many in one image to get a clear perception of any of them without unraveling them! - Bevo 20:16, 28 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    An extra day or so is needed to create a consensus This link is Broken 01:40, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Support, I ummed and ahhed about this photo for a while, but I decided that I like it. --Fir0002 10:16, Jun 2, 2005 (UTC)
  • Weak oppose, it's easier to see the individual crab in the full-size version, but not in the smaller version. I'd prefer a less cluttered image. --Spangineer (háblame) 01:08, Jun 4, 2005 (UTC)
    Not promoted No concensus was reached This link is Broken 02:28, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)