Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Bladder wrack

Bladder wrack

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Original – Bladder wrack (Fucus vesiculosus) in Sämstad Harbor, Lysekil Municipality, Sweden. There is some red hornweed (Ceramium virgatum) at the top right.

Reason

Algae are very underrepresented in our FP collection - there's only one other image. Shows this seaweed in its natural environment (shallow water) which makes the execution more difficult. Was featured on Commons this month.

Articles in which this image appears

Fucus vesiculosus

FP category for this image

Looks like we need to create a new category under Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Other lifeforms.

Creator

W.carter

• Support as nominator – MER-C 16:51, 27 September 2019 (UTC)
• Comment – not sure about the surface reflections and the wow factor. A polarizing filter could have removed the surface reflections. Perhaps better lighting conditions for wow factor? These two [1], [2] have better wow factor, but they have other problems! Bammesk (talk) 14:04, 28 September 2019 (UTC)

• FYI, the photo is taken at noon on a clear day with the sun blazing down on the wrack, you can't get any more light than that. Unfortunately, the water 'steals' so much of the light and a polarizing filter is not an option for the same reason. I've tried it and I had to go way up high in the ISO then to get a short enough time with a reasonable DoF since things in water move constantly. --cart-Talk 14:47, 28 September 2019 (UTC)

• Oppose Very unremarkable image; perhaps a candidate for VI. DonFB (talk) 05:45, 29 September 2019 (UTC)
• Support I think the EV is good and it's something a bit difficult to get a 'nice' photo that people will vote for. JJ Harrison (talk) 09:57, 3 October 2019 (UTC)
• Oppose Very unremarkable, per my vote on Commons -- Basile Morin (talk) 23:26, 4 October 2019 (UTC)

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 16:58, 7 October 2019 (UTC)