Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Cirrus floccus

Cirrus floccus
Voting period ends on 24 Sep 2011 at 08:47:23 (UTC)
 * Reason:It is one of the most stunning cloud images I have ever seen, and it greatly enhances the Cirrus floccus page, showing how precipitation can often fall from these clouds, and then begin to evaporate before reaching the ground.
 * Articles in which this image appears:Cirrus floccus
 * FP category for this image:Weather
 * Creator:Inks.LWC


 * Support as nominator --Inks.LWC (talk) 08:47, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment: I agree that it is beautiful, but it seems rather grainy. Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:42, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Question What makes you call it cirrus floccus? How are you sure its that rather than some other cloud type? JJ Harrison (talk) 07:31, 16 September 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm a meteorology major a semester away from receiving my degree, and have taken numerous classes, including cloud physics. The label for the picture by the author was cirrus floccus with virga, and while I wouldn't be able to be 100% sure that's what they are without being there to observe them, they fit the general appearance. Inks.LWC (talk) 22:09, 16 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I wasn't able to verify the id with my knowledge and resources, so thought it best to ask. JJ Harrison (talk) 05:45, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Oppose -- Yes, the 'species id' is probably correct but that is not enough for reaching the statuts of FP. Even if image quality were good (which is not) it would still miss some magic touch. Alvesgaspar (talk) 00:21, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Weak oppose. I'm inclined to agree that the quality isn't really up to scratch (there's too much noise) but I do feel that it has the "magic touch" of which Alvesgaspar speaks. Cloud varieties would make wonderful FPs. J Milburn (talk) 10:33, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Weak oppose agree with J Milburn. With a better camera this would be worthy of FP. Pinetalk 21:12, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Oppose Noise! JFitch   (talk)  01:27, 24 September 2011 (UTC)

--Julia\talk 13:22, 24 September 2011 (UTC)