Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Acetic acid crystals

Acetic acid crystals


The icelike crystals of glacial acetic acid were created and photographed by Prof. David Gingrich of the University of Potsdam. The picture was taken purposely to accompany the acetic acid article, illustrating the beauty of an otherwise normal chemical compound. The picture was released into the public domain by the author. Technical picture details are available on image:AceticAcid010.jpg (jpg instead of png). The picture here (png instead of jpg) as candidate for featured picture is a selected detail.


 * Support Wim van Dorst 19:15, 26 November 2005 (UTC).
 * Comment What's so unique about this image? It isn't visually stunning. --vaeiou 05:15, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Creating these crystals, which melt at 16 °C, is a skilled activity. Creating a good picture of them is a different skill. So there is achievement in the picture both chemically as well as photographically (I find it stunning). Wim van Dorst 19:55, 27 November 2005 (UTC).
 * The difficulty of taking the image is not normally a criteria. Also, the image is quite small. I just don't feel it illustrates the article to the extent that is required for a FP. Raven4x4x 05:40, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
 * The more I think about it, the more I don't like it. I oppose. --vaeiou 01:45, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose. This picture is not stunning in any way. A bottle of the photographic glacial acetic acid I used years ago once solidified by itself at low temperature, so I don't see why it's an "achievement"... no offense intended, though. --Janke | Talk 13:25, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Did you happen to take a stunning picture of it, coincidentally? No offense taken, at least not by me. Wim van Dorst 21:08, 28 November 2005 (UTC).
 * No, I didn't even think of it, since it is such a common occurence. --Janke | Talk 22:11, 28 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Oppose. Too small and not particularly thrilling. —DO&#39;Neil 07:33, 29 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Oppose. I could be pursuaded to support an image of such crystals, but this image is very low-res and the right side appears to be blurry and overlit. - Mgm|(talk) 11:30, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Weak oppose. Lo res. --Lysy (talk) 18:55, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
 * [[Image:Symbol oppose vote.svg|15px]] Oppose Murky pic, subject matter not distinctive, it strictly shouldn't be PNG (unless it's a diagram it's meant to be JPG). I actually think that the full version (Image:AceticAcid010.jpg), which this is an edit of would stand more chance of becoming a featured pic, but still not a lot. It's really not that special. &mdash;Vanderdecken∫ ξ φ 19:31, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Low res, and you really can't tell what it is. Enochlau 15:28, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
 * [[Image:Symbol oppose vote.svg|15px]] OpposeAgree with Janke --Fir0002 21:58, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

Raven4x4x 02:21, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

